The 17th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (FFA), from August 27th to September 1st, devoted part of its programme to Moroccan cinema. Each year the Festival has a rich programme, combining new productions with older classic francophone films. A competition, previews, a film concert, an open-air screening and many other events enhanced this year’s festival. Placing …
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On June 10th Jérôme Cohen-Olivar’s feature film, Autisto, began six weeks’ filming in Casablanca. Produced by Zhor Fassi-Fihri, the film is about a mother struggling with her teenage son’s severe autism. Refusing to accept his disability, she fights to help him find his place in society. The director explained that the film is inspired by …
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Alana Hadid, fashion designer and sister of Bella and Gigi Hadid, has announced the launch of an independent film production and distribution company, Watermelon Pictures. Described as a being owned by Palestinians, Watermelon will promote cultural representation, social advocacy and amplify the voices of under-represented film-makers around the world. Why the name? The company explained …
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The CMCA and its partners, France 3 Corse Via Stella and France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, are pleased to reveal the winners of the first edition of the Mediterranean short film competition – CourtMed. Six works by young directors and students were selected from the 84 films received. We thank all the candidates for their commitment …
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The Jordanian Roya Media Group recently launched a news web-site in Hebrew Roya News Hebrew. It gives Israelis access to selected news and analysis of the situation in the Palestinian territories and Jordan. It also provides insight into Israel’s socio-economic and political developments for Roya’s Arab audiences. Roya News Hebrew embodies the group’s philosophy of …
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After announcing the cancellation of its 6th edition because of the war between Hamas and Israel, the El Gouna Film Festival was finally held from December 14th to 22nd. During the event the professional section, CineGouna, announced the winners of this year’s SpringBoard. CineGouna SpringBoard is a project development and co-production lab. providing creative and …
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Two major Egyptian festivals have been postponed due to the war between Hamas and Israel. The management of the El Gouna Film Festival announced in a press release the indefinite postponement of their event: “the GFF team hopes to resume the 6th edition when the situation in the Palestinian territories stabilizes.” The deferment of the …
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