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FRANCE / A month celebrating North African films in Paris

From November 5th to December 15th Le Maghreb des Films will show sixty feature and short films in 11 Parisian venues and 40 cinemas around the city outskirts and in the provinces. Among these films, fifteen are being projected in pre-release, including the latest films by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina (“Crépuscule des ombres” Twilight of the shadows), …

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FRANCE / A monthly documentary slot on France 24

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The news channel France 24 has launched a new slot for longer reports and documentaries. Lasting 26 minutes, “Reporters, le doc” will be broadcast every second Saturday of the month and will give greater depth to current topics. The programme will air on France 24‘s French, English and Arabic channels, and will be available on …

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FRANCE / The contents of “Mediterraneo” in November

Bulgaria is the European Union’s poorest country, with an average wage of less than €400 a month. An economic and social problem which particularly hits the rural areas. Since the fall of communism there has been a steady drain of people from farming communities. To the west of the country, an NGO is resisting. In …

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EUROPE / Eurimages supports 17 co-productions

At its 140th meeting, last October in Tbilisi, the Executive Committee of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund voted to support 14 feature film co-production projects, 2 animation films and 1 documentary for a total amount of €5,116,469. Among the supported feature films projects there is “Dita ze fill” (Daybreak) by Albanian director Gentian Koci …

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FRANCE / Cinemed 2015 gives its awards

On Saturday, October 31st the 37th Cinemed ended with an Award ceremony in Montpellier. The Golden Antigone this year went to João Salaviza for “Montanha” a film about a teenager becoming the man of the house while his grandfather is dying. Another Portuguese director, João Pedro Placido, won the Ulysses Award in the documentary section …

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FRANCE / Cinema Middle East and debates in Paris

2015 sees the return of the biennial festival “The Middle East: What the Cinema Can Do” from November 20th to 29th in Paris, at the Les 3 Luxembourg cinema. This year 40 films will be screened, many for the first time in France. The festival will open with Amir Shomali’s animated documentary “The Wanted 18”, …

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FRANCE / Marseille : “Bonne mère” begins filming in early 2016

In early 2016 “Bonne mère”, the first film by actress Hafsia Herzi, will begin shooting in Marseille’s northern districts. Set in a housing estate, the film follows “Nora, a woman in her sixties with inexhaustible energy, watching over her family, her children and their friends.” “Bonne mère” is produced by Abdellatif Kechiche (Quat’sous Films). He …

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