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LEBANON / Abbout Productions wins the Raimondo Rezzonico Award at Locarno

Beirut-based production company Abbout Productions, headed by Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine, will receive the Raimondo Rezzonico Award at the 78th Locarno Film Festival. The event will be held from August 6th to 16th. Presented by the municipality of Minusio, this award recognises exceptional work by independent producers. This year it celebrates Abbout Production’s contribution …

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MOROCCO / Mohamed Reda Benjelloun appointed Director of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain

A government council has appointed Mohamed Reda Benjelloun Director of the CCM (Centre Cinématographique Marocain). Maroc Hebdo says people were expecting this appointment because “since 2021 the position has been occupied on an interim basis by the Secretary General of the Communications Department, Abdelaziz El Bouzdaini. The CCM’s last Director General was Sarim Fassi Fihri.” …

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FRANCE / Project call for GREC: Short Film Screenplay residential workshop

The GREC is launching its call for applications for the Short Film Screenplay workshop-residency, which will be held in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica. Registration is open until July 25th. Organised in partnership with the Cinémathèque de Corse and with the support of FEAC (a fund for artistic & cultural exchanges in French overseas territories) and the Collectivité …

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FRANCE – ALGERIA / Arte broadcasts the series “El’Sardines”

Since June 2nd Arte has been broadcasting the Franco-Algerian series El’Sardines on its platform. Directed by poet Zoulikha Tahar, this six-episode, 11-minute miniseries is set in Oran. Six days before her younger sister’s wedding, Zouzou, a 30-year-old celibate marine biologist, cannot bring herself to tell her family that she is leaving the day after the …

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GREECE / Cash rebates overdue: film professionals concerned

Many film industry professionals in Greece are concerned about the dysfunctional Hellenic Cinema and Audiovisual Centre (EKKOMED). This national institution, which administers the country’s cash rebate system, has not paid out anything since March 2024. Nearly 2,000 members of the Greek audiovisual sector signed an open letter calling for reform and the payment of outstanding …

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MALTA / The Mediterranea Film Festival announces its selection

For its 3rd edition, Malta’s Mediterranean Film Festival has announced a programme of 40 films from 20 countries. It takes place from June 21st to 29th. The programme is divided into three sections: the Official Competition and the Out-of-Competition section. Among the 10 titles presented in competition, the documentary Igor Bezinovic’s Fiume o Morte! (Croatia, …

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MOROCCO / “L’Homme des Signes”, a feature film based on the life of the painter Mehdi Qotbi is in preparation

Moroccan director Zhor Fassi-Fihri has begun filming her new feature film, L’Homme des Signes. Co-written with Jérôme Cohen-Olivar, this dramatised biography retraces the life of Mehdi Qotbi (born 1951), a painter and the president of the National Museum Foundation. The film-makers chose to combine real and fictional elements to tell his story. Filming will take …

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