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MOROCCO / Morocco at MIFA

Festival Annecy 2024

Morocco was the only Arab country present at the International Animated Film Market (MIFA), part of the 48th Annecy International Festival of Animated Film. The pavilion was run by the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM). CCM’s presence at MIFA gave people working in animation in Morocco the chance to show their film and audiovisual productions and …

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SERBIA / A Serbian film, “Guardians of the Formula”, in French cinemas

L’Affaire Vinča Curie

Dragan Bjelogrlić’s feature film Guardians of the Formula was released in French cinemas on June 5th. Based on Goran Milašinović’s bestselling novel The Case of Vinča, and set in October 1958 during the Cold War, the film is about Yugoslav scientists who were severely irradiated during a secret mission. They were thought to have been …

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CROATIA / Two Croatian shorts in competition at Annecy

Festival Annecy 2024

Two Croatian short films, Moral Support and Windows from the South, were chosen to be shown at the recent Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Moral Support, directed by Vuk Jevremovic, had its world premiere in the Short Film competition. Inspired by the music of the Slovenian group Laibach and their song Moral Support, the film …

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FRANCE / Meditalents project call for the 3rd LabSud

MEDITALENTS

Meditalents has launched a project call in preparation for its 3rd LabSud. Applications can be sent until July 31st. LabSud is a residency which supports 6 writers from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in France who are working on their first or second feature-length fiction film project. For a week participants are given individual help by …

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BULGARIA / The distributor Alpha Violet buys the rights to “Windless”

Alpha Violet

Shortly before its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28th – July 6th), the rights to Pavel G. Vesnakov’s feature film Windless were bought by French distributor Alpha Violet. The film follows Kaloyan who, after the death of his father, returns to Bulgaria from Spain to sell the family apartment. Seemingly …

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ITALY / The 28th Cartoons on the Bay

Cartoons on the Bay

The 28th Cartoons on the Bay was held from May 29th to June 2nd in Pescara. Cartoons on the Bay is the major Italian showcase for animation and for the children’s entertainment industry. Promoted by RAI and organized by RAI Com, the festival has been bringing Italian and international players together through a vast programme …

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EGYPT / The documentary “The Brink of Dreams ” wins the Golden Eye at Cannes

Les Filles du Nil

The Egyptian documentary The Brink of Dreams directed by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir won the Golden Eye at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Filmed over 4 years, the film follows a group of Coptic girls from a village in southern Egypt who rebel by forming a street theatre group. Dreaming of becoming actresses, …

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