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NORTH AFRICA / The ASBU’s 3rd Arab Media Congress was held in Tunis

ASBU

The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) held its 3rd Arab Media Congress in Tunis on January 17th and 18th. Every year media experts, journalists and professionals come together to exchange ideas and debate the issues facing the Arab media. This year’s guest of honour was Algeria’s Minister of Communication, Mohamed Laagab. The theme running through …

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ALGERIA / After a delay, the Annaba Festival of Mediterranean Film announces its dates

AMFF

Initially scheduled for November 2023, the Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival was postponed by the Ministry of Culture and Arts, in solidarity with the Palestinians. The new dates have just been announced: the 4th edition will be held from April 24th to 30th. The postponement has meant some changes to the programme. As the festival director …

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NORTH AFRICA / Launching the 2nd cycle of the North African Cultural Programme

NACP

The North Africa Cultural Programme (NACP) has opened an application call for its second cycle (2024-2027). Created by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the NACP is a three-year programme open to five North African countries: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya. …

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ALGERIA / Student Cinema Days at Skikda

Journées du Cinéma Étudiant à Skikda

Organized by the association Jeunes Étoiles, in partnership with Skikda’s Université 20 août 1955, the Student Cinema Days brought many aspiring directors together for a three day event. The highlight was the award ceremony for the best student shorts. The Best Film Award went to Mohamed-Larbi Bourourou’s Koullouna Nantami which sensitively follows a boy suffering …

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ALGERIA / Preview of the documentary “Pierre Clément, cinéma et révolution”

Pierre Clément, cinéma et révolution

A preview of Abdenour Zahzah’s feature-length documentary Pierre Clément, cinéma and révolution was screened on October 14th in Algiers. The film traces the journey of militant film-maker Pierre Clément – a Frenchman committed to the Algerian cause during the Algerian War. Subsequently he worked as a director of photography on several Algerian, Tunisian and French …

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EGYPT / The 6th El Gouna Film Festival opens

El-Gouna-Film-Festival

During a press conference, the organisers of the El Gouna Film Festival announced the films for the 6th edition which will be held from October 27th to November 2nd. This international festival specialises in discovering new voices while also being a catalyst for developing film-production in the Arab world. 14 films will be shown in …

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ALGERIA / The Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival is back after 4 years’ absence

AMFF

After an absence of four years, the Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival (AMFF) returns from November 3rd to 9th for a fourth edition. Using the tag-line “New vision”, the event’s organiser Mohammed Allal wants to “give a truly international dimension to the Annaba Festival, in particular by selecting the best films and by increasing the value …

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