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It all began in Khouribga: the 15th Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga
“An African film is a miracle, like the rain.” – Youssef Ait Hamou “’No wind is favorable to a sailor who does not know what
The Arab Spring and Maghrebin Cinema: The 6th Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb, Saint Denis
“Ideas are on the street.” –Abu Othman Amro bnu Bahr al-Jahed (776 – 869) “The cinema is there to mend wounded souls.” – Egyptian filmmaker,
Celebrating Amazigh Culture: The 5th National Festival of Amazigh Film
Organised by L’AMREC (Association marocaine de recherche et d’échanges culturels), (1) the 5th annual National Festival of Amazigh Film was held 15-18 December, 2010 at
Moroccan Cinema Alive: The 12th Festival National du Film, Tangier
“We are conscious of cinema’s role in society.” – Nour-Eddine Saïl, Director of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain Tangier: the city that inspired and attracted so
Questerbert on Moullet: An Interview with Marie-Christine Questerbert
Student of philosophy, traveller, actress maudit and filmmaker, Marie-Christine Questerbert, who appeared in Moullet’s Une Aventure de Billy le Kid (1971) and Anatomy of a
(1)">On Straub-Huillet’s Une Visite au Louvre (1)
Sally Shafto’s introduction sets the context for the transcript to the Straub’s film that follows
Transcript to Straub & Huillet’s A Visit to the Louvre
Transcript of the dialogue, and description of visual and sound tracks to Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet’s 2004 film on Cezanne
Artistic Encounters: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet and Paul Cézanne
The French painter is the subject of two films by the Straubs, Une Visite au Louvre and, more significantly, Cézanne. Sally Shafto looks at the
Luc Moullet, a Bootleg Filmmaker at the Centre Georges Pompidou
Luc Moullet is what the French call “un original”, an offbeat, quirky talent, who over a nearly fifty-year period has forged a unique filmography. Sally
Remembering Michel Fournier
This past January while in Paris I tried to contact Michel Fournier, Philippe Garrel’s legendary cameraman on six films, from Marie pour Mémoire (1968) to
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