News about audiovisual in Algeria
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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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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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In late October, director and screenwriter Yamina Benguigui will start filming her next film, Soeurs (Sisters), in Algeria. Once again her principal actor will be Isabelle Adjani, with whom she worked on the TV film Aïcha, job à tout prix. It is the first time Isabelle Adjani has made a film in her father’s native …
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For the third consecutive year, Algerian television has decided to broadcast its own productions during Ramadan rather than buying foreign programmes. Tewfik Khelladi, EPTV’s Director General, announced that 18 home-grown programmes will be broadcast during Ramadan 2018, with a budget of 250 million Algerian dinars (about 1.8 million euros). To produce that many programmes while …
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The 19th television and radio festival, organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) in Tunis, was particularly generous to the Algerian public television company (EPTV) and the Algerian Radio (ENRS). They won six awards on April 31st in the presence of their CEO’s Tewfik Khelladi and Chaabane Lounakel. EPTV won first prize in the …
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The 11th International Festival of Amazigh Film, held in Agadir, closed on March 6th. Algerian journalist and writer Arezki Metref won the documentary Grand Prix for his film “Une journée au soleil”. Released in 2018, this film deals with immigration to France and the role of the Algerian community in France through history. Noredine Kebaili, …
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From March 26th to 31st the 10th Muscat International Film Festival took place in Oman. 95 documentaries and drama films were screened. The festival, directed by Khalid Abdul Rahim al-Zadjali, is considered one of the most open for north African films, after the Alexandria and Cairo festivals. Algeria did well at Muscat, winning three awards …
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