Category: MAGHREB

News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

MOROCCO / Record turnover for the CCM

Centre Cinématographique Marocain

Khalid Saidi, acting CEO of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), has announced that in 2022 foreign filming in the country earned two billion dirhams, or around €179 million. That nearly doubles October 2022’s original forecast of just over one billion. As a reminder, the turnover in 2019, the last year before all filming was halted, …

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ALGERIA / Seven projects for short films supported

Ministère de la Culture et des Arts Algérien

As part of a training course organized by the Centre algérien de développement du cinéma (CADC), seven scripts, from among fifty submitted, have been selected to be put into production. All by young female writers, these scripts were presented during a masterclass at the Palais de la Culture Moufdi-Zakaria. Their subject-matter is varied – covering …

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MOROCCO – EGYPT / Filming resumes on “Ahl Al Kahf”

Ahl Al Kahf

After a two year break, Egyptian producer Amro Rachidi announced filming of Ahl Al Kahf (People of the Cave) will resume in Morocco after Eid and last for one month. Having already shot a third of the film in Egypt, the production chose to complete the filming in Morocco. The production is said to be …

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ARAB WORLD / The 14th Arab Film Festival Berlin revealed

ALFILM

The Arab Film Festival Berlin (ALFILM) has announced the dates of its 14th edition. It will be held from April 26th to May 2nd 2023. Organized by the Zentrum für arabische Filmkunst und Kultur (Centre for Arab Cinema and Culture), ALFILM highlights creative film-making in the Arab world and its diaspora, showing films of high …

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MOROCCO / The Dakhla Film Commission at the EFM

Commission du Film de Dakhla

The Daklha Film Commission took part in the European Film Market (EFM) – the first time that a Moroccan organization has taken part in this event. Considered one of the three major international markets for the audiovisual industry, the EFM was held during the 73rd Berlinale from February 16th to 22nd. Every year nearly 10,000 …

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ALGERIA / Conferences planned for the cinema sector

Drapeau algérien

During a Council of Ministers on February 20th, the Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, insisted meetings be arranged to discuss the cinema sector. By bringing film professionals together he hopes to improve the parliamentary bill on the film industry. The President stressed that this bill, on hold pending these meetings, “must inspire a real motivation and …

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MOROCCO – SPAIN / Spain donates the Gran Teatro Cervantes to Morocco

Grand Théâtre Cervantes

On March 1st 2023, Spain ceded the Gran Teatro Cervantes to the Kingdom of Morocco. Located in the heart of Tangier, this emblematic cultural venue was designed in 1913 by the Spanish architect Diego Jiménez Armstrong. Built by a wealthy Andalusian couple, the theatre became the property of the Spanish state in 1928. With nearly …

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