1. DRY HOT SUMMERS now in Clermont-Ferrand
2. IN THE FUTURE THEY ATE FROM THE FINEST PORCELAIN at Berlinale next week
3. Re-launch mec film website


6. Refugee cinema in Hamburg
7. mec film at Berlinale
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1. DRY HOT SUMMERS now in Clermont-Ferrand

Content
Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to life.
Egypt/Germany 2015, 30 min, digital, color, Arabic with English or French subtitles


Screenings
I8 - Capitole 1 - Saturday 6 - 17:00

I8 - Cocteau - Monday 8 - 12:00
I8 - Capitole 1 - Tuesday 9 - 17:00
I8 - Jaude 4 - Wednesday 10 - 14:00
I8 - Vian - Thursday 11 - 11:00

I8 - Cocteau - Saturday 13 - 14:00
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2. IN THE FUTURE THEY ATE FROM THE FINEST PORCELAIN at Berlinale next week

Screenings
Sun., 14.2., 14:00 Akademie der Kuenste, Hanseatenweg
Mon., 15.2., 17:00 Arsenal 1
Sat., 20.2., 16:00 CinemaxX 5

Content
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain resides in the cross-section between sci-fi, archaeology and politics. Combining live motion and CGI, the film explores the role of myth for history, fact and national identity.


Palestine/Denmark/UK/Qatar 2015, 29 min, digital, cinescope, Arabic with English subtitles
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3. Re-launch mec film website

Tonight the new website of mec film went online. The old one had served for almost 15 years and it is not without nostalgia that we took it off the net.
The address is still the same, only the look and some functions have changed. As any good website, it will be dynamic and soon we will announce the news online again.
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mec film is happy to pronounce, that we are serving as agent to the films of renown Syrian film-maker Mohamad Malas. Together with Dunia Film in Damascus we make copies available or connect you to the distributor for your territory.
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Content

The story is adapted by the novel Blue Light by Hussein Barghouty.
Palestine/Spain 2015, 25 min, color, Arabic with English or French subtitles
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6. Refugee cinema in Hamburg

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7. mec film at Berlinale

Irit Neidhardt of mec film will attend Berlinale during the entire festival period. She will be an interviewee for the rbb Inforadio show about working in cinema with the Arab World, a partner at a networking session of the Arab Cinema Center in the film market, an expert at a networking breakfast at the Berlinale Talents and a panelist at the Network of Arab Arthouse Screens.

We hope to meet you at the public screenings of IN THE FUTURE THEY ATE FROM THE FINEST PORCELAIN (screening dates and locations see above).
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