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News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

MOROCCO / The drama short film “Riad de mes rêves” chosen for the 2021 Meraki Film Festival

Riad de mes rêves

Zineb Tamour’s film has been selected for the final phase of Germany’s Meraki Film Festival. Shot in Rabat and Salé, the director says her film is a “form of protest – on the one hand to raise awareness about Moroccan women’s limited access to the film industry and its related professions; and on the other …

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TUNISIA / The Manarat Film Festival reprogrammed for July 2021

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Faced with the international health crisis, the organizers of the Manarat Festival of Mediterranean Film have decided to postpone the event. The 3rd edition will now take place from July 1st to 7th 2021. Manarat (“beacon” in Arabic), was founded in 2018 from a collaboration between the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image (CNCI), the Centre National du Cinéma et …

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MOROCCO / “Autisto”, first co-production between Morocco, Israel and the United States

Jérôme Cohen Olivar

Franco-Moroccan director Jérôme Cohen Olivar has given the first details of his upcoming film “Autisto” in an interview with the Moroccan news channel Le360. “Autisto” is about Ronit, a Jewish woman from Tel Aviv, and her long fight for her autistic and epileptic child. When yet another epileptic seizure sends her son to hospital, Ronit seems …

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MOROCCO / New reality TV show

Starting on November 24th, 2M’s schedule will be enhanced with a new reality TV show: “Who Will Invest in My Project? Startups Special”. Launched in partnership with the telecoms operator Inwi, this “tech show” combining reality TV with entertainment will bring start-ups and investors face to face. The show will be presented by Medhi Boukhari …

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ALGERIA / Launch of Al-Dhakira TV

On November 1st EPTV will launch Al-Dhakira TV, a themed channel dedicated to history and memory. The date was not chosen at random since it marks the 66th anniversary of the start of the Algerian War of Independence. It is the first Arab and African channel devoted to these subjects. The launch of Al-Dhakira has …

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TUNISIA / Launch of a bouquet of educational channels

The Tunisian education ministry is preparing the launch of a bouquet of satellite educational channels, to help distance learning without the need to have Internet access. The aim is to guarantee a digital educational space for all pupils. The channels must provide digital educational content in line with the official programmes. All grade levels will …

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MOROCCO / Zineb Tamourt’s Riad de mes rêves wins award

Moroccan director Zineb Tamourt won Best Screenwriter for Riad de mes rêves at New Zealand’s RedWood Festival. Her short film is set in Casablanca at the end of the 1970’s: Hiba, 12, has always been passionate about the arts. Close to her home something called a cinema opens. Fascinated, she breaks her mother’s prohibition and …

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