News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
The 28th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC), a festival of African and Arab cinema films, ended on November 11th in Tunis with an award ceremony at the Théâtre Municipal. While the majority of Tanit d’Or were won by films from sub-Saharan Africa, North African films nevertheless did well, convincing the various juries: drama, chaired by …
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The opening of the Cinémathèque Tunisienne was made official on November 7th in Tunis, during the 28th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC). Last June, director and documentary artist Hichem Ben Ammar (J’en ai vu des étoiles, 2006 ; Un conte de faits, 2010) was appointed by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs to complete the project and …
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On October 25th Télévision Tunisienne’s acting CEO, Majid Mraihi, announced changes at the top of the country’s two leading public channels, Wataniya 1 and 2. Awatef Dali takes over from Iheb Chaouch as director of Wataniya 1, while Imed Barboura is appointed head of Wataniya 2, replacing Chadia Boukdhir. A graduate in international economic relations, …
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On October 18th the former vice chair of the Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CMCA), Saadene Ayadi, was appointed Director of Cooperation at the Algerian Ministry of Culture. He was appointed by Azzedine Mihoubi, the Minister of Culture. Since the 1990’s Saadene Ayadi has worked extensively in both culture and communication. The CMCA congratulates …
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In the Official Journal published on October 16th, the Algerian government announced it will attribute broadcasting licenses for seven private television channels, and launched a call for offers. This first step towards opening Algerian broadcasting to the private sector has been expected since 2010, when President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he wanted to allow private channels …
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Shareholders of the Algerian media group El Khabar have decided to close KBC, one of their TV channels. The closure of KBC was made official in a statement on September 20th. Shareholders of the London-based channel called for World Vision, which produced KBC’s Algerian content, to be wound-up. Contacted by the Algerian media, El Khabar …
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OPEN Media Hub has launched a call for “expressions of interest for production support”, a programme to enable television and on-line journalists in countries bordering the European Union (EU), and in particular in the eight countries of the southern Mediterranean shore, to create content related to the European Union. This call is for short film …
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