The awards ceremony for the 49th Film Society Festival will be held on May 20th at the Cairo Opera House. Organized under the joint patronage of the Ministry of Culture and the Cultural Development Fund, the Film Society Festival is the oldest and one of the most important festivals in Egypt. This year it celebrates …
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On February 14th the video-on-demand platform SkyShowtime completed its largest expansion to date. Nearly 8 countries in Central and Eastern Europe now have access to its services. These countries are Albania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Since February 28th Spain and Andorra have also been part of this expansion, …
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The 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF) will take place from March 2nd to 12th. The organizers have named the 34 films selected in the various competitions. This year’s programme explores many themes including female emancipation and the environment. In the International category, there are twelve films competing for the Gold and Silver Alexanders. Among …
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The French Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) is launching a training programme for pairs of French and non-French writers, focussing on issues specific to co-authoring international series. It is doing this in partnership with the Séries Mania Festival (France), the Conecta Fiction & Entertainment co-production and networking market (Spain) and the …
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The 22nd Brussels festival for Mediterranean films, Cinemamed, will be held from December 2nd to 10th. On the opening evening there will be a screening of Maryam Touzani’s Le Bleu du Caftan. Created in 1989, this festival highlights films rarely seen in Belgium, providing “a space for dialogue and exchange between North and South, between …
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On April 14th Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, announced the official selection of films for the 75th festival, scheduled for May 17th – 28th. This year 21 films are in the running for the Palme d’Or. Among the directors, the Romanian Cristian Mungiu, who has already won several awards at Cannes. In …
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The Spanish version of France 24 has been on air continuously since September 24th, with transmission rising from 12 hours a day to 24 – an opportunity for the French international news channel to present “a new morning show and even more news, magazines, reports and debates.” According to a press release the goal is …
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