With deep sadness, terrible shock, and very heavy hearts, the Close Up team and family say goodbye to one of our dear filmmakers, Yzza Slaoui. The […]

Jude Chehab named in 25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM 2021 by Filmmaker Magazine   Close Up filmmaker Jude Chehab (director of Q, which participated in […]

Summary of Storytelling Edit Lab Four Close Up film teams spent last week in Berlin participating in our very first Storytelling Edit Lab. It was an […]

Thanks to Cineuropa for the interview with founder and executive director Sigal Yehuda! Read the interview to learn more about Close Up, our recent edit lab, […]

Close Up Storytelling Edit Lab in Berlin continues! The second half of the lab has intense but fruitful, as the filmmakers, together with editing mentors, have […]

Storytelling Edit Lab in Berlin Days 1 & 2   Greetings from Berlin! Our Storytelling Edit Lab is well underway as day one and day two […]

To our filmmakers from North Africa – you are welcome to apply to the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund! Applications close DECEMBER 1. Established in 2011 […]

CLOSE UP encourages filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa to apply now for Catapult Film Fund’s Development Grant! Submissions close NOVEMBER 30.   Catapult gives […]