News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
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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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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Franco-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui’s first feature Parmi nous (English title: Animalia) will be taking part in the Sundance Film Festival’s international competition from January 19thto 29th. This is the second time a film by Ms. Alaoui has been shown at Sundance. In 2020 her short film Qu’importe si les bêtes meurent, received the Grand Jury …
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Production and distribution company MAD Solutions has launched MAD Crew Celebrity: a new division specializing in promoting the careers of directors, writers, producers as well as DP’s, costume designers, composers and editors. Modelled on their actors’ agency MAD Celebrity, this new off-shoot will be managed by Angie Skaik under the supervision of MAD Celebrity’s Executive …
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Banned in Algerian cinemas four years ago, Ben M’Hidi has now been approved by the viewing committees of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts and the Ministry of Mujahideen and Rights Holders. Directed by Bachir Derrais and written by Mourad Bourboune, the film traces the life of Larbi Ben M’hidi, from his childhood in …
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Launched in 2016 by film director Moncef Dhouib, the image education project Mille et un films is being renewed for 2023. Financed by the Ministry of National Education and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image (CNCI), this project introduces pupils aged 8 to 14 to film making. Every year across the country’s 24 …
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During the international symposium “Cinema and Citizenship Issues” in Oran, Mourad Chouihi, director of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel (CNCA) announced that the Centre will be restoring and digitizing at least 10 classic Algerian films in 2023. Since 2012 the CNCA has restored 16 films, including L’aube des damnés (1965) by Ahmed …
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