News about audiovisual in MACHERK region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
The authorities of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have announced that for this year’s festival they want to strengthen several initiatives to help the film industry. The most important is the return of the Dubai Film Connection (DFC). Closed down in 2007, film-makers and industry professionals have been requesting the return of this co-production …
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Even though the famous Abu Dhabi International Film Festival had become a key industry event in the Arabian Peninsula, developing a strong relationship with Hollywood, this month the Emirate’s Media Zone Authority announced it would close. For Arab film-makers and others working in the industry, the reasons for this decision remain opaque. The Media Zone …
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From May 6th to 26th Cairo’s Zawya cinema was given over to documentaries. For twenty days the cinema hosted conferences, workshops and a programme of 20 films covering 1922 to the present. The idea of the festival is to help the Egyptian public discover the documentary genre and open discussion about its forms, creativity and …
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For the holy month ICFLIX, the platform for legal streaming and video on demand in the Middle East and North Africa, is launching a series inspired by the popular Arab stories A Thousand and One Nights, “Alf Leila we Leila”. The series will be available throughout the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). Every …
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The news website Ahram Online reports that the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) will broadcast 11 television series over Ramadan, among them Tamer Mohsen’s “Taht El-Saytara” (Under Control), Ahmed Medhat’s “Zarf Eswed” (The Black Envelope) and Ahmed Nour’s “Yawmeyat Zawga Mafousa” (Diary of a Devastated Woman). They have all been co-produced by ERTU and …
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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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According to a statement from France Media Monde, the group is strengthening its presence in the Lebanon. With the support of the Lebanese French Institute, a series of agreements was concluded during a visit to Beirut in early April by Marie-Christine Saragosse, chair and CEO of France Media Monde and Marc Saikali, director of France …
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