TUNISIA – SPAIN / Kaouther Ben Hania’s “La Voix de Hind Rajab” wins awards at the San-Sebastián International Film Festival

Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Audience Award at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival, which took place from September 19th to 27th. Selected as Tunisia’s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards, this docudrama is about a six-year-old girl from Gaza, Hind Rajab, killed by Israeli forces in January …

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ALGERIA / Algerian cinema analysed by the Ministry of Culture and Arts

Two meetings to discuss the state of Algerian cinema were held on September 21st and 22nd, both chaired by the Minister of Culture and Arts, Malika Bendouda. Her aim is to develop “a strategic approach to revitalise the Algerian film industry.” Faced with the difficulties confronting the industry, the Minister said they must “remove obstacles …

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MOROCCO / The Al Aoula channel announces its programmes for the 2025/26 schedules

Al Aoula, a channel belonging to the SNRT group, has announced its programme schedule for the 2025-2026 season. Every Friday evening at 9:30pm viewers will be able to watch a feature film. Among the scheduled titles are Jihane El Bahhar’s Triple A, Jilali Ferhati’s Ultime Révolte and Yasmine Benkiran’s Reines. Haut et Fort by Nabil …

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PriMed 2025 / Discover the official selection the 29th edition

The selection of films for the 29th PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage – is now available! PriMed returns to Marseilles this year from 29 November to 6 December. With 25 documentaries an reports, the festival has established itself as a leading event devoted entirely to documentary films and reports on the …

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MOROCCO / Autumn schedules on 2M

2M presents its autumn schedules, including two new series. Firstly, a highly anticipated eight-episode crime drama directed by Nour-Eddine Lakhmar, Hicham Ayouch, and Yasmine Benkirane. Currently in post-production, the series needed a budget of 12 million dirhams (1.5 million euros). Also in preparation, Al Berrani is one of the channel’s flagship series. With 15 episodes …

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EGYPT / El Gouna Film Festival announces its programme

The 8th El Gouna Film Festival, running from October 16th to 24th in the Egyptian tourist resort of the same name, has announced the films in competition this year. This year’s organisers want to showcase young Egyptian film-makers by showing their first or second feature films. One of these is Mohamed Rashad’s The Settlement. This …

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JORDAN / “All That’s Left of You” chosen for the Oscars

The Royal Film Commission (RFC) has announced that All That’s Left of You, by Jordanian-Palestinian director Cherien Dabis, will be Jordan’s submission for the 2026 Oscars. It was selected from a call for entries launched by the RFC last June, with the final choice made by an independent committee of six members working in the …

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