As part of a programme called Algérie avec amour (Algeria with love), the Minister of Culture and Arts, Soraya Mouloudji has given seven short films the green light to start filming. Algérie avec amour was created by the Ministry of Culture and Arts to help women directors understand how film projects are turned into completed …
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The Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA) has produced a series of podcasts about the Algerian war: La guerre d’Algérie racontée par les femmes (The Algerian war as told by women). Directed by doctoral student Denis Leroux and produced by the Make Some Noise Studio, the series consists of six 40-minute interviews in which women from …
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On May 26th France 5 broadcast Algérie, mon amour, a documentary by journalist Mustapha Kessous. It caused an outcry in Algeria. In his film Kessous, a journalist on Le Monde, tries to explain the Hirak, an on-going popular protest movement against the state. Kessous focusses on five young Algerians under the age of 30. They …
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On December 12th Salim Aggar was appointed director of the Algerian cinematheque by the Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi. A journalist, film critic and film director, Aggar takes over from Lyes Semian. The Minister of Culture reminded Algerians of the film library’s central purpose: to develop digital, to train technicians and to organise meetings between …
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On February 27th Ahmed Lahri, presenter of the 7:00pm News on the public Canal Algérie, was officially removed from the channel, a decision confirmed the next day by the Minister of Communication, Hamid Grine. Lahri is accused of having “spoken the name of Abdelaziz Bouteflika [President of the Algerian Republic] without mentioning his title” …
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Founded in January 1965, the Cinematheque of Algiers is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the event, the Centre Algérien pour la Cinématographie (CAC), the Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC) and the Algiers Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMA), have organized an exhibition entitled “La Saga de la création de …
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Faced with some television channels’ excessive practices, the Audiovisual Regulatory Authority (ARAV) has reiterated its rules about advertising. The ARAV made its point in a press release that “some [national television channels] significantly exceed the time allowed for advertising. This is detrimental to the viewer’s interests.” According to the TSA, some advertising slots are more …
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