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FRANCE / “We are Lady Parts”, a BrutX sitcom overturning stereotypes

We are Lady Parts

Showing on the BrutX streaming platform, a British television comedy series, “We Are Lady Parts”, overturns the stereotypes of Muslim women on the screen. The series follows Amina: by day a shy, somewhat awkward doctoral student of microbiology but by night, secretly, a guitarist with a feminist punk rock group “Lady Parts”. Living with her …

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FRANCE / The results of the 40th URTI International Grand Prix for Author Documentaries

URTI

This year’s URTI jury – made up of public television officials from Belgium, Cameroon, Gabon, Kosovo, Morocco, Portugal and Romania – awarded the 40th URTI International Grand Prix for Author Documentaries to Antonio José Almeida’s Portuguese television series “Mysteries of the Human Brain – Mechanism of the Emotions”. “Exponential growth is not limited to 21st …

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FRANCE / Hervé Michel, former President of CMCA elected president of UniFrance

Hervé Michel et Serge Toubiana

The first Steering Committee of the new UniFrance, an association born from the merger between TV France International (TVFI) and UniFrance, was held this Friday, July 2, 2021 at 10 a.m. and proceeded to the election of the presidency. Serge Toubiana and Hervé Michel, previously presidents of UniFrance and TV France International, were elected, in pairs, at the …

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FRANCE / The 33rd International URTI Radio Grand Prix launches its call for candidates

URTI Radio Grand Prix

The Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has launched its 33rd annual competition for the International Radio Grand Prix. This year’s theme: “the question of gender in tomorrow’s world”. The application deadline is September 1st 2021. Participation in the URTI Grand Prix is open to all international public and private radio organizations as well as associations and institutions working in …

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FRANCE MOROCCO / Crowdfunding campaign for “Rahma et Abraham” via KissKissBankBank

Rahma et Abraham

After her trilogy “Nos mères, nos daronnes”, “On nous appelait beurettes” and “Meufs de (LA) Cité” director Bouchera Azzouz has launched a crowdfunding appeal on the KissKissBankBank platform for her new documentary “Rahma et Abraham”. “In order for women to count we must tell their stories!” In 2015 870,000 people watched a documentary on France 2 about militant …

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FRANCE / Free increases its offer of Arabic channels for Ramadan

Free Packs Ramadan

As well as the 28 channels in Arabic already available, Free is offering access to 15 new channels in Arabic for Ramadan 2021. The complete list of new channels offered: Asharq News  580 Gulli Bil Arabi 682 Watania Djazareia 683 Watania 2 674 Hannibal 686 MBC 5 687 MBC+ Drama 688 ART Al Hekayat 1 689 ART Aflam 1  …

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FRANCE ITALY / “Pasolini, Pasoliniennes, Pasoliniens!”, a retrospective of the Italian film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini

Exposition sur Passolini Bpi

The Documentary Cinematheque of the Bpi (Bibliothèque publique d’information) at the Centre Pompidou in Paris is celebrating the work of Italian film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini. From April 1st to June 21st a season of documentaries will make 20 of his films available online, together with a selection of Italian films from the 1980’s to the present “all containing echoes, …

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