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News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

EGYPT – TUNISIA / Selma Baccar, guest of honour at the AIWFF

Aswan International Women’s Festival

The 7th Aswan International Women’s Film Festival (AIWFF – March 5th to 10th) has announced Tunisian director, producer and politician Selma Baccar will be a guest of honour. Every year the festival highlights the work of women in the world of cinema. By choosing Ms. Baccar as a guest of honour the organizers want to …

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MOROCCO / 28th Tétouan Festival of Mediterranean Film

Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan

Created in 1985, the Tetouan Festival of Mediterranean Film returns for its 28th year from March 3rd to 10th. This year the organizers are enriching the programme with new events which support creativity and strengthen professional ties across the Mediterranean. During the Tetouan Workshops directors and scriptwriters will be able to present their projects to …

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EGYPT – ALGERIA / The Life After at the Luxor African Film Festival

La vis d'après

Anis Djaad’s The Life After was screened at the 12th Luxor African Film Festival. Organized in the town of Luxor, the festival was held from February 4th to 10th. Created in 2012 to remedy the low representation of African films in Egypt, the event champions African films and encourages partnerships between the continent’s film-makers. The …

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MOROCCO / First general assembly for the Union marocaine des festivals de cinéma

Drapeau Maroc

Announced in September 2022 by representatives from several film festivals, the Union marocaine des festivals de cinéma (UMFC) held its first general assembly on January 7th in Rabat and elected its executive board. Ben Younes Bahkani (director of the Saidia Film Festival) was elected president, Azzedine El Ouafi (director of the Cap Spartel Festival in …

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ALGERIA / Launch of the “Cinéma de l’université” project

Ministere-de-la-Culture-et-des-Arts-Algerie

On January 17th the Algerian Minister of Culture and the Arts, Soraya Mouloudji, and the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kamel Baddari, inaugurated a project called Cinéma de l’université. The inauguration was held at the M’hamed Bougara University of Boumerdès, attended by representatives from the project’s main partner, the Centre National de la …

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MOROCCO / A new director and reforms at the CCM

Centre Cinématographique Marocain

The Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mehdi Bensaïd, has said that the call for applications for the post of Director General of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) will soon be open. Since Sarim Fassi-Firhi’s departure in 2021 the CCM has been without a head. Abdelaziz Bouzadaini is the current acting director, the third person …

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TUNISIA / Fears that the Moknine cinema will be demolished

Association-Cine-Makna

CinéMakna, one of only three cinemas in Moknine, a town in the province of Monastir, seems scheduled for demolition. Having shown films for 50 years, although not continuously, it may now be replaced by a shopping centre. To alert the public, “The Moknine Cinema Association” has issued a press release. Younes Ben Hajria, a film …

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