News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
The 6th Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival took place from April 24th to 30th in the port city of Annaba. A total of 55 films from 20 countries were screened in four competitions: feature films, documentaries, shorts and films made by AI. In the feature film category the Grand Prix went to Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t …
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The Dubai International Content Market (DICM) has published a report showing how much the audiovisual sector has changed during Ramadan. Entitled Ramadan 2026 – The Reinvention of MENA’s Content Economy, this report describes “a pivotal inflection point.” It says that “what was once a season dominated by broadcast television has transformed into a sophisticated multi-platform …
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At the AGM of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB), held in the Gambia, Tunisian Television received the award for best news report. Produced by journalist Imen Ben Amor, the award-winning report shows robot-assisted surgery at the Charles-Nicolle Hospital in Tunis. This is the third consecutive year that Tunisian Television has received an award at …
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Scheduled for April 20th and 21st, the Corporate Image Festival (Algeria Film Enterprise) announced in a press release on April 16th the cancellation of its second edition. The organisers hope “that this is only a postponement and not a definitive cancellation.” The festival had hoped to strengthen Algerian companies’ audiovisual communication by bringing advertising and …
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Released in Moroccan cinemas on March 20th, the comedy 2 Rwah registered 240,000 admissions and made nearly 13 million dirhams (€1.2 million) in its first three weeks. To put the film’s success into perspective the newspaper Le 360 compares the 2024 box office figures published by the Moroccan Cinema Centre (CCM): “In 2024 total admissions …
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The 79th Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its official selection, and it includes several Mediterranean productions. The festival will take place from May 12th to 23rd. In the Un Certain Regard section, Moroccan director Laila Marrakchi will present her third feature La mas dulce (Strawberries). The film follows two young Moroccan women working in southern …
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Created in June 2025 (see our article), the programme to help female Algerian directors, Hiya, has just closed. Supervised by director and screenwriter Yasmine Chouikh and organised by the Centre national du cinéma, the programme’s objective was to help five female directors bring their short film projects to fruition. The final 3-day phase took place …
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