GREECE / Winners of the 25th TIDF

The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TIDF) closed on March 16th. Before the awards ceremony, Deputy Culture Minister Iason Fotilas praised the festival’s work and the importance of documentaries: “Documentaries don’t just depict images,” he said, “they guide us to see beyond them. They allow us to perceive the world more consciously, to listen to …

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CROATIA / “Fiume o Morte!” wins the Grand Prix at the Rotterdam IFF

Fiume o Morte!

Igor Bezinović’s docu-fiction Fiume o Morte! has won several awards at the 54th Rotterdam International Film Festival. In addition to the festival’s Grand Prix, the film won the Critics’ Award and the Audience Award. At the closing ceremony producers Vanja Jambrović and Tibor Keser said: “We are deeply touched by this recognition, especially since it’s …

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JORDAN / Roya TV presents its Ramadan programmes

Roya TV Ramadan

Roya TV, part of the Roya Media Group, published its schedule of programmes and series during Ramadan 2025. The channel is offering several cookery programmes, including Habibna El Lazam in which cook Abu Julia travels across the country discovering regional specialities. There are comedy series, with Roya Media highlighting its first Syrian production, Ya Ana …

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SERBIA / Three Serbian films in box office top ten

Film Center Serbia

Among the Hollywood blockbusters, three Serbian titles are in the country’s box office top ten. Le long-métrage Nedelja, réalisé par Nemanja Ćeranić et produit par Telekom Srbija et Pelicula Production, est en tête du palmarès avec 347 622 entrées. Ce biopic retrace la carrière du célèbre chanteur serbe, Džej Ramadanovski. As for the other two …

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ALGERIA / Launch of the magazine Cinémathèque

Centre Algérien de la Cinématographie

In February the Centre Algérien de la Cinématographie launched the first issue of Cinémathèque. This quarterly magazine is supervised by Adel Mekhalfia, who runs the Cinémathèque d’Alger. “The aim,” he explains, “is to provide readers with a comprehensive and stimulating overview of the cinematographic landscape, while celebrating the talents which shape it.” According to the …

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FRANCE / Lina Soualem, director of Bye Bye Tibériade wins the Alice Guy Award

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Named after the first French female film director and created in January 2018 by journalist Véronique Le Bris, the Alice Guy Award honours an international female director every year. This year the award was won by Lina Soualem for her film Bye Bye Tibériade. “I discovered Alice Guy,” the director says, “at the same time …

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PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES / The Palestine Film Institute’s call for projects for the Cannes Film Market

The Palestinian Film Institute (PFI) published a call for projects, now closed, for those wishing to take part in the Cannes Film Festival’s film market, Cannes Docs. Before the market, leaders of the projects selected by an international jury will be given advice on strategy by the Institute’s industry consultants. Then, at Cannes, they will …

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