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France / France3 PACA through MED IN DOC supports audiovisual productions

France 3 PACA

Through MED IN DOC, a spin-off to create and distribute Mediterranean-based audiovisual works, France3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur has launched an appeal for projects. The deadline for filing an application for the next committee meeting is September 15th. France Télévisions wants to encourage Mediterranean co-productions, help documentaries and develop fresh ideas both for the internet and television. …

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Italy / Sky Studios launches its series “Blocco 181”

Blocco 181

Sky Studios has launched its first Italian production, Blocco 181. This 8-episode series, directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, has been available across Europe on the Sky channel since May 20th. The Blocco 181 series is set in a huge social housing complex nicknamed Bloc 181, in the heart of Milan’s mixed-race suburbs. It’s an area where …

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Morocco / An SNRT study day on the place of women

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The SNRT (Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision) and its committee for monitoring equality organized a study-day entitled “The fiction of the SNRT: representation of the image of women in the collective imagination”. An audience of academics, researchers and broadcasting professionals reflected on the stereotypes produced by drama films. An article on the Yabiladi …

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Egypt / The Arabic adaptation of the American series Suits is available

Suits Arabia

Since April 2nd the Arabic adaptation of Suits has been available on the OSN (Orbit Showtime Network) satellite television service. Originally produced in the United States by Universal, the American version was a major success, with 9 seasons broadcast between 2011 and 2019. This adaptation was made by the Egyptian company TVision Media Production in …

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Jordan / Roya Media Group has launched a new offer on ArabSat

Roya Plus

On the first day of Ramadan the Jordanian company Roya Media Group (RMG) launched a new channel: Roya PLUS. Developed with the Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Roya PLUS is available through their Arabsat service. RMG’s Managing Director, Fares Sayegh, is proud of this collaboration, as the company’s press release makes clear: “Arabsat has proved its …

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Algeria / Mayna:  a series looking for a distributor

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The Algerian series Mayna, directed by Walid Bouchebbah and written by Lamia Kahli, is looking for a broadcaster in the month of Ramadan. In March the production company, Atyaf, organised a special press screening at the CNCA (Centre national du cinéma algérien) so the film-makers could present the series and explain the problem to journalists. …

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France / Project call for the Fonds Francophonie TV5MONDEplus open from March 10th to 20th 2022

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The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and TV5MONDE are launching their second call for projects for the “Fonds Francophonie TV5MONDEplus” from March 10th to 20th. Financed by the OIF’s member states and donor governments, this fund gives “production and completion aid for French-speaking films and series from the South.” This new initiative hopes to …

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