Category: MAGHREB

News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

TUNISIA / Raja Amari, godmother 2020 of the Gan Foundation

Every year for the past 7 years the Gan Foundation for Cinema, created in 1987, has asked a laureate from previous sessions to chair its “Aid for Creation” jury. This year director Raja Amari has been invited. Born in Tunis, Raja Amari received support from the Gan Foundation in 2001 for Satin Rouge. Her film …

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MOROCCO / Filming starts agains

In a statement the CCM (Centre Cinématographique Marocain) announced that the authorities have lifted the restrictions on audiovisual and film-making activities so that filming can now resume. At the end of June the CCM published a guide on the health guidelines to follow. To make this return to work successful there are strict rules to …

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PriMed 2020 / Find out about all the films selected!

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23 documentaries have been chosen to take part in the 24th PriMed, le Festival de la Méditerranée en images, from November 28th to December 5th 2020 in Marseille. The CMCA received 397 films representing 32 countries from around the world. Here are the chosen films : Mediterranean Issues Category(click on the title to access to …

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TUNISIA / Artify, a new legal streaming platform

Artify is Tunisia’s first legal VoD platform specializing in national cinema and theatre. It makes locally-made films of all kinds available to the public. Artify is legitimate because of it formed a partnership with Orange Tunisia within the framework of Orange Fab – a programme designed to connect innovative start-ups with corporations such as Orange. …

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TUNISIA / Living in the time of coronavirus with Confi-Doc

Confi-Doc “Vivre au temps du coronavirus” (Living in the time of coronavirus”) is a project created by DocHouse in partnership with the IMS and the Danish Arab Partnership Programme. Five women directors each had a week to make a short documentary to raise awareness of the current pandemic and tell their personal stories about lockdown. …

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ALGERIA / Dzair TV stops transmitting

In early June the private Algerian channel Dzair TV announced it was closing down. In a statement, senior managers told staff to stay at home, saying there was no work. Although the news was formally announced at the beginning of June, the channel had already disappeared from the screens once before, in mid-March, when Eutelsat …

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NORTH AFRICA MIDDLE EAST / Selection of Arab short films at the Palm Springs International ShortFest

Eight Arab films have been selected by one of the United States’ largest short film festivals, the Palm Springs International ShortFest. It will take place online from June 16th to 22nd and show more than 300 films. Henet Ward by Egyptian director Morad Mostafa is nominated in the Best Live-Action Short category. The film follows …

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