News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
From January 17th to 31st the Cinematheque tunisienne, in partnership with the Direction Générale Des Arts Scéniques et Audiovisuels, is offering a series of screenings: “Tunisia 2011: the Time of the Documentary”. The programme looks back at the events of January 14th 2011 and the Tunisian revolution through the lenses of film-makers. The selected films …
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The French group Pathé Cinemas continues its expansion in Africa with the opening of its first cinema in Morocco. Having built others in Tunisia and Senegal, Pathé opened the Pathé Californie Casablanca on December 19th with the group’s president, Aurélien Bosc, officiating. During the ceremony Monsieur Bosc said his group had invested the substantial sum …
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Seloua El Gouni’s film La Plaie (The Wound), which recently completed shooting in Casablanca, is now in post-production. Producer Taha Benghalem, co-founder of the production company Pink Sheep, talks about the film, which is distinguished by its “100% Moroccan” character. With a budget of 4 million dirhams (around 370,000€), this drama explores the complex mix …
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Organized by the association Jeunes Étoiles, in partnership with Skikda’s Université 20 août 1955, the Student Cinema Days brought many aspiring directors together for a three day event. The highlight was the award ceremony for the best student shorts. The Best Film Award went to Mohamed-Larbi Bourourou’s Koullouna Nantami which sensitively follows a boy suffering …
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The selection of films for the 27th PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage – is now available! PriMed returns to Marseilles this year from 4 to 8 December with 24 documentaries and reports from 19 countries. With 10 films making their French premieres, the festival has established itself as a leading event …
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Two major Egyptian festivals have been postponed due to the war between Hamas and Israel. The management of the El Gouna Film Festival announced in a press release the indefinite postponement of their event: “the GFF team hopes to resume the 6th edition when the situation in the Palestinian territories stabilizes.” The deferment of the …
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A preview of Abdenour Zahzah’s feature-length documentary Pierre Clément, cinéma and révolution was screened on October 14th in Algiers. The film traces the journey of militant film-maker Pierre Clément – a Frenchman committed to the Algerian cause during the Algerian War. Subsequently he worked as a director of photography on several Algerian, Tunisian and French …
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