News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
Soufiane El Khalidy heads the cast of a new detective series, The Octet, directed by Ahmed Medhat and produced by the Saudi group MBC. It centres on an Interpol agent, Adham, investigating the murder of his girlfriend and her sister at a party in Cairo. Soufiane El Khalidy stars alongside two other Egyptian actors Asser …
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Since the Covid-19 crisis, Morocco has experienced a significant reduction of foreign film-making. The Ouarzazate film studios, nicknamed “Africa’s Hollywood”, have lost nearly 75% of their investments. In 2019, before the borders were closed, foreign film productions brought in 796.5 million dirhams, that’s excluding national films which provided another 452 million. By contrast in 2020 …
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On February 3rd a decree signed by Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane announced the cancellation of a project to build a Cité du Cinéma in Algiers’ Ben Aknoun Park. The government has not justified their decision, which comes just two weeks after the signature of the decree validating the project. Initially the Cité du Cinéma was …
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Algerian director Djamel Bendeddouche died on the night of February 19th to 20th at the age of 80. He began his career working with director Mustapha Badie on television dramas such as Le Postier. He moved from assistant director to director on national television, directing documentaries and short films such as Le Conflit, Laboratoire and …
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The new Moroccan streaming platform Aflamin has been operational since February 24th. Headed by director Nabil Ayouch and the company Ali N’ Productions, this platform is distributing and promoting classic and contemporary Moroccan films. Within a couple of years it hopes to be showing every Moroccan film, some of which are still hard to find. …
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The Moroccan studio Artcoustic has won two tenders from 2M and SNRT to create Morocco’s first animated films. The Meknes International Animated Film Festival is also involved in the project. Funded to the tune of two million dirhams each (£152,000), Artcoustic is currently working on two cartoon films for young people inspired by Morocco’s heritage. …
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Moroccan director Zakaria Nouri won Best Director Award at the Tunis International Panorama Festival for his film Aicha, chosen from the 20 short fiction films and 4 short documentaries in the competition. Organised by film-maker Kamal Aouij, the event was held at the Tunisian Cinematheque from February 8th to 10th. Aicha describes the bleak life …
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