Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

FRANCE / Call to participate: 27th URTI International Radio Grand Prix

The Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI), which is organizing the 27th URTI International Grand Prix for Radio, has launched a call for participants on the theme of multiculturalism. The competition was created in 1989 and rewards radio productions from anywhere in the world for their efforts in research and originality. This free competition is …

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BELGIUM / 15th Festival of Mediterranean Cinema

From December 4th to 11th the Belgian capital will host the 15th Mediterranean Film Festival, at the Cultural Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation “Le Botanique”. In 2014, the jury awarded Lyes Salem’s “L’Oranais” (The Man from Oran), Hüseyin Karabey’s “Come to my Voice” and Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Tunis Challat”. The call for entries for …

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SPAIN / 18th DocsBarcelona

The 18th DocsBarcelona festival was held from May 25th to 31st. 42 films from 26 countries were screened. As every year, the themes chosen and the ways of treating them were many and varied. Reflecting on the economy, “Falciani’s Tax Bomb”, a German-Spanish film from Ben Lewis, opened the festival. Among the very strong characters …

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UAE / Re-opening of the Dubaï Film Connexion

The authorities of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have announced that for this year’s festival they want to strengthen several initiatives to help the film industry. The most important is the return of the Dubai Film Connection (DFC). Closed down in 2007, film-makers and industry professionals have been requesting the return of this co-production …

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UAE / Closure of the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival

Even though the famous Abu Dhabi International Film Festival had become a key industry event in the Arabian Peninsula, developing a strong relationship with Hollywood, this month the Emirate’s Media Zone Authority announced it would close. For Arab film-makers and others working in the industry, the reasons for this decision remain opaque. The Media Zone …

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TURKEY / Winners of the 7th TRT Documentary Awards

The winners of the 7th TRT Documentary Awards were announced during a ceremony on May 11th. 348 documentaries from 42 countries participated in the competition this year. In the international category, Alexander Nanau’s Romanian film “Toto and his sister” won the Best Documentary Award – having already won the Golden Eye at the Zurich Film …

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TUNISIA / New director for the JCC

On May 12th director/producer Ibrahim Letaïef was appointed to run the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, succeeding Dorra Bouchoucha who has headed JCC since 2008. Letaïef has been a member of the JCC steering committee several times. Created in 1966, the event used to be held every two years before becoming annual in 2014. It hosts …

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