News about Festivals in Mediterranean
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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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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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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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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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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The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) is organizing the 13th Tangier Festival of Mediterranean Short Film from October 5th to 10th. The programme includes a competition open to drama shorts made by film-makers from the Mediterranean in 2014 or 2015, a cinema course, press conferences about the films in competition and parallel activities. The deadline for …
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The 7th Festival International de Film Documentaire à Agadir (FIDADOC) organized by the Association de Culture et d’Éducation par l’Audiovisuel, took place from May 4th to 9th. It was sponsored by the journalist and critic Luciano Barisone, director of the Visions du Réel Festival. Exclusively for documentaries, this festival allows ordinary people, young film-makers, particularly …
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