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FRANCE – MOROCCO / Signing a film co-production agreement between France and Morocco

Royal Film Commission

On May 18th, during the 77th Cannes Film Festival, a co-production agreement was signed by Rachida DATI, the French Culture Minister and Mohamed Mehdi BENSAID, the Moroccan Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication. The agreement replaces one signed in 1977 and will offer producers in both countries “a modernized framework, in keeping with contemporary production …

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ARAB WORLD / MAD Solutions launches MAD World

MAD-World

MAD Solutions is expanding. It has announced the creation of a new branch dedicated to international sales of Arab films. This new venture will be launched during the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Based in Dubai, the MAD group’s new company will be led by Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab, with Colin Brown as the third …

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MOROCCO / Closing of the Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival

Tetouan-Film-Festival

The 29th Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival was held from April 27th to May 4th. Many films from across the Mediterranean were screened, some in a feature film competition, others in a programme called Coup de cœur. Chaired by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, the jury awarded the Grand Prix to D’Abdul à Leïla by Leïla Albayati, …

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ROMANIA / Emanuel Pârvu’s “Three kilometres to the End of the World” at Cannes

Trois kilomètres jusqu'à la fin du monde

Soon after it announced its Official Selection, the Cannes Film Festival added some new films to the list. Among them is the third feature by director and actor Emanuel Pârvu, Three Kilometres to the End of the World. Co-scripted by Pârvu and Miruna Berescu, the film is about 17-year-old Adi, who comes from a remote …

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MEDITERRANEAN / IMA hosts the first Mediterranean feminist Forum

Forum féministe - IMA

On May 3rd IMA – the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris – hosted the conference “Women, Actors of Change in the Mediterranean” as part of the first Mediterranean Feminist Forum. It was organized by the EuroMed Feminist Initiative with the support of France’s Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. The aim of the conference …

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FRANCE / The Southern Region celebrates Marcel Pagnol

Région Sud

50 years after his death, France’s Region Sud is paying tribute to Marcel Pagnol as part of its “One year, one author” scheme. Every year the Region will celebrate a writer who has marked the region. The French writer, playwright, film-maker and academician will be remembered through a trilogy of celebrations organised by the Region …

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CROATIA / Winner at Zagreb Dox

Zagreb Dox

The winners of the 20th ZagrebDox were announced at its awards ceremony on April 21st. During the previous 8 days 102 films in 12 sections had been screened at this international documentary festival. From the 19 films in the International Competition, the main award, Big Stamp, went to a Tunisian film, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Les …

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