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“Le Challat de Tunis”, a first feature by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, opened in cinemas on April 1st. The film-maker based her “documenteur” (a lying documentary – or mockumentary), on a 2003 news item: “A rumour was rampant in Tunis: a man on a motorcycle, armed with a razor, was slashing the buttocks of …
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To coincide with the theatrical release of his most recent film “Révolution Zendj”, Algerian film-maker Tariq Teguia was the guest of honour at the Centre Pompidou in Paris during a 10-day tribute to him in March. Two years ago “Révolution Zendj” won the Belfort Festival Grand Prix and the Scribe Award for Cinema. It is …
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Arte has announced that ARTE France Cinéma and ARTE France will be funding two new cinema documentaries: “Beyond Lampedusa” by Italian director Gianfranco Rosi and “The Corridors of Power” by Israeli director Dror Moreh. Both focus on crises in today’s world. Best known for “Below Sea Level” (2008), “El Sicario, Room 164” (2010) and “Sacro …
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According BFM Business, a framework agreement has been signed between the chairman of France Télévisions, Rémy Pflimlin, and the Hollywood-based production company Universal, a contract previously held by TF1. The agreement allows France’s public TV channels to have first choice of the studio’s new series. Thus series currently in production, such as “Shades of Blue”, …
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In a statement on March 5th, the NextRadioTV Group announced it has purchased VODEO from the Figaro Group. Dedicated to documentaries, VODEO is a VOD / SVOD platform (video-on-demand and subscription video-on-demand) with a catalogue of nearly 5,000 programmes, cable distribution agreements, ADSL and about 3,000 SVOD subscribers. NextRadioTV’s objective is to become the leader …
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The American production company Ryan Seacrest Productions, the French TF1 and the Israeli Armoza Formats have partnered to develop a new TV game “Babushka”. It will be presented at MIPTV, the international television exhibition, in Cannes from April 13th to 16th. The game is based on Russian dolls. Candidates face ten of them. Each doll …
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On Tuesday, March 31st, Jack Lang, chair of the Institut du monde arabe (IMA) and Marie-Christine Saragosse, chair of France Médias Monde, signed a partnership agreement to strengthen cooperation. The France Médias Monde Group includes France24, a trilingual news channel, RFI, a global radio station, and Monte Carlo Doualiya, a general-interest radio station in Arabic. …
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