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TUNISIA / Afreximbank and Mediwood Studios sign an agreement to expand

Mediwood

Mediwood, a Tunisian film studio, and Afreximbank, an African export-import bank, have signed a $3 million facility agreement. The agreement will allow Mediwood Studios to develop its facilities and make Tunisia an attractive hub for film production. As Kanayo Awani, Vice-President of Afreximbank, explains: “By improving Tunisia’s film-making infrastructure, we hope to attract international productions, …

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FRANCE / Meditalents welcomes the film-makers for the LabSud residence

MEDITALENTS

Meditalents has published the names of the projects and their creators selected for the LabSud residency which ran from November 3rd to 7th. Every year since 2017 Meditalents has sponsored 4 to 6 projects for first or second feature-length drama films being developed by film-makers and screenwriters living in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. For one …

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PriMed 2024 / Discover the official selection the 28th edition

The selection of films for the 28th PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage – is now available! PriMed returns to Marseilles this year from 30 November to 7 December with 23 documentaries an reports. With 12 films making their French premieres, the festival has established itself as a leading event devoted entirely …

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PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES / The BBC announces the feature-length documentary “Life and Death in Gaza”

BBC

The BBC has announced that the film Life and Death in Gaza will air on BBC Two on October 15th and then be available outside the UK on the BBC World Service YouTube page. From terrifying bombing raids to countless evacuations, the intensity of family separations and reunions to the deaths and even the birth …

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GREECE / The Agora co-production forum announces 15 chosen projects

La 20e édition du forum de coproduction Agora Crossroads se tiendra à Thessalonique du 3 au 7 novembre dans le cadre du Festival du Film International de Thessalonique (31 octobre au 10 novembre 2024).

AGORA présente 15 projets cinématographiques provenant de 17 pays d'Europe du Sud-Est et de la région méditerranéenne. Ce forum est conçu pour favoriser la mise en réseau, la coproduction et la collaboration créative au sein de l'industrie cinématographique mondiale. AGORA propose également un accompagnement personnalisé pour aider les participants à présenter leurs projets aux acteurs de l’industrie.

De nombreux partenaires de l’événement remettent chaque année des prix aux participants. Le Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) remet notamment 8000 € pour le développement de scénarios. Onassis Film Award récompense de 10,000 euros l’un des projets grecs présentés. Dix prix sont ainsi remis chaque année.

Parmi les projets sélectionnés on trouve : THE APPALLING HUMAN VOICE OF THE ANIMALS de Neritan Zinxhiria (Grèce), A WHITE HOUSE de Francesco Romano (Italie, France), BLEACH (Kosovo, Macédoine du Nord, Monténégro), DYING BIRD de Diego Llorente (Espagne) ou encore THE HUNCHBACK de Ahu Ozturk (Turquie).

Sources : Cineuropa, Film Festival

The 20th Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum will be held in Thessaloniki from November 3rd to 7th as part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (October 31st to November 10th). AGORA presents 15 film projects from 17 countries in South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. The forum is designed to foster networking, co-production and creative collaboration …

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CYPRUS / The documentary “The History of Water” enters post-production

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Cypriot film-maker Paschalis Papapetrou has begun post-production on his documentary The History of Water. Going back to ancient times, his film traces the history of the Cypriots’ use of water and irrigation in their semi-arid region. In an interview with Film New Europe, the director explains: “The documentary is based on the writings of geologist …

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MEDITERRANEAN / CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator announces their chosen projects

CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator

CIRCLE has announced this year’s 10 selected projects for its Women Doc Accelerator programme. CIRCLE is a unique international training programme for directors, producers and non-binaries working in documentaries and drama. Its Doc Accelerator programme, created in 2018, offers training to 10 women with documentary projects. The programme consists of three modules during which the …

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