News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
For several weeks during Ramadan, Nessma TV, a private television company, received a lot of criticism for its new hidden camera programme “Angelina-19”. The presenter is an Angelina Jolie lookalike, Lina Sands, and the subject is the coronavirus vaccination campaign. The show is set in a busy vaccination room where Ms. Sands, pretending to be Ms. …
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On April 6th Hichem Mechichi, the head of the Tunisian government, nominated Kamel Ben Younes as the new director of the TAP news agency, Tunis Afrique Presse. A supporter of the former president Ben Ali, ousted from power in 2011, and accused of being close to the main Islamist parliamentary party Ennahdha, Ben Younes’ appointment was seen …
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Actress Fatiha Nesrine, whose real name was Fatiha Benmohamed, died from cancer in Algiers on March 29th. At 74 she was an icon of Algerian cinema; the Algerian Ministry of Culture paid tribute to her contribution to the country’s artistic life. The Algerian National Theatre and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’audiovisuel also offered their …
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In Morocco and Algeria, Ramadan begins on April 14th and ends on May 12th. In Europe, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon the month of Ramadan in the year 1442 AH begins on Tuesday April 13th. The Muslim’s holy month is also the month with the highest audience figures for Arab television, thanks mainly to …
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The candidate call for the 2021 President’s Award for Young Creators, Ali-Maâchi, has been launched by the Algerian Ministry of Culture and Art. Young writers and artists from various artistic fields are asked to participate. The award is open to writers, musicians and composers, actors, choreographers and dancers, visual artists and film-makers between the ages …
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The 9th Oued-Noun Film Festival was organized online from February 26th to 28th. Usually it takes place in southern Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara in the city of Guelgim. This year’s jury was chaired by Laurine Bauby, a French actress and director, accompanied by Moroccan actress Latefa Ahrar and Tunisian academic Wassim Korbi. The 3 …
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Sami Bouajila won the César for Best Actor for his role as Farès in “Un Fils” by Mehdi Barsaoui, a Tunisian-French co-production by 13Productions, Dolce Vita Films (France) and Cinétéléfilms (Tunisia). This is the second award he has received for his performance, after the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival. The actor trained …
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