ERT, Greek public television, has just announced which Greek productions and co-productions will receive financial support. The total amount of funding is €714,000 – to comply with the rule that broadcasters give 1.5% of their gross income to Greek cinema. The Greek broadcasting company will support twelve projects. Among the selected feature films there are …
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TUNISIA / Controversy surrounding series shown during Ramadan
There are always a lot of television series aired in North Africa during Ramadan, appealing to a wide audience every day when the fast is broken. Very often these productions made for Ramadan tackle sensitive subjects, but this year some series have created controversy. There has been a lot of discussion about a series called …
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CROATIA / Postponement of the Dubrovnik market
NEM Dubrovnik is the most important Croatian trade event specializing in the television industry. Although planned as usual for June in Dubrovnik, it will not be held this year because of the uncertain situation brought about by COVID-19. The event has therefore had to be postponed. It will now be held from December 9th to …
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ALGERIA / The success of Samira TV
Samira Bezaouia and her husband, Yacine Sadek, launched the Samira TV channel in July 2013. Their studios are built on privately-owned land, they didn’t need a bank loan. Two studios are used for a cookery programme, a third is for traditional dress-making: “Kostbia”. The person behind Samira TV, Samira Bezaouia, has a university degree in …
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EGYPT / El-Nehaya a television series which polarises opinion
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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