The 12th Catalonia Festival of Arab and Mediterranean Film opened on November 8th in Barcelona with the screening of Daily life in a Syrian village, a film by the great director and writer Omar Amiralay. This documentary made in 1974 with the playwright Saadallah Wannous had been banned in Syria. By showing the daily life …
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The 24th Franco-Arab Film Festival was held from June 24th to July 1st in Amman. 11 films from the Middle East (Iraq, Jordan, Palestine) and North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia) were screened, as well as some French films. This year the themes were migration, justice and freedom. The festival is organized by the Institut …
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From March 26th to 31st the 10th Muscat International Film Festival took place in Oman. 95 documentaries and drama films were screened. The festival, directed by Khalid Abdul Rahim al-Zadjali, is considered one of the most open for north African films, after the Alexandria and Cairo festivals. Algeria did well at Muscat, winning three awards …
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Dario Albertini’s Manuel won three awards at the 39th Cinémed, the festival of Mediterranean cinema in Montpellier, which ended on October 28th. The jury, chaired by French actress and director Aure Atika, awarded the Golden Antigone to this social drama directed by former documentary-maker Dario Albertini and produced by Bibi Films and Timvision. Manuel is …
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OPEN Media Hub has launched a call for “expressions of interest for production support”, a programme to enable television and on-line journalists in countries bordering the European Union (EU), and in particular in the eight countries of the southern Mediterranean shore, to create content related to the European Union. This call is for short film …
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A first call for propositions has been launched as part of the SouthMed WiA (Women in Audiovisual) project, financed by the European Union. The aim of this call is to put forward innovative ideas which promote gender equality in the broadcasting sector of seven southern Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. …
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The jury of the International Grand Prix for Creative Documentary, organised by the Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI), delivered is verdict on July 1st, giving awards to 4 documentaries. The Arman Trophy Grand Prix goes to “The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families”, a Japanese film about post-tsunami mourning. “Mada underground”, produced …
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