News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
Mr. Chabane Lounakel is the new Director General of EPTV, the Algerian public television (formerly ENTV). His appointment was formalised at the channel’s headquarters, in the presence of Amar Belhimer, Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman. The Minister declared that this appointment responded to “national, regional and international media challenges which require everyone’s mobilization and …
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Moroccan Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Othman El Ferdaous, recently announced on Al Aoula evening news programme, Morocco’s public broadcaster, that a new public broadcasting hub would be created, combining the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT), Soread 2M and Medi1TV. According to Média24, “the government plans to position SNRT as a holding company for all public channels …
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The Établissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (ETT) has asked a consortium of French public broadcasters, led by France Médias Monde and including France Télévisions, Radio France, the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) and Expertise France to join a twinning project funded by the European Commission. Starting this spring for a period of 24 months, the idea behind the project is to support Tunisian television in …
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After her trilogy “Nos mères, nos daronnes”, “On nous appelait beurettes” and “Meufs de (LA) Cité” director Bouchera Azzouz has launched a crowdfunding appeal on the KissKissBankBank platform for her new documentary “Rahma et Abraham”. “In order for women to count we must tell their stories!” In 2015 870,000 people watched a documentary on France 2 about militant …
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MAD Solutions, the independent Cairo-based pan-Arab studio, has announced it has acquired 50 film projects in various stages of production from 13 countries across the Arab world: Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar and Syria. They include “The Legend of Zeinab and Noah”, first feature by Egyptian director …
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The kingdom’s film industry saw a steep decline in the number of foreign productions in 2020. The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) annual report reveals that last year only 8 foreign feature films and 9 foreign TV series were filmed in Morocco. Compared to 2019 that represents 77.5% less income from feature film productions and 74.2% less from …
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Tunisia is the guest of honour at the first Alexandria Francophone Film Festival (FAFF), organized from June 18th to 23rd. The Festival will be held in the famous “Bibliotheca Alexandrina” in partnership with the French Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the Fondation des Arts de la Culture et des médias and the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image (CNCI). The …
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