The GREC’s residential workshop, “Short Film Script”, will take place from April 4th to 18th in Port-de-Bouc, near Marseille. It is organized in partnership with regional administrators, Port-de-Bouc’s town hall and the local cinema, Le Méliès. There will be one-on-one meetings with scriptwriters and also collective work sessions to discuss participants’ scripts, visualise them with …
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The French Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul-Malak, together with the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur Region, the City of Marseille and the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis have signed a memorandum of understanding on cinema and the film industry. This agreement is part of Marseille en grand, a three-year plan announced by President Macron in September 2021: “We are going to create …
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The French company Dulac Distribution is preparing to release three feature films which show families and individuals confronted with the social and political situation in North Africa and the Middle East. Scheduled for release on November 2nd, Lotfy Nathan’s film Harka follows Ali, a young Tunisian who dreams of a better life. He leads a …
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A graduate of the Paris film-school La Fémis in 2011, Kamal Lazraq is shooting his first feature film Les Meutes, for which he also wrote the script. The scenario is about a father and son. They live in a deprived area of Casablanca, surviving only by working for the local mafia. One night a man …
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The 44th Cinemed, Montpellier’sFestival of Mediterranean Film, will take place from October 21stto 29th. This year there will be a lot of films and a lot of guests. Award-winning director Abdellatif Kechiche will be present with 6 of his feature films. From his first film, La Faute à Voltaire (2001), through La Vie d’Adèle – …
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The 33rd Festival of Arab Film in Fameck (eastern France) will put Algeria in the spotlight. This year’s festival coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Evian agreements which ended France’s 8 year war with Algeria. The festivities will take place in Fameck from October 6th to 16th. Organized by the Cité Sociale and the …
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In a new initiative, Cinemed and Aflamuna / Beirut DC are launching an industry gathering based around independent Arab cinema. The event will take place in Montpellier on October 25th and 26th during Cinemed. Selected film-makers will be able to present their projects to French and international backers and producers, with registration open here until …
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