21/05/2012

Tunisia to house Pan-African film and audiovisual fund premises

Tunisia was chosen on May 19th in Cannes to house the premises of the Pan-African Film and Audiovisual Fund, coming under the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF). Tunisia'a candidacy was officially presented by Culture Minister...

Institutions, Events and Festivals, Tunisia

21/05/2012

Capacity development support: new approach and activities presented in Cannes

For a modern audiovisual production which has the potential to strengthen regional South-South identity and diversity.

On May 21, 2012, at the "Pavillon du Cinéma du Monde", the Capacity Development Support Unit (CDSU) of the Euromed Audiovisual III programme presented the results of its activities and its innovative approach to some 60 Euro-Mediterranean...

Programme Activities, Events and Festivals

21/05/2012

God's Horses: Paradise is not here

We were expecting a tough film, and that's exactly what we saw. In God's Horses, director Nabil Ayouch (Whatever Lola Wants) retraces the convincing and impressive tale of a group of young boys from the Sidi Moumen slum in Casablanca who end up...

Events and Festivals, Industry, Morocco

20/05/2012

El Taaib: the dangerous burdens of the past

A man flees across an immense desert, a heavy bag on his back, tripping over rocks and glancing nervously behind him as he runs. Here is a man deserting terrorism. But here is also Algeria, stumbling under the inherited burden of its civil war in...

Events and Festivals, Industry, Algeria

20/05/2012

Euromed Audiovisual brings filmmakers and investors together in Cannes

At the Producers Villa in Cannes, Euromed Audiovisual offers film professionals from the South Mediterranean the opportunity to sip coffee with international investors

There’s a long taxi queue outside the train station. An empty taxi arrives and stops a few meters before the pickup point. Suddenly, a group of young men in tuxedos appear from nowhere and, with complete disregard for all those waiting in line,...

Programme Activities, Events and Festivals

20/05/2012

Elia Suleiman: "Has the Arab Spring only just begun?"

Revealed with Divine Intervention (Jury Prize in Cannes in 2002), 51-year-old Palestinian film director Elia Suleiman is this year's patron for the Cinémas du Monde pavilion in Cannes. French newspaper '20 minutes' met up with him on the...

Events and Festivals, Palestine

19/05/2012

Cannes - After the Battle a 'love letter' to Egyptians

The Arab spring, subject to a multitude of images spread all around the world via internet, has also become the object of cinema, making its way to the Croisette's red carpet through the Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah, who came to present...

Events and Festivals, Industry, Egypt

17/05/2012

Go Green with Euromed Audiovisual!

Euromed Audiovisual III supports and cares for the environment

For the Cannes Film Festival Euromed Audiovisual announces a partnership with two environmental organizations. Why don’t you join us? Plant a tree by giving a contribution to the initiatives we are proud to support. Tree-Nation a free social...

Events and Festivals

16/05/2012

American-Arab committee releases guide to Palestinian films

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has announced the online publication of a guide to Palestinian film and filmmaking. It features information on and access to hundreds of films and film institutions, giving an unprecedented...

Industry, Palestine

15/05/2012

A collective for free culture in Morocco

In response to increased censorship under an Islamist majority government, a Moroccan collective strives to uphold free culture. Founding member Karim Bouhari explains why

Since taking office in January 2012, Morocco’s Islamist majority government has turned its attention to culture as a sculptor might: most gently, and layer by layer. New specifications have been imposed on television and public media: a greater...

Industry, Morocco