News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
At the beginning of January Dimitri Logothetis announced that his next film, Man of War, would be shot on the island of Cyprus. At the end of March the producer announced that work was continuing despite government restrictions imposed by the coronavirus outbreak. So Man of War is in pre-production and on schedule – finalizing …
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The 22nd Docaviv, the international documentary film festival in Tel Aviv, has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement the festival director said: “our aim is to move forward – not in panic or sadness, but with hope for the future.” For this reason the Docaviv organisers decided to postpone the event, …
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Swiss director Julia Bünter has produced her first feature, Fiancées. Her previous credits include Jour J (2014), selected for various festivals (in particular the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival) and À la maison (2015). Filmed in Egypt, Fiancées follows three young women as they head towards marriage. Bünter’s aim was to make a film portrait …
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The ZoomInWomen festival is part of a collaboration between Zatek (the Cairo-based Digital Museum of Women, an on-line system to help women’s emancipation) and the British Embassy, which in 2016 created Inspire Egypt, an event for Egyptians wanting to change their society’s attitudes to women. ZoomInWomen is a travelling event, using short films to show …
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Syrian director Feras Fayyad was nominated for an Academy Award this year in the Best Documentary Film category for The Cave. In 2018 he was nominated in the same category for Last Men in Aleppo,following volunteer rescue teams in the heart of Aleppo after five years of war. The background of The Cave is the …
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In August 2019 the Metropolis Association launched an appeal to save Beirut’s last art-house cinema, an essential venue for independent films. The crowdfunding operation was successful, but nevertheless the Empire Sofil Cinema has now closed. In a press release dated January 21st Metropolis said that “The technical, financial and operational management of the cinema were …
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From September 17th to 19th the third International Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Film Festival (AEI) will take place in Cyprus. During the three days of the festival, 42 documentaries will be shown in three different categories: student, national and international. A.E.I. Audiovisual Forum, Tetraktys Films and the municipality of Aglantzia are co-organizing this year’s festival. …
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