News about audiovisual in MACHERK region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
Season 2 of the TV series “Saraya Abidine”: the final exterior scene is in the can. The first season, broadcast during Ramadan 2014, was about the life of Ismail Pasha, Viceroy and then Khedive of Egypt. The costumes and filming locations are meticulously prepared, the first episode was shot in the Abdeen Palace. The second …
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JRTV, Jordan’s national broadcasting company created in 1985 by merging Jordanian Radio and Jordan Television, is about to launch its third TV channel, subject to funding approval by Parliament. “The new channel will broadcast drama and programmes for young people and families,” Ramadan Rawashdeh, JRTV’s Director General, told The Jordan Times. It is aimed primarily …
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The launch of the rolling news channel, Al-Arab, by Saudi Prince Al Walid Bin Talal, was postponed many times. Finally it happened on February 1st, at the company’s headquarters in Bahrain. Less than 24 hours later, though, the channel went black. Originally it was for “technical and administrative reasons”. Then on February 9th the Manama …
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On January 22nd the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Board of Governors appointed Hatem Atallah (Tunisia) as Executive Director. He replaces Andreu Claret (Spain), who has been in office since 2008. As from February, Atallah will run the Foundation’s international headquarters in Alexandria (Egypt) to spearhead the new programme phase (2015-2017) in collaboration with the newly elected …
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From March 16th to 21st, 31 African countries will participate in the Luxor African Film Festival, in addition to 10 foreign countries and co-productions with African countries competing in “Freedom Films”. The festival is organized by “Young Independent Artists”, with long and short films competing in four categories: Long Narrative, Long Documentary, Short Films (drama …
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The 11th Dubai International Film Festival was held from December 10th to 17th. Khadija al-Salami’s “I am Nojoom, 10 years old and Divorced” (Yemen, United Arab Emirates and France), won Best Feature Film. Inspired by the true story of Nojood Ali, a 9 year-old forcibly married to a man in his thirties, the film shows …
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Egyptian actress Faten Hamama died on Saturday, January 17th at the age of 83. Her film career began at the age of 9 in Mohamed Karim’s “Happy Days”, but in the 1950s it really took off, reaching a peak in the 1970s. She appeared in hundreds of films in many different genres, from romantic comedy …
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