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FRANCE / Thierry de Peretti returns to Corsica for his 2nd film

His first film, “The Apaches”, was shown during the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, now Thierry de Peretti is back in Corsica for his next film. Inspired by a true story, “A Violent Life” is about a man in exile in Paris who returns to Corsica for the funeral of a murdered …

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EUROMEDITERRANEAN / A webdoc about violence against women

A collective called Maboula has launched a crowdfunding appeal on the Zoomaal platform to finalize the basic scenario and production of a web documentary about women in the Mediterranean region and the violence they experience. “Women in Between: Love, Honor and Shame” will show subjects recorded in Italy, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Spain and Morocco, paying …

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TUNISIA / 300 films for the JCC (Carthage)

The programme of the 26th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC) is now known. From November 21st to 28th 300 films will be screened in 13 towns across Tunisia. The event has been decentralized this year and there will be screenings throughout the country (of which 4 will be in Tunisian prisons, including the women’s prison …

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USA / An inventory of internet freedom in the Mediterranean

On October 28th the Washington-based NGO, Freedom House, published its annual report on internet freedom in the world. Presented as a map, it gives an overview of the state of internet freedoms in the Mediterranean, assigning scores of 0 (total freedom) to 100 (no freedom) for each State. Syria (87) and Egypt (61) are rated …

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EUROPE / Eurimages supports 17 co-productions

At its 140th meeting, last October in Tbilisi, the Executive Committee of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund voted to support 14 feature film co-production projects, 2 animation films and 1 documentary for a total amount of €5,116,469. Among the supported feature films projects there is “Dita ze fill” (Daybreak) by Albanian director Gentian Koci …

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FRANCE / Launch of Wild Bunch TV

Wild Bunch, the independent French distribution company, has announced the launch of Wild Bunch TV. This extends its activities to the co-production and distribution of television series made for the international market. It has already acquired two new series: – “Medici: Masters of Florence”, an Italian series in eight episodes about the rise of the …

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USA / Mediterranean Films for the 2016 Oscars

Every country had until October 1st to nominate the film it wants to compete in the race for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. From the full list, five films will be selected to participate in this 88th edition of the Oscars to be held February 28th 2016. Those five will be …

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