News about audiovisual in MACHERK region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
The Egyptian actor Farouk El Fichaoui died of cancer on July 25th in Cairo, at the age of 67. Born in 1952 in Al-Minufiyah, Farouk El Fichaoui graduated in literature from Cairo’s Ain Shams University, then continued his training at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. His career began in the mid-1970’s, and in 1976 …
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Organized by the Royal Film Commission of Jordan, the Amman International Film Festival will be held between April 13th – 18th 2020, using cinemas in the luxury Abdali district. The festival is a response to the need to provide a showcase for emerging Arab and Jordanian film-makers, to highlight their work and show it to …
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Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, board chairman and founder of the Royal Jordanian Film Commission (RFC), has appointed Mohannad Al-Bakri as Chief Executive. Mr. Al-Bakri took up his duties on July 7th. A graduate in sociology and archaeology, Mohannad Al-Bakri has worked for more than 10 years in the Arab region’s creative industries sector. From …
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The 14th ceremony of the Samir Kassir Award for the Freedom of the Press was held in Beirut on May 30th. Three journalists were rewarded for their work, in the categories “opinion piece”, “investigative article” and “audiovisual report”, with each winner receiving €10,000. The winners in the “opinion piece” and “investigative article” categories are both …
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Monika Borgmann and Lokman Slim’s documentary Tadmor will be released in French cinemas on June 5th. The film gives voice to a group of 22 Lebanese ex-prisoners, determined to speak out about their long years in prison in Palmyra (Syria), after the popular uprising against the Syrian regime in 2011. In a series of individual …
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The second Films Femmes Francophones | Méditerranée will be held from November 4th to 11th 2019 in the Jounieh region of the Lebanon. It is organized by Bande à Part Productions, in partnership with the Lebanon’s French Institute, Jounieh’s French Institute and the NDU International Film Festival. Specifically for feature-length dramas, FFFMED is a week-long …
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The Funding Guide for Arab Producers lists information on all the international funds and industry platforms to which Arab producers can apply for their film projects. It includes funds and markets in Europe and the United States which encourage co-productions with Arab countries. With regard to Arab national funds and platforms, the guide lists only …
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