Three films made during a training scheme organised by Atelier Varan Corse, “Regards Méditerranéens: the practice of documentary film-making”, were screened on April 3rd at the association’s Paris premises. The 7-week course took place last year between September 18th and November 5th at the Lycée Giocante de Casabianca in Bastia (Corsica). 10 trainee directors from …
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The 22nd Cyprus Film Days International Festival, the island’s largest film festival, will run from April 12th to 20th. This year’s international competition will have 11 feature films, 5 of which are Cypriot co-productions. Among them Sofia Exarchou’s Animal (Greece) about seasonal workers at an island resort preparing for the tourist season; Emilija Gasic’s 78 …
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The Italian government recently announced the reduction of the statutory investment obligations for video-on-demand (VoD) platforms. By modifying the 2021 Media Law, Georgia Meloni’s government has reduced the percentage of turnover which streaming platforms have to invest in European films from 20% to 16%. The change also increases the quota for Italian audiovisual production. Initially …
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On the night of March 15th to March 16th a fire broke out in Cairo’s historic al-Ahram studios. Spotted after the filming of a Ramadan soap opera, the fire ravaged the entire studio and spread to neighbouring buildings and dwellings. According to Al-Ahram Hebdo, the public prosecutor’s office has appointed a group of experts to …
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In a recent press release, the Observatoire marocain de l’image et des médias announced that the 10th Cap Spartel International Film Festival in Tangier will be held from April 17th to 20th. The Festival’s theme this year is “Journeys towards the other”, more specifically focussing on “the relationship between cinema and travel as a way …
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The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 7th to 17th), complete with 250 international documentaries, has announced its award winners. There were 12 documentaries in the international section, competing for three awards. The prestigious Golden Alexander went to My Stolen Planet by director Farahnaz Sharifi and the Silver Alexander to Lidia Duda’s Forest. The jury …
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The Turkish distribution company, Inter Medya, is negotiating new agreements to distribute its series more widely. Interrupted, produced in 2020, will return for a second 8-episode season. It’s about a journalist who, after a serious road accident, is given the chance to return to life – but in someone else’s body. Produced by TIMS&B Productions, …
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