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08/02/2024 - The German-Iranian co-production is a diary-style narrative by Farahnaz Sharifi, from her childhood to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom uprising

In at least two separate initiatives currently under way, the JSE and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) are making headway when it comes to improving youth financial literacy

The highest award for docs-in-progress at the Cannes Film Market’s sidebar dedicated to documentary, Cannes Docs, has gone to Ya-Ting Hsu’s debut feature doc 'Islands of the Winds.'

Circle Women Doc Accelerator has selected the projects that will take part in its showcase as part of the Cannes Docs program.

Ten projects by first- and second-time directors searching for European partners took the...

(The article continues below - Commercial information) Before venturing into filmmaking and moving to Paris, Ahmet Necdet Cupur worked for three years in Iraq and Afghanistan during the war, as a civil engineer. Two years after his arrival, he got funding from France’s CNC for his short Latin Babylon. In 2017, he completed his film and then returned to his village in Turkey, where he shot his debut feature. Les Enfants Terribles was produced by Anke Petersen for JYOTI Film (Germany) and Na...

(The article continues below - Commercial information) Before venturing into filmmaking and moving to Paris, Ahmet Necdet Cupur worked for three years in Iraq and Afghanistan during the war, as a civil engineer. Two years after his arrival, he got funding from France’s CNC for his short Latin Babylon. In 2017, he completed his film and then returned to his village in Turkey, where he shot his debut feature. Les Enfants Terribles was produced by Anke Petersen for JYOTI Film (Germany) and Na...

By Wendy Ide2020-12-21T14:09:00+00:00 Behind the scenes at Egypt’s unorthodox training camp for champion female weightlifters ‘Lift Like A Girl’ Dir/scr. Mayya Zayed. Egypt, Germany, Denmark. 2020. 92 mins Filmed over the course of four years, this scattershot but engaging documentary follows Zebiba (’raisin’ in Arabic), the latest potential Egyptian female weight-lighting champion to come from the stable of unorthodox coach Captain Ramadan. In fact, to call it a stable is misleadin...