At present, visually impaired people’s access to film culture is not easy. Most films are not audio-described and few cinemas are equipped to show them. But in Romania, the Association for the Promotion of Romanian Film, in partnership with the Cartea Călătoare Foundation, is organizing the first national film festival for people with visual impairments …
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Established in 1993, the Astra Film Festival (AFF) is Romania’s oldest international film festival and it takes place in the city of Sibiu. This year’s event will be held from October 5th to 11th and is organized by Astra Film – the Centre for Documentary Film and Visual Education, the ASTRA National Museum Complex in …
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Cluj, the town which hosts the Transylvania International Film Festival, taking place this year from May 29th to June 7th, will officially launch Romania’s first regional film support fund “Funding for Transylvanian film” in April 2015. Setting up a fund was the brain-child of the festival chairman, Tudor Giurgiu. The aim is to attract film-makers …
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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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Two Croatian co-productions, Between Revolutions and The Sea in Between, won awards at the Trieste Film Festival ( January 19th to 27th). The Sea in Between, a short drama film by Lun Sevnik, won the PAG platform Jury Award. The Slovenian, Croatian and Czech co-production was recognized for its ability to capture “the soul of …
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Spanish media company Mediaset España recently announced it has purchased the Turkish series Farah, distributed by Calinos Entertainment. The series, adapted from the award-winning Argentinian show La Chica Que Limpia, is about an Iranian woman, Farag, and her son, forced to flee their native country and settle in Istanbul. In order to buy medical care …
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The jury of the 25th Geneva Black Movie Festival (January 19th – 28th) gave its Critics’ Award to Asmae El Moudir’s La Mère de Tous les Mensonges (Mother of all lies). This Moroccan documentary (which has already won several awards) takes the viewer into a family’s memories and secrets. The film begins with the director …
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