On June 10th the Egyptian parliament approved a draft law on the press and media, plus two additional laws which validate the work of the National Press Authority and the National Media Authority. However, none of these laws can come into force immediately because, as Ali Abdel-Aal the President of the Parliament pointed out, they …
Category: MAGHREB
News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
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TUNISIA / Télévision Tunisienne broadcasts the national team’s World Cup matches
On June 14th Télévision Tunisienne announced it would broadcast the Tunisian team’s 3 matches at the 2018 football World Cup. It also broadcast the official opening ceremony. This was made possible by an agreement between Télévision Tunisienne and beinsports which holds the exclusive broadcasting rights for matches in the country. The matches against England on …
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MOROCCO / The committee supporting film festivals promises 530,000€ for 21 festivals
On June 7th and 8th the Commission d’aide à l’organisation des festivals cinématographiques selected 21 festivals and events for which it will provide financial support in 2018, totalling more than 530,000 euros. The main beneficiaries of this allocation of funds are: – The organiser of this year’s 24th Tetouan International Festival of Mediterranean Film will …
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MOROCCO / Morocco will chair the European Audiovisual Observatory in 2020
Morocco has been nominated to take the presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) for 2020. HACA Director Naji Jamal Eddine will represent his country in this post. Morocco was admitted to the EAO in 2013, the 40th country to join the organization and the only one in North Africa. Currently France has the Presidency …
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MOROCCO / First Fez International Film Festival
The first Fez International Film Festival (FIFF), initiated by an association of the same name, will be held from November 13th to 17th. The organisers’ aim is to strengthen the town’s cultural identity and promote the Moroccan film industry as a whole. They hope it will “help boost the production, making and promotion of national …
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TUNISIA / International success for Moufida Fedhila’s film “Aya”
Moufida Fedhila’s “Aya” is having a brilliant career in festivals. So far this year the film has won the Tanit d’Or at Carthage, the audience prize at the Noisy-le-sec festival of Franco-Arab film, the jury prize at the “Cinéma du monde” festival in Paris and the Gold FIFOG in Geneva. It has now been selected …
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ALGERIA / EPTV invests nearly 2 million euros in making programmes for Ramadan 2018
For the third consecutive year, Algerian television has decided to broadcast its own productions during Ramadan rather than buying foreign programmes. Tewfik Khelladi, EPTV’s Director General, announced that 18 home-grown programmes will be broadcast during Ramadan 2018, with a budget of 250 million Algerian dinars (about 1.8 million euros). To produce that many programmes while …
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