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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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On December 4th the Saudi satellite television operator Arabsat stopped transmitting Al Manar, a private Lebanese television channel. The plugs were pulled in the middle of an interview with the leader of the Arab Democratic Party, Shaker Al Berjawi, who was criticizing the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Hezbollah, Al Manar’s …
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The 15th Beirut International Film Festival opened on October 7th with a screening of Mark Osborne’s “The Little Prince”. The Festival continued until October 15th, closing with Davis Guggenheim’s “He Named Me Malala”. 80 films from 28 countries were on the programme, divided into four sections: two official competitions, one for Middle Eastern documentaries and …
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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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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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