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From April 2nd to 7th Florence is hosting the 10th Middle East Now festival. Dedicated to films and contemporary culture in the Middle East and North Africa, this Italian festival also offers photographic exhibitions, concerts and installations. Love and Revenge, a live performance by the Lebanese duo Rayess Bek and Randa Mirza, opens the festival …
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The Migration Media Award recognizes and rewards the excellence, relevance and quality of journalistic work which deals with migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region. In its first year (2017), the jury gave awards to 35 journalists based in an EU country or in a Southern Partner Country (SPC), and in 2018 they gave 41, with the …
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In 2012 Jordan’s Royal Film Commission set up a partnership with the German foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung, to support collaboration between young Arab and German film-makers. The partnership is part of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Award, which aims to provide a first experience of international co-production and support intercultural exchange. Each year, the foundation …
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Chaired by Marcello Foa, Rai’s Board of Directors met on March 6th. It reviewed and approved the 2019-2021 business plan, which focuses on programme content and the needs of users, while continuing to meet its service contract obligations. Managing Director Fabrizio Salini briefed the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors on the outline of …
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In mid-January the French media group Mediawan announced it had bought a majority stake in Palomar (read our article here). Italy’s largest independent producer, Palomar sold 53% of its capital during an initial acquisition phase, finalized at the end of February and announced in a press release. By the end of the second stage, Mediawan …
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The filming of Rosa, Pietra e Stella began on February 25th and will continue over 5 weeks between Naples and Portici. The film is the first feature by Italian film-maker Marcello Sannino, until now well-known for documentaries, especially Napoli 24, released in 2010 and Corde, produced in 2009. In Rosa, Pietra e Stella, he shows …
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This festival of Spanish-language films, created in 1998, is held in Málaga from Friday March 15th to Sunday 24th. A showcase for the national and Latin American film industries, this year it received more than 2,400 films from 59 countries. From these, 210 have been selected. In the official selection, 22 films are in the …
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