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In early December a Lebanese court ordered the satellite operator Arabsat, based in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), to resume transmitting Al Manar TV, which it had cut off in December 2015. In an action brought by Al Manar’s management, Hassan Hamdane, the Lebanese judge for urgent affairs, ruled that Arabsat must reopen Al Manar‘s signal on …
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The Lebanese association Beirut DC has opened a call for films for the second Beirut Cinema Platform (BCP), a co-production platform for independent directors and producers from the Arab world working on their first or second feature film (drama or documentary). The aim is to bring people working in independent cinema together with international professionals …
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Beirut DC is calling for films for the 9th Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya, the Arab Film Festival in Beirut, which runs in the Lebanese capital from March 16th to 26th 2017. Registration is open until December 3rd 2016. The festival is for any drama film or documentary, long or short, either made in the Arab …
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Having recently adapted Yasmina Khadra’s best-seller “The Attack” and then worked on the Canal Plus series “Baron Noir”, Ziad Doueiri returns to his home town Beirut to make his fourth feature film, “L’Insulte”, which began shooting on June 7th. It’s a story about a Lebanese Christian who, watering the flowers on his balcony, accidentally spills …
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The American-Lebanese company Cinephilia Productions has launched a call for applications for its 2016 workshop Cinephilia Screenwriting Lab For Shorts. Created in 2012, this initiative is aimed at film-makers from the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia who have a short film project. 8 original projects will be selected and their directors will participate in …
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2016 marks the 11th anniversary of the first Samir Kassir Award for Press Freedom in the Lebanon and Middle East. On Monday February 8th Christina Lassen, the European Union’s ambassador to the Lebanon, launched the 2016 edition of the Samir Kassir Award for Press Freedom. Created in 2006 by the European Union, this award commemorates …
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beIN Media, which recently expanded its pay TV package with new entertainment channels, has just formalized an agreement with the Lebanese distribution company Italia Film International. For the next five years, beIN will be able to broadcast nearly 600 films distributed by Italia Film, which enjoys exclusive deals with major US groups such as The …
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