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ALGERIA / A platform of Algerian broadcast content soon on-line

The communication and media group Sense & Med & com has announced the upcoming launch of Chacha TV. Chacha TV – meaning “screen” in Arabic – will be a digital platform for broadcast content, the first of its kind in Algeria. It offers streaming and video on demand. According to the producers, Chacha TV’s mission …

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ALGERIA / Salim Rebahi appointed head of EPTV

Salim Rebahi took up his new post as Chief Executive of EPTV, the Algerian public television company, on May 26th. He had previously been the French-language channel’s director and before that director of the regional station in Oran, part of Algerian public television. More recently he has been running communication at the Senate. He takes …

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ALGERIA FRANCE / Zoom in on Abou Leila

Produced by Thala Films (Algeria) and In Vivo Films (France), Amin Sidi-Boumediene’s first feature will be premiered during the  Cannes Film Festival’s Critic’s Week. The Algerian director, scriptwriter, editor and musician has already been noticed for his short films, which include The Island (Al Djazira), winning awards at many festivals, and Tomorrow, Algiers. With Abu …

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ALGERIA / Lotfi Chriet appointed to run EPTV

On March 26th EPTV, the Algerian public television service (Entreprise Publique de Télévision), announced the appointment of Lotfi Chriet as director general. He replaces Tewfik Khelladi, who has been at the head of EPTV since 2012. Before joining Algerian television, he had been director of National Radio, having previously worked in the president’s communication department. …

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ALGERIA / The Festival of Amazigh Film returns for its 17th edition

Festival du film Amazigh

The 17th Amazigh Film Festival, for films in the Berber language (Amazigh), runs from February 28th to March 4th in Tizi Ouzou, the capital of the Algerian province of the same name. The dates were announced at a press conference on February 23rd by the festival director Amar Tribech. Created 20 years ago, the Amazigh …

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ALGERIA / Death of the Algerian producer Youcef Goucem

Youcef Goucem

Youcef Goucem, head of the production company GoFilm, succumbed to his injuries on January 24th at the Douera hospital in the suburbs of Algiers. Two and a half weeks earlier, on January 7th, the Algerian producer set fire to himself in the offices of the private television channel Dzair TV. According to a friend, director …

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ALGERIA / Salim Aggar appointed head of the Cinémathèque Algérienne

Salim Aggar

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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