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MEDITERRANEAN / Méditalents opens its project call for LabDoc

Méditalents has opened its project call for LabDoc, aimed at film-makers from the Mediterranean basin who are preparing a first or second feature-length documentary. Applications are open until December 30th 2025. Created in 2019 to meet the specific needs of documentary film-makers, LabDoc is a residency programme which supports the writing of first or second …

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FRANCE / Winners at the 47th Cinemed

The award winners of the 47th Cinemed in Montpellier were announced at the closing ceremony on October 25th. The jury, chaired by actress Ariane Ascaride, awarded the Golden Antigone to Les Dimanches by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain, France). This feature film is about a pupil at a Catholic high school, Ainara, preparing to take …

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FRANCE / Call for applications for documentary residency

The Mains à l’œuvre association is opening its doors to four writer-directors for a seven-week residency to create a collaborative documentary on the theme “Guardian of the Mediterranean.” The residency will be at Villa Rocabella (near Toulon) from November 3rd to December 20th. Accommodation, meals, and a travel grant are provided. Registration is open to …

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SPAIN / 33.6 % drop in foreign film investment

PROFILM

In a recent report, PROFILM, an association of production companies, revealed a 33.6% drop in foreign film investment in Spain in 2024. The reason for this decline? Spain has apparently become less competitive than its European neighbours. The report, summarised by Cineuropa, shows that investment fell from €197.4 million in 2023 to €129.9 million in …

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MOROCCO / Mohamed Reda Benjelloun appointed Director of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain

A government council has appointed Mohamed Reda Benjelloun Director of the CCM (Centre Cinématographique Marocain). Maroc Hebdo says people were expecting this appointment because “since 2021 the position has been occupied on an interim basis by the Secretary General of the Communications Department, Abdelaziz El Bouzdaini. The CCM’s last Director General was Sarim Fassi Fihri.” …

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FRANCE – LEBANON / The Fameck Arab Film Festival with Lebanon guest of honour

The 36th Fameck Arab Film Festival will be held in north-eastern France from October 2nd to 12th.This year the main focus is on Lebanon, with the organisers wanting to “shine a spotlight on creative Lebanese films, reflecting a changing society, combining poetry, resistance and a search for identity.” More than 15 films – fiction, documentaries …

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FRANCE / Project call for GREC: Short Film Screenplay residential workshop

The GREC is launching its call for applications for the Short Film Screenplay workshop-residency, which will be held in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica. Registration is open until July 25th. Organised in partnership with the Cinémathèque de Corse and with the support of FEAC (a fund for artistic & cultural exchanges in French overseas territories) and the Collectivité …

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