News about audiovisual in MACHERK region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
On October 28th the Washington-based NGO, Freedom House, published its annual report on internet freedom in the world. Presented as a map, it gives an overview of the state of internet freedoms in the Mediterranean, assigning scores of 0 (total freedom) to 100 (no freedom) for each State. Syria (87) and Egypt (61) are rated …
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The 37th Cairo International Film Festival will take place from November 11th to 20th. 16 films will be in competition for the Golden Pyramid Award. In addition to films screened in the official competition, there will be 20 films shown in a “Special Screenings” category and a further 40 films in the “Festival of Festivals” …
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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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This call for proposals is to help projects in the fields of Education for Intercultural Citizenship and Intercultural Artistic Co-productions. The Anna Lindh Foundation only supports multilateral projects on the basis of a 1+1 partnership – in other words with at least one partner from a southern Mediterranean country and at least one partner from …
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The newspaper Egypt Independent has reported that the historical TV series “Talaat Harb”, which has been talked about for many years, is finally being made, with Mohamed al-Sayed Eid as writer and Sherif Arafa (“Dark Birds”, “Halim”) directing. Talaat Harb (1867-1941) was an Egyptian economist, founder of Banque Misr (Bank of Egypt) and other large …
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The Sanad Foundation, giving production aid to Arab World films, published the 2015 list of those film projects which will receive grants either for development or post-production. From the 178 applications, 20 projects were selected – 11 in development and 9 in post-production. 50% of recipients are women film-makers. There are five Tunisian projects (1 …
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In a press release on September 7th, ARABSAT, the satellite communications operator and EMC (Emerging Markets Communications) announced the launch of TRIO, the world’s first truly triple play service by satellite. The service will provide access to internet, telephone and television. There will also be a version of the service for professionals. This new service …
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