News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
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. …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/tunisia-artify-a-new-legal-streaming-platform/?lang=en
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. …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/tunisia-living-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-with-confi-doc/?lang=en
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 …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/algeria-dzair-tv-stops-transmitting/?lang=en
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 …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/north-africa-middle-east-selection-of-arab-short-films-at-the-palm-springs-international-shortfest/?lang=en
Algerians can no longer receive their public television channels using terrestrial analogue. On June 17th the country switched permanently to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) thanks to the completion of the first relay network. The release of analogue frequencies will free up resources for Digital Radio (DRM). The creation of a second DTT network is under …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/algeria-end-of-analogue-transmission/?lang=en
The 3rd Documed, the Mediterranean Documentary Film Festival in Tunisia, is being held online. From June 8th to 21st digital programming is replacing the physical event. For this year’s festival, 26 films from various Mediterranean countries have been selected out of more than 400 submitted. There are many themes, ranging from civic commitment to the …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/tunisia-documed-happens-online/?lang=en
The lock-down was a creative time for several Mediterranean directors. In Morocco, the creative studio JAWJAB, in partnership with International Media Support, wanted to encourage film-makers to express themselves about this period. JAWJAB deputy general manager Younes Lazrak said the project’s aim was to record artists’ visions of the lock-down through their images. He added …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/morocco-five-directors-capture-everyday-life-during-the-lock-down/?lang=en
