The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) has published its 2021 cinema report. Looking at the statistics it is clear there has been a significant drop in the number of cinema admissions across the country. Between 2017 and 2019 admissions increased, with 1,883,425 in 2019, the year before cinemas had to close because of the Covid pandemic. …
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The theatre and film actor Hichem Rostom has died at the age of 75 on June 28th in Tunisia. When announcing his death, the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs paid tribute to him and described him as “one of Tunisia’s most eminent actors.” In the spotlight for nearly 50 years, Rostom was well-known internationally. Born …
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The first images of Sopravvissuti (Survivors) have been unveiled. This series of twelve 50-minute episodes is one of the projects to come out of Alliance, a partnership between three European public television companies RAI (Italy), France Télévisions and ZDF (Germany). By creating Alliance, these three European public channels hope “to offer viewers more ambitious, high-quality …
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The Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival took place from June 10th to 17th. The key to this 27th year was the importance of being back in cinemas: “Coming back into cinemas like this gives us overwhelming joy and satisfaction, not only watching the films, but also, and most importantly, sharing intense emotions.” The closing ceremony was …
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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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Kosovar director Blerta Basholli’s first feature, Hive, will be released in France on June 1st. It has won many awards at major international festivals, including three at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival (Audience Award, Jury Award and Best Director). Shown the same year at Montpellier’s Cinemed, the film won the Antigone d’Or. It is also …
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Serbian director Emir Kusturica is the chair of the jury of the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival running from November 26th to December 5th. The jury will decide the winners among the 13 films entered in the International Competition, which includes 8 European productions or co-productions. In all 98 films from 63 countries will be …
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