For a week Marseille’s cinema-café on the Cours Julien, Videodrome 2, will show the films of René Vautier. The cinema, which is also a video club and bistro, offers a varied and regularly renewed programme. By scheduling seasons, the public discovers the relationships between different films, enhancing them and making them more accessible. Audiences have …
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The PriMed week began with the Audience Award on Sunday, November 25th. The auditorium of Marseille’s major museum, Mucem, was packed. Turning out in large numbers, the general public watched 6 short documentaries. But then choosing the best one was difficult – the quality of the films impressed the audience while the some of the …
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On November 24th PRIMED returns – now in its 23rd year! PRIMED is the Mediterranean festival of documentary and news reporting, organized by the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) in partnership with France Télévisions, RAI, ASBU and INA. It’s a week of more than 40 hours of free screenings, showing a selection of …
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In recent weeks there has been much discussion in the French media about the future of public broadcasting. The word reform has been used. A project presented on September 3rd by the Minister of Culture, Franck Riester, should be adopted in January 2020. It will create a new broadcasting landscape, out of which should emerge …
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Cinemed, the Montpellier Festival of Mediterranean Films, closed on October 26th. This year’s president was the Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, and the guest of honour director André Téchiné. The festival included many discussions, retrospectives and discoveries. The awards ceremony began with a preview of Dominik Moll’s film Seule les Bêtes. This year the Antigone …
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Director Elia Suleiman was present at the screening of his new film It Must Be Heaven at the Beau Regard cinema in Paris on October 7th as part of the Monde Festival. The film received a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Elia Suleiman fled Palestine in search of a new …
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The first event for this year’s PriMed took place in Egypt, with the CMCA meeting a total of 400 young people in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said to discuss how they see their place in the Mediterranean world. To help the students sharpen their critical sense and express their opinions, the meetings were guided and …
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