News about audiovisual in Egypt
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PriMed travels! A stopover in Egypt was the first stage of the 2019 Mediterranean Young People’s Award. PriMed went to Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said where 400 young people watched three selected films, discussed them, wrote their comments about them and finally voted for the one they thought best. An exercise designed to make them …
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The third El Gouna Film Festival ran from September 19th to 27th. Aiming to discover new international artistic voices, the GFF focusses particularly on encouraging film-making in the Arab world, and opening up inter-cultural ideas in the region. Three Jordanian films were shown in competition this year: – the documentary feature Tiny Souls by Dina …
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The first event for this year’s PriMed took place in Egypt, with the CMCA meeting a total of 400 young people in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said to discuss how they see their place in the Mediterranean world. To help the students sharpen their critical sense and express their opinions, the meetings were guided and …
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The Arab Cinema Centre announced that forty-two film critics from thirteen Arab countries have joined the jury of the Arab Critic Awards for European Films, a new section of the Critics’ Awards for Arab Films launched in partnership with the European Film Promotion. The Arab Critics Awards for European Films will select the best film …
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The Egyptian actor Farouk El Fichaoui died of cancer on July 25th in Cairo, at the age of 67. Born in 1952 in Al-Minufiyah, Farouk El Fichaoui graduated in literature from Cairo’s Ain Shams University, then continued his training at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. His career began in the mid-1970’s, and in 1976 …
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On January 20th several memorandums of understanding were signed between the National Media Authority (NMA) – formerly ERTU – and the Egyptian Group for Media (EGM). Their respective directors, Hussein Zein and Tamer Morsi, agreed a joint plan for developing Egyptian television over the next five years. Their first project is the creation of a …
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The beIN SPORTS group stopped broadcasting on January 8th, following a disagreement with Cable Network Egypt (CNE), owned by ERTU (the Egyptian Radio and Television Union). The Qatari pay channel reported on its Facebook page that the black-out was due to “CNE’s refusal to accept reasonable commercial terms.” The situation between beIN SPORTS and Egypt …
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