The 8th film and cultural festival focussing on the Middle East will take place in Florence from April 4th to 9th 2017. The organizers of Middle East Now, a cultural association called Map of Creation, have opened their call for submissions, with a deadline on February 7th 2017. The festival is open to dramas, documentaries …
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With registration for the 2017 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film now closed, most Mediterranean countries have submitted a film to represent them. Only films released in their country between October 1st 2015 and September 30th 2016 are eligible. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will make a first short-list by the end …
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There is now less than a month to respond to the candidate call for the 2016/2017 Greenhouse programme, organized by the Greenhouse Film Centre. The Greenhouse programme is for young film-makers from Middle Eastern and North African countries who wish to develop a documentary film project. Since its creation 10 years ago it has become …
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The following is the selection for PriMed 2016 in the First Film category : – LES DERNIERS NOMADES by Hamdi BEN AHMED – LORO DI NAPOLI by Pierfrancesco LI DONNI – MURAT, LE GÉOGRAPHE by Samuele PELLECCHIA – WHEELS OF WAR by Rami KODEIH PriMed is the International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and …
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In Galicia, Northwest Spain, Galician has been an official language since 1983, on an equal footing with Castilian. But in reality, teachers and associations are fighting to keep this part of their identity alive. Boosting Morocco’s date harvest by using advanced research techniques: that’s why the country is investing €650 million in the sector between …
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2016 marks the 11th anniversary of the first Samir Kassir Award for Press Freedom in the Lebanon and Middle East. On Monday February 8th Christina Lassen, the European Union’s ambassador to the Lebanon, launched the 2016 edition of the Samir Kassir Award for Press Freedom. Created in 2006 by the European Union, this award commemorates …
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On December 4th the Saudi satellite television operator Arabsat stopped transmitting Al Manar, a private Lebanese television channel. The plugs were pulled in the middle of an interview with the leader of the Arab Democratic Party, Shaker Al Berjawi, who was criticizing the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Hezbollah, Al Manar’s …
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