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20 years after she left the small screen, Egyptian actress Sherihan (real name Sherihan Ahmed Abdelfattah al-Chalqati) made a comeback during Ramadan 2021. In a 4-minute commercial for Vodafone Egypt, the star repeats the choreography and music from an emblematic series “Fawazeer Ramadane” (The Riddles of Ramadan), first broadcast in the 1980’s during the iftar of Ramadan. …
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First shown at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival CPH: DOX, “Children of the Enemy” follows Patricio Galvez, a 50-year-old Swedish-Chilean searching for his family in the middle of ISIS territory. His daughter Amanda’s story is notorious in Sweden: converted to radical Islam, married to a jihadist, she flew with their 4 children to fight …
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Registration for the 2021 International URTI Grand Prix for Author’s Documentary is officially open. The competition is for public and private television companies, as well as associations and institutions working in broadcasting. Each organisation can register two documentaries free of charge; international television channels then select which films will enter the competition. The international jury …
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The Annecy International Animation Film Festival’s Short Film Competition will feature “All These Sensations in My Belly” by Marko Dješka. Released in 2020, this 13-minute short follows Matia’s transition from male to female and her struggles to establish an intimate relationship with a heterosexual man. A graduate of Zagreb’s Academy of Fine Arts, director Marko …
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The Arab streaming platform Noor Play has bought the rights to the Turkish series “Kuruluş: Osman” (The Ottoman) for distribution in Arab countries. Noor Play promises that more Turkish productions will be available on its platform.“Kuruluş Osman” is about Osman Gazi, founder of the Ottoman Empire, and is the sequel to an earlier series about …
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“Contado por mulheres” (Told By Women) is a series of ten Portuguese literary works adapted as films for television by ten female film-makers. Ten stories to make people weep, laugh and talk about the tragedies of the past and challenges of today. The films will be shot between April and August in ten towns in …
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The 9th Oued-Noun Film Festival was organized online from February 26th to 28th. Usually it takes place in southern Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara in the city of Guelgim. This year’s jury was chaired by Laurine Bauby, a French actress and director, accompanied by Moroccan actress Latefa Ahrar and Tunisian academic Wassim Korbi. The 3 …
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