GREECE / The festival Beyond Borders presents its poster

Beyond Borders

The 9th Beyond Borders, the international documentary festival held on the Greek island of Kastellorizo, will run from August 25th to September 1st, and to publicize the event the organisers have revealed the Festival poster. This year’s theme will be the concept “twice a stranger”. As the press release says, this notion reflects “the exchange …

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ALGERIA / The Annaba Festival of Mediterranean Film announces Viva Palestina

Viva Palestina

The 4th Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival has created a special programme in partnership with the Palestinian Film Institute – “Viva Palestina”. It will be held during the Festival which runs from April 24th to 30th. For the organizers this partnership will “create a distinctive section on Palestinian cinema, highlighting Palestinian film production.” Festival curator Mohamed …

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ISRAEL / “A Body That Works”: a second season in preparation

A Body That Works

Keshet Broadcasting has commissioned a second season of the acclaimed series A Body That Works from production company Kuma Studios. Created by Shira Hadad, Dror Mishani, and Shay Capon, this drama about an infertile couple using a surrogate mother stars Rotem Sela and Yehuda Levi. Karni Ziv, Head of Series at Keshet Broadcasting, expressed her …

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FRANCE / MIPTV prepares the 26th MIPDOC

MIPDOC

Every April MIPTV, the international television market, is held in Cannes, where producers and distributors from more than 85 countries come together to discover recent and upcoming television programmes. Ahead of this event, on April 6th and 7th, there will be the 26th international salon for documentary production, MIPDOC, with screenings, conferences and pitch sessions. …

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EGYPT / Watch It presents its special Ramadan programmes

Watch-it

The Egyptian video-on-demand platform, Watch It, has presented its schedules for Ramadan. Within a broad choice of programmes the platform highlights its new series Lahzet Ghadab. Written by Mohab Tarek and directed by Abdel Aziz El-Nagar, the cast of this thriller includes top actors such as Mohamed Shahin, Aly Kassem, Sarrah Abd El-Rahman, and Mohamed …

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ALGERIA / The Minister of Communication, Mohamed Laâgab, calls for quality programmes during Ramadan

EPTV

During an evening presentation of the schedules for Ramadan on Algeria’s public service broadcaster EPTV, the Minister of Communication, Mohamed Laâgab, underlined the importance for public media to broadcast quality programmes promoting “universal, family messages.” Also present, EPTV’s Director General, Nadir Boukabes, reiterated the company’s commitment to a programme schedule which meets “public expectations while …

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TUNISIA / 3rd edition of the “Assises des Ciné-clubs”

FTCC

On March 1st and 2nd the Tunisian Federation of Cinema Clubs (FTCC) held its 3rd conference, the Assises des Ciné-Clubs. Organized with the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image and in collaboration with the Direction Générale de l’Action Culturelle, the theme of these meetings was “Reinventing Cinema Clubs in the 21st …

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