News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
French-Algerian director Nina Khada ’s new film “Je me suis mordue la langue” (I bit my tongue) won the Silver Poulain for Short Documentary at the 27th Pan-African Film and Television Festival (Fespaco) in Ouagadougou. “I bit my tongue”, a quest for identity In this 25-minute first-person documentary the film-maker tries to rediscover the language …
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Netflix is launching “The Fastest”, a 6-episode reality TV series about racing drivers – men and women – in the Arab world. The trailer sets the tone: “It’s not only the car. It’s the car, the driver, the setup. It’s everything.” This is the streaming giant’s first-ever unscripted, Arabic-language work. Season 1 shows the drivers …
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On October 24th a presidential decree formalized the creation of the Centre National de l’Industrie Cinématographique Algérien (National Centre for the Film Industry) in the capital. Back in 2020 the Algerian Secretary of State to the Minister of Culture and Arts, Bechri Youcef Sehairi, said that “evolving from diverse cinematographic activity to a real industry …
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AL24 News, North Africa’s first international channel Available on Nilesat, AL24 News is Algeria’s new 24-hour public news channel. Broadcasting internationally since November 1st, it is North Africa’s first international channel. Based in Algiers, AL24 News comments on national but above all international news through reports, documentaries, talk shows, broadcasts and interviews, including three daily “major …
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Abdelhamid Bouchnak’s “Papillon d’Or” (Golden Butterfly) has been chosen to represent Tunisia at the 2022 Oscars, competing for the Best International Feature Film Award. The film was selected on October 12th at a committee-meeting chaired by Slim Dargachi, director general of the CNCI (Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image). “A sort of psychic reading or even …
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On September 27th, Favvs, Algeria ’s first virtual festival of videos to increase public awareness, was launched in El Kala National Park. Organized by the digital agency Elevatîn, the event hopes to bring amateur and professional content creators together to create projects of public interest: for this first year, the theme is eco-tourism. “Favvs is …
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The Digital Portal of the Annaba Short Film Festival in Algeria and the Mizda International Short Film Festival in Libya have signed a cooperation agreement to “support and promote the work of young talents making short films”. The agreement is to organise joint internships and workshops for film training and short film production techniques. More …
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