Created 26 years ago, Medfilm is Rome’s oldest film festival and the first specifically for Mediterranean films. Due to the current crisis, this year’s festival will be online and is scheduled to run from November 6th to 15th. In 2016 the organisers created #MedMeetings, and this year they are adding a workshop: #MedFilm Works In …
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Nisi Masa is a non-profit organization helping and promoting young professionals in the European film industry. As part of that, it organizes the European Short Pitch every year. The Short Pitch programme includes writing workshops, meetings and co-production forums to help young, talented Europeans develop and pitch their projects in a professional environment. The application …
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During the Venice Film Festival, an international organisation was launched to support film-makers whose profession puts them at risk. The International Coalition for Film-makers at Risk (ICFR) was founded by the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the European Film Academy. The project was announced in 2019, but it was …
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On July 15th Palestinian director Hany Aby-Assad resumed shooting Huda’s Salon. Filming began earlier this year, but had to shut down in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Huda’s Salon is set in Bethlehem on the West Bank. Before the production was put on hold, the crew had been working in Nazareth, Abu-Assad’s home town, …
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Zero is the new Italian-made series from Netflix. Platform subscribers will be able to follow the story of a shy boy who has the power of invisibility. Presented as a modern hero, Omar lives in a suburb of Milan from which he longs to escape. The series shows Milan in a very different, unique way. …
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Eight Arab films have been selected by one of the United States’ largest short film festivals, the Palm Springs International ShortFest. It will take place online from June 16th to 22nd and show more than 300 films. Henet Ward by Egyptian director Morad Mostafa is nominated in the Best Live-Action Short category. The film follows …
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Although the month of Ramadan is usually the source of many broadcast television series, this “special” year is turning habits upside down. Producers have stopped filming because of the coronavirus epidemic. Many studios have had to close their doors, leaving new series incomplete. In Lebanon and Kuwait all productions are suspended. In Egypt, one of …
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