On June 2nd the Samir Kassir Award was presented in Beirut. Organized by the European Union in conjunction with the Samir Kassir Foundation, this award has been presented every year since 2006, a year after the murder of famous journalist and Lebanese academic. Its aim is to promote quality journalism, informed and independent, which reflects …
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EUROPE / Call for grants from the Aswatona Fund
The Aswatona Fund for Media Development, an initiative co-financed by the European Union to strengthen the independent media sector in North Africa and the Middle East, launched its second call for grant proposals for the development of community media. It will support five actions: exchange of experience and good practices; audience development and sustainability; social …
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FRANCE / Partnership agreement between FMM and the CMI
The Centre pour l’Intégration en Méditerranée (CIM) and the France Médias Monde group (FMM) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in spreading knowledge and solutions to meet the challenges facing the countries of the Mediterranean region. In doing so, both parties aim to advance the implementation of transformational reforms and integration across the …
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SPAIN / MediMed calls for projects and films
The 16th MEDIMED Doc Pitching Forum & Market will be held from October 9th to 11th in Sitges, Spain. MEDIMED is a professional market for European and southern Mediterranean independent documentary producers, organized by Apimed (Association Internationale des Producteurs Indépendants de la Méditerranée), a CMCA member. A call for projects and for completed documentaries produced …
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USA / Call for videos: Festival Plural Plus
A festival of videos made by young people, Plural +, has launched a call for videos. The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the Anna Lindh Foundation invite young people from around the world, aged between 9 and 25 years, to make original and creative …
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LEBANON / Retrospective of Lebanese producers: “Deuxième Rencontre”
In 2012 Euromed hosted a round table on the Lebanese film industry and its productions. Although the Lebanon is reputed to be the second country for Arab cinema after Egypt, the films produced there are still struggling to get shown either locally or internationally. At that meeting Ghassan Abou Chacra, a film industry consultant to …
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ITALY / 7th “Les journalistes de la Méditerranée”
The 7th Mediterranean Journalists’ competition, organized by the cultural association “Terra del Mediterraneo” (Land of the Mediterranean) will be take place from September 8th to 12th in Otranto, Italy. This year the themes of the two categories are international terrorism and press freedom. In the first, there will be awards for the best articles or …
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