News about Festivals in Mediterranean
Every year since 2004, Festimaj, the international festival of student films, the largest cinema in the world, offers a journey across five continents to see films made by and with young people aged between 4 and 30 years old. This year it will be held from May 27th to June 27th. Festimaj was created by …
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This festival showcases films and documentaries from the Arab world, made by Arab and non-Arab film-makers, professional or amateur, and will be held at the Radio Theatre in central London this coming autumn. This second year focuses on the political upheavals which continue to transform the Arab world following the Arab Spring. The theme, “Rulers …
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The 10th FIFOG, dedicated to love and sponsored by the poet Adonis, was held from March 20th to 29th. It ended with a prize-giving ceremony on Saturday, March 28th at Geneva’s Maison des arts Grütli . This year the documentary jury awarded the Gold FIFOG to “This is my land” by Israeli director Tamara Erde. …
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Brahim Seddiki, the festival’s commissioner, announced that the 8th Oran Festival of Arab Film will start on June 3rd. The Algerian film-maker Mohammed Lakhdar Hamina will be honorary chairman. The commissioner also announced that “a charter for the Oran Festival of Arab Film is being drawn up. It will establish a set of traditions for …
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The 15th “Cinéma de la Paix” festival, organized by the Fédération Tunisienne des Ciné-clubs and the Tunis Film Club was held in Tunis from March 25th to 29th. For the first time it also relocated to other towns: Kef from March 23rd to 25th and Bizerte from March 28th to 30th. The event, essentially artistic, …
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The 34th Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IFCA), will take place from April 4th to 19th. The aim is “to encourage the development of Turkish films, helping them achieve international recognition, and to encourage quality films in the Turkish market.” The two-week event will screen 204 films from …
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The sixth Middle East Now, a festival for film, documentary, visual arts, music, culinary events and discussions focussed on today’s Middle East, is back in Florence from April 8th to 13th. This year’s theme: the journey. 45 films from established directors and new talent in the Middle East will be screened, most of them shown …
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