The jury of the 38th Cinemed, which ended on October 29th, awarded the Golden Antigone to the Spanish “Vivir y otras ficcionnes”. The five jurors, Laetitia Casta, Maud Ameline, Loubna Abidar, Farid Bentoumi and Yann Gonzalez were clearly won over by Jo Sol’s film. Made in Barcelona, “Vivir y otras ficcionnes” is about the friendship …
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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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29 European co-production projects for feature films will receive support from the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund. From June 20th to 24th the Fund’s Executive Committee met in Amsterdam and awarded grants to 27 feature films and 2 documentaries for a total of €7.239 million. Mediterranean co-productions have done well, with fifteen projects supported: – …
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Two major productions have been busy on the sound stages at the Ouarzazate studio. From June 13th to 18th the French actor-director Albert Dupontel was there, shooting part of his sixth feature, “Au revoir là-haut”, an adaptation of Pierre Lemaitre’s novel which won the 2013 Prix Goncourt. “Au revoir là-haut” is set at 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 organizers of the Rencontres Cinématographiques at Bejaia are giving a writing grant and a completion grant to North African film-makers and producers as part of the second Bejaia Film Laboratory. The writing grant (Prix des Ateliers Sauvages Hafid Tamzali) is for 200,000 dinars (€1,600 euros), with the winner being given a 4 week writing …
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