On October 6th the association Films Femmes Méditerranée (Films Women Mediterranean) kicked off its 11th festival dedicated to women film-makers from both sides of the Mediterranean. This year’s programming of Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée includes 40 films (feature-length and short, drama and documentary) filmed in 16 countries, including 11 being shown for the first time. …
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FRANCE ALGERIA / Ulule campaign for a doc about how the Algerian War is remembered
Carole Filiu Mouhali and Ferhat Mouhali have launched a crowd funding campaign to finance the post-production of their new documentary. “Ne nous racontez plus d’histoires!” (Don’t tell us any more lies) is about the way the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62) is remembered and taught on either side of the Mediterranean. The film-makers look at …
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FRANCE / Call for films for FIGRA 2017
Registration is now open for the pre-selection phase of FIGRA 2017 (Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité et du documentaire de société – International festival of news reporting and documentaries about our world). Any director, journalist, author, TV channel, television news agency or production company may compete. The films, between 15 and 90 minutes long, …
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EUROPE / Arte is offering a free on-line festival
From September 30th to October 9th the ArteKino Festival is giving internet users from 44 European countries the chance to discover a dozen major European films, free of charge. For this first year, 50,000 virtual tickets are being offered to the public (5,000 for each film). Anyone interested must register on-line to reserve access to …
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FRANCE / Call for films for the 8th La Première Fois Festival
The call for applications has been launched for the 8th festival for first documentaries, La Première Fois, from February 27th to March 5th 2017 in Aix-en-Provence and nearby towns. Les Films du Gabian, an association of independent documentary film-makers, has organized this event since 2010. Each year an established documentary-maker is also honoured with a …
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FRANCE ISRAEL / Newen and Keshet looking for ideas for TV series
Two production companies, Newen (France) and Keshet International (Israel), want to find French or Israeli script-writers who have ideas for a TV series. The two companies want to work together on “high-end European TV series”. Any French or Israeli writer with a TV series to their credit is invited to submit a maximum of two …
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FRANCE TUNISIA / “Vent du Nord”, a first film between Boulogne and Tunis
Until the end of September Tunisian director Walid Mattar will be filming his first feature in northern France and Tunisia. “Vent du Nord” follows two characters: a worker in France and an unemployed younger man in Tunisia – linked by a story about factory relocation. Shooting in northern France was completed on August 27th, but …
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