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39 articles available in total starting from 25/05/2017. Last article published on 24/01/2025.

Sigal Yehuda • Founder and executive director, Close-Up

Interview: Sigal Yehuda • Founder and executive director, Close-Up

“As human beings and as artists, we have the freedom to resist the realities in our region by means of creative work”

We chatted to the founder and executive director of this international co-production programme for documentary filmmakers hailing from a diverse range of backgrounds  

01/12/2021 | /Belgium/Middle East/Africa

The Cairo International Film Festival unveils its full line-up

The Cairo International Film Festival unveils its full line-up

Emir Kusturica will chair the International Competition jury, appointed to weigh up 13 feature films, 8 of which are European productions or co-productions  

17/11/2021 | Cairo 2021

Enrico Chiesa, Hakim Mao, Murielle Thierrin and Francis Nebot • Coordinator, expert and producers, OuiCoprod

Interview: Enrico Chiesa, Hakim Mao, Murielle Thierrin and Francis Nebot • Coordinator, expert and producers, OuiCoprod

"Producers, funds, distributors, festivals and platforms have a new tool for scouting projects from these regions"

VENICE 2021: An interview with the coordinator and one of the experts behind the professional platform designed to support South-South co-productions, accompanied by two selected producers  

04/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Venice Production Bridge

The Netherlands and South Africa launch a joint support effort, the Thuthuka Co-Development Fund

The Netherlands and South Africa launch a joint support effort, the Thuthuka Co-Development Fund

CANNES 2021: The new fund, announced yesterday afternoon at the Marché du Film’s Dutch pavilion, follows the two countries’ previous co-production treaty signed in 2015  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Enrico Chiesa, Isabelle Fauvel and Dieudonné Alaka • Coordinators and experts, OuiCoprod

Interview: Enrico Chiesa, Isabelle Fauvel and Dieudonné Alaka • Coordinators and experts, OuiCoprod

“Professionals now know where to find projects from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific that are credible and pre-financed”

CANNES 2021: The International Organisation of La Francophonie and the ACP (African States, Caribbean and Pacific Organisation) are launching the new OuiCoprod platform  

10/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

142 critics to review films of the 4th Critics' Awards for Arab Films

142 critics to review films of the 4th Critics' Awards for Arab Films

A big number of European film journalists join those in charge of nominating the winners of this year’s Arab Cinema Center awards  

07/02/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Europe/Middle East/Africa

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya wins the first Arab Critics’ Award for European Films

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya wins the first Arab Critics’ Award for European Films

The joint initiative between European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Center, aiming to promote European cinema to the Arab world, handed out its award at the Cairo Film Festival  

26/11/2019 | Cairo 2019

Sweden’s While We Live awarded an “African Oscar”

Sweden’s While We Live awarded an “African Oscar”

The Swedish identity drama – Burkinabe director Dani Kouyaté’s first Swedish feature – was nominated for seven prizes at the Africa Movie Academy Awards  

17/07/2017 | Awards | Sweden/Africa

Agreement signed for the first Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre

Agreement signed for the first Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre

CANNES 2017: During the festival on the Côte d'Azur, the Lazio region also launched the second part of the 2016 Lazio Cinema International call for entries  

25/05/2017 | Industry | Europe/Africa

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