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Egypt / The film “Hamlet from the Slums is chosen for the Cannes Festival’s Atelier

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An Egyptian film, Hamlet from the Slums directed by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, has been selected for the Atelier du Festival de Cannes. This year 15 projects from 15 countries are taking part in this programme. It was created in 2005 to “encourage creative cinema and help a new generation of international film-makers emerge.” Over 18 …

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Morocco / Moroccan actor Soufiane El Khalidy in a new Egyptian series

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Soufiane El Khalidy heads the cast of a new detective series, The Octet, directed by Ahmed Medhat and produced by the Saudi group MBC. It centres on an Interpol agent, Adham, investigating the murder of his girlfriend and her sister at a party in Cairo. Soufiane El Khalidy stars alongside two other Egyptian actors Asser …

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Egypt / After a break of 10 years, Disney will dub Encanto into Egyptian Arabic

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Following a dispute on social networks Disney has decided that it will once again dub its films into Egyptian Arabic. This is in addition to dubbing them in modern, standard Arabic. Disney stopped using Egyptian Arabic, or Masri, in 2012 – although it had been regularly voicing over in that dialect since the 1970’s. Breaking …

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Egypt – Tunisia / The Tunisian film Salwa banned from being shown at the Alexandria Short Film Festival

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Salwa, a short film by Tunisian director Ines Ben Othman, was banned from being screened at the 8th Alexandria Short Film Festival, although it was still allowed to participate in the competition. The festival organisers told Ms Ben Othman of their decision two days before the festival opened, which was held from February 10th to …

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TiVi5MONDE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE MAGHREB AND MIDDLE EAST

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TiVi5MONDE the youth channel for 4-14 year olds from the TV5MONDE group is now available free of charge in HD and SD, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on the ARABSAT Badr 26° East satellite, which has exclusive rights to it in the Maghreb and Middle-East region. East. With its varied programs from …

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EGYPT / Serbian director Emir Kusturica chair of the jury of the Cairo International Film Festival

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Serbian director Emir Kusturica is the chair of the jury of the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival running from November 26th to December 5th. The jury will decide the winners among the 13 films entered in the International Competition, which includes 8 European productions or co-productions. In all 98 films from 63 countries will be …

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EGYPT / Dodi Al-Fayed will be played by Khalid Abdalla in Season 5 of “The Crown”

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Anglo-Egyptian actor Khalid Abdalla will play Dodi Al Fayed in Season 5 of The Crown with Australian star Elizabeth Debicki playing Princess Diana. Launched in 2016, the British Netflix series “follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events which shaped the second half of the 20th century.” In 2021 …

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