“To a Land Unknown” by Palestinian-Danish director Mahdi Fleifel, won the Grand Prix in the European Feature Film Competition at the 37th Premiers Plans festival in Angers. The film is about two Palestinian cousins in Athens, refugees, living on the edge. They have to steal and scam their way to get enough money to buy …
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LEBANON / Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema reopens its doors
Considered the cornerstone of Lebanese independent cinema, the Metropolis Cinema, founded in 2006, has reopened its doors in Beirut after 4 years without a home. Created in 2006 by the Metropolis Association and based in the Hamra Cinema, it became a key venue for Lebanese film-lovers. Over the years the association worked with film-makers and …
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FRANCE / Fipadoc celebrates documentary creativity in the Balkans
This year’s Fipadoc, which runs from January 24th to February 1st, will devote its Territorial Focus to the Balkans, with 22 documentaries. Among the first titles announced, Maja Novaković’s At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking? (Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina) takes us to the heart of Bosnia where an elderly and solitary man, Emin, …
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Discover the winners of the 28th PriMed!
PriMed has just closed its doors. More than 3,000 young people from both shores of the Mediterranean were able to debate and vote for their favorite film. This year, they shared some very powerful moments with the guest directors. In particular, the 1983 films LES MARCHEURS DE L’ÉGALITÉ by Nina ROBERT and TACK by Vania …
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MEDITERRANEAN / CINEMED announces its winners
To a Land Unknown by Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel won the Golden Antigone at the 46th Cinemed, the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival. First shown during the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, the film follows two Palestinian refugees, Chatila and Reda, who are stuck in Athens. Desperately they try to make enough money to buy false passports, …
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FRANCE / Meditalents welcomes the film-makers for the LabSud residence
Meditalents has published the names of the projects and their creators selected for the LabSud residency which ran from November 3rd to 7th. Every year since 2017 Meditalents has sponsored 4 to 6 projects for first or second feature-length drama films being developed by film-makers and screenwriters living in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. For one …
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PriMed 2024 / Discover the official selection the 28th edition
The selection of films for the 28th PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage – is now available! PriMed returns to Marseilles this year from 30 November to 7 December with 23 documentaries an reports. With 12 films making their French premieres, the festival has established itself as a leading event devoted entirely …
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