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EGYPT / CineGouna SpringBoard unveils its winners

El Gouna Film Festival

After announcing the cancellation of its 6th edition because of the war between Hamas and Israel, the El Gouna Film Festival was finally held from December 14th to 22nd. During the event the professional section, CineGouna, announced the winners of this year’s SpringBoard. CineGouna SpringBoard is a project development and co-production lab. providing creative and …

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ARAB WORLD / Film festivals postponed out of solidarity with the Palestinians

Two major Egyptian festivals have been postponed due to the war between Hamas and Israel. The management of the El Gouna Film Festival announced in a press release the indefinite postponement of their event: “the GFF team hopes to resume the 6th edition when the situation in the Palestinian territories stabilizes.” The deferment of the …

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FRANCE  / Cinemed announces its awards

Cinemed

The 45th Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival – Cinemed – was held from October 20th to 28th. This year, the festival presented 200 films including several French premieres. There were competitions for feature films, shorts and documentaries as well as a retrospective of Italian film-maker Ettore Scola. This year eight feature-length documentaries on the Lebanon, Palestine, …

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ITALY / Winners of the Final Cut in Venice

Biennal de Venise

Created in 2013 as part of the Venice International Film Festival, Final Cut in Venice is a programme supporting the post-production of films from every African country and five Middle Eastern ones: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. Every year seven films are selected to participate in the three day programme (this year from September …

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MIDDLE-EAST / A Palestinian and a Jordanian documentaryat the Sundance Institute

Sundance-Institute-2023

Organized from June 16th to 24th the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit and Story Lab hosted 4 documentary directors and their projects, including a Jordanian film and a Palestinian film. Designed to encourage experimentation and risk-taking through peer-to-peer engagement, this week-long gathering creates a place and an atmosphere for the chosen directors to develop, question and …

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“Erasmus à Gaza”, winner of the Mediterranean Young Persons’ Award at the 26th PriMed, shown on France 3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur

Erasmus a Gaza

For the first time an award-winning film from PriMed has been shown on France 3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. The transmission on May 4th is particularly important since it crowns the work of thousands of high school students from right across the Mediterranean. Coming from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Italy and Southern France they viewed …

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MEDITERRANEAN  / The project call for Close Up is now open

Close-up

The call for projects for Close Up is open until July 9th. Close Up is an independent not-for-profit NGO based in Brussels. Every year it offers a training, development and mentorship programme for emerging documentary film-makers from South West Asia and North Africa. Participants must have made at least one short film. Only projects in …

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