On Saturday September 12th the 77th Venice Film Festival announced its list of award-winners: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland (United States) won the Golden Lion, the Grand Jury Award went to Michel Franco’s Nuevo Orden (Mexico) and the Silver Lion to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Sacrificed Lovers (Japan). Indian writer and director Chaitanya Tamhane received the Best Screenplay Award …
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Atoman, Wind Rider is the first Moroccan super-hero film. So with his first feature, Belgian-Moroccan director Anouar Moatassim is breaking new ground in North African and African cinema. To do this he has brought together a cast of well-known actors from Morocco, Mali, France and Belgium: rapper Lartiste will play the title role, supported by …
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The 3rd Cyprus Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Documentary Film Festival (AEI) took place from September 10th to 13th. This cultural event is organized by A.E.I. Audiovisual Film Forum in collaboration with the Municipality of Aglantzia, the Department of Forests and Tetraktys Films. This year the festival is supported by many organisations, both national (the Cultural …
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The Last Prisoner is the latest film by Bujar Alimani. Released in France on July 22nd, this feature film shows the desperate manoeuvring by the Communist Albanian government to remain in place during the 1990’s. When Envers Hoxhua’s dictatorship ended, his successors managed to maintain their hold on power – keeping the country isolated from …
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From June 14th to 21st Turkey hosted the International Migration Film Festival, although due to the health situation this year’s event took place online. Over fifty films were screened and hundreds of film-makers, members of the press and participants were able to meet remotely. More than 30 million people viewed the films on the Festival …
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Conecta Fiction is an international event centred round audiovisual co-production. Although initially the meetings were due to take place from June 22nd to 25th, an alternative version was created in the context of the health crisis. Conecta Fiction Reboot was held online from June 15th to 18th. In this 2020 edition, the spotlight was on …
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Limassol’s Rialto cinema opens its summer season with a series of outdoor screenings. Its managers have decided to create a drive-in from June 17th until the end of July. The programming is made up of eight very different films. All will be screened in their original language with subtitles in Greek and English. Several Mediterranean …
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