The French group Pathé Cinemas continues its expansion in Africa with the opening of its first cinema in Morocco. Having built others in Tunisia and Senegal, Pathé opened the Pathé Californie Casablanca on December 19th with the group’s president, Aurélien Bosc, officiating. During the ceremony Monsieur Bosc said his group had invested the substantial sum …
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Two major Egyptian festivals have been postponed due to the war between Hamas and Israel. The management of the El Gouna Film Festival announced in a press release the indefinite postponement of their event: “the GFF team hopes to resume the 6th edition when the situation in the Palestinian territories stabilizes.” The deferment of the …
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A preview of Abdenour Zahzah’s feature-length documentary Pierre Clément, cinéma and révolution was screened on October 14th in Algiers. The film traces the journey of militant film-maker Pierre Clément – a Frenchman committed to the Algerian cause during the Algerian War. Subsequently he worked as a director of photography on several Algerian, Tunisian and French …
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Organized by MEDIMED, the Euromed Docs Market was held from October 12th to 15th in Sitges, near Barcelona. This Euro-Mediterranean market for documentaries puts selected project leaders together with international broadcasters, co-producers and financiers. First there was a public Pitching Forum, with the selected directors and producers presenting their projects. Then individual meetings were organised …
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Created in 2013 as part of the Venice International Film Festival, Final Cut in Venice is a programme supporting the post-production of films from every African country and five Middle Eastern ones: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. Every year seven films are selected to participate in the three day programme (this year from September …
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Organized by the CMCA in tandem with INA Méditerranée, the 16th training workshop “Writing news reports using archive material” will be held from June 19th to 26th in Marseille. The workshop will make the participants aware of the region’s audiovisual heritage preserved in the archives and provide them with the skills necessary to produce journalistic …
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Launched in 2011, MEDITALENTS is a support platform for young Mediterranean film-makers. Based on the Lab Med and Lab Doc workshops, MEDITALENTS invites experienced film professionals and screenwriters to help young talents in the writing, production and showing of their projects. Sponsored by director Claire Simon, the 4th Lab Doc welcomes 9 participants from the …
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