Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

FRANCE / Cinema Middle East and debates in Paris

2015 sees the return of the biennial festival “The Middle East: What the Cinema Can Do” from November 20th to 29th in Paris, at the Les 3 Luxembourg cinema. This year 40 films will be screened, many for the first time in France. The festival will open with Amir Shomali’s animated documentary “The Wanted 18”, …

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FRANCE / The 10th Rencontres à l’échelle

The 10th Rencontres à l’échelle will be held from November 4th to February 14th in several of Marseille’s cultural venues. Created and produced by Les Bancs Publics, the Rencontres is an annual international get-together, combining theatre, dance, music, performance, photography, cinema, reading and the visual arts. The festival will show primarily the work of young …

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FRANCE / 13th Urban Image Festival

The Image de Ville festival brings together the world of cinema, architecture and urban planning. This year, its 13th, it will be held from November 13th to 22nd in Aix-en-Provence, Martigues, Port-de-Bouc and Marseille. The programme focusses on “the edges of cities”. Several films will be screened (documentaries and drama) and there will be discussions …

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LEBANON / 15th Beirut International Film Festival

The 15th Beirut International Film Festival opened on October 7th with a screening of Mark Osborne’s “The Little Prince”. The Festival continued until October 15th, closing with Davis Guggenheim’s “He Named Me Malala”. 80 films from 28 countries were on the programme, divided into four sections: two official competitions, one for Middle Eastern documentaries and …

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MOROCCO / 9th Salé International Festival of Women’s Film

The 9th Salé International Festival of Women’s Film was held between September 28th and October 3rd. This year the festival had its first-ever documentary section, with six documentaries competing. There were also 12 feature-length drama films, all focussed on the theme of women. Ahmed Abdalla’s film “Décor” received both the Grand Jury Prize and the …

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ITALY / The Winners of the 27th URTI International Radio Grand Prix

The 27th URTI International Radio Grand Prix received a large number of entries from 28 countries on the theme “Multiculturalism”. The jury was made up of ten people from broadcasting, chaired by Mihaela Schefer, Head of International Projects at Radio Rai. They met in Turin (Italy) from September 20th to 22nd at the invitation of …

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FRANCE / Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée

This year’s Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée celebrates its tenth anniversary. 42 films by or for women from 15 Mediterranean countries – dramas and documentaries, features and shorts – will be screened: in Marseille from October 6th to 18th, then in Martigues on October 14th, October 15th/16th/17th in Hyères and October 25th at La Ciotat. On …

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