Category: MAGHREB

News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

MOROCCO / Noomi Rapace films “Close”

The Swedish actress Noomi Rapace is the star of “Close”, Vicky Jewson’s third feature currently filming in Morocco. Having started filming in London, the film crew moved to Morocco in early September to continue shooting this British action thriller. They will be filming in Marrakesh, Al Haouz, Tahanaout, Amizmiz, Casablanca, Benslimane, El Jadida and Azemmour until …

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MOROCCO / Making a film about the fervour generated by Barça and Real

The Moroccan director Abdelilah El Jaouhari is currently filming his second full-length feature, “Hala Madrid Visca Barça” in Marrakesh. The film shows how the rivalry between the two Spanish football clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid can unleash passions even in the working class districts of Morocco. Filming started in early July and continued through …

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TUNISIA / Imminent launch of a new channel Carthage Plus

A new private, general interest television channel, Carthage Plus, will join the Tunisian broadcasting landscape in the next few days.   Created by the Paris-based Tunisian businessman, Lassaad Kheder, Carthage Plus will broadcast from Tunis on the Nilesat satellite, on the frequency formerly used by Attessia TV. The experimental broadcasting period began in August and …

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FRANCE / 10th CMCA/INA Training session

From July 3rd to 10th seven journalists from across the Mediterranean came to Marseilles to take part in the 10th training session for writing news reports based on film archives. Created in 2008 and organised by the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) and INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel), these training sessions give journalists …

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MEDITERRANEAN / A call for projects about gender equality in Mediterranean broadcasting

A first call for propositions has been launched as part of the SouthMed WiA (Women in Audiovisual) project, financed by the European Union. The aim of this call is to put forward innovative ideas which promote gender equality in the broadcasting sector of seven southern Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. …

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ALGERIA / A documentary web-series allows young Algerians to have their say

“Wesh derna ? – Maintenant on fait quoi ?” (Now what do we do?), directed by Riadh Touat, tries to reintroduce a bit of optimism into young Algerians’ view of their country. Available on YouTube, this documentary web-series shows us what Algerians aged between 18 and 35 are thinking. Talking directly to Riadh Touat, a 31-year-old chemist …

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ALGERIA / The state wants to speed up its project for private channels

Abdelmajid Tebboune, Algeria’s new prime minister, announced on June 23rd that the question of private television channels would be “closed once and for all before the end of the year.” At a plenary session in which the elected members of the Assemblée Populaire Nationale (the Algerian lower house of parliament) discussed the government’s action plan, …

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