Egyptian screenwriter Amr Samir Atif has completed his new television series, El-Nehaya (The End). Directed by Yasser Samy, the series began broadcasting in Egypt during the first days of Ramadan – a popular period for showing series, with several new ones emerging every year. They often generate a lot of comments – this year though …
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FRANCE / France Télévisions continues the Lumni online courses
At the end of March, France Télévisions and the Ministry of National Education undertook Nation apprenante (Learning Nation), an online educational programme which uses their Lumni courses to ensure educational continuity as well as distance learning. Despite the easing of lock-down announced in France from May 11th and the reopening of schools, France 4 will …
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SPAIN / RTVE makes films accessible free on its portal Somos Cine
RTVE is making more than 60 films available on its website free of charge. Thanks to its portal Somos cine, a major Spanish film catalogue is now online. Julieta by Pedro Almodóvar, The Olive Tree by Icíar Bollaín, Champions by Javier Fesser and Verónica by Paco Plaza are just a few of the titles which …
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TUNISIA / Launch of “ Wataniya éducative”
On April 14th the Tunisian Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Television signed a partnership agreement to create Wataniya éducative a national educational television channel. The following day it was launched. Every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. lessons are broadcast for pupils working towards the national exams. Transmitted by satellite, these lessons …
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FRANCE / Albert-Londres Award : candidate call
The call is open for applications for the 2020 Prix Albert-Londres. Created in 1933, this award is named after one of the first French investigative journalists. Every year since 1985 three awards have been given: for the best reporter in the written press, best audiovisual reporter and, since 2017, for the best investigative book. This …
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MIDDLE EAST / The series during Ramadan halted
Although the month of Ramadan is usually the source of many broadcast television series, this “special” year is turning habits upside down. Producers have stopped filming because of the coronavirus epidemic. Many studios have had to close their doors, leaving new series incomplete. In Lebanon and Kuwait all productions are suspended. In Egypt, one of …
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ITALY / A docu-drama about Pompeii
2018/2019 saw the most important excavations in Pompeii for the past 70 years, part of an Italian initiative, Great Pompeii Project. The dig uncovered a street, several houses and about fifteen victims. The information pieced together with DNA analysis of the bodies enabled the archaeologists not only to understand more about the people they had …
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