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News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

TUNISIA / Television programmes during Ramadan

Every year during Ramadan, Tunisian television channels renew their programmes to ensure good ratings. Attessia TV’s “El Masque“ In a press conference, Elyess Gharbi, chair and managing director of Tunisian Television, announced the budget for this year’s Ramadan schedule was 4.5 million dinars. New Tunisian productions Among the new local productions, the major public channel, …

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EUROMEDITERRANEAN / Imminent creation of the first Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre

During the Cannes Film Festival, an important agreement was signed by the directors of several Mediterranean broadcasting organisations. Its aim is to create a Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre. The group of signatories includes Nejib Ayed, director of the Carthage Film Festival; Teresa Azcona of the Spanish Film Commission; Joanna Gallardo, head of the Ile-de-France Film Commission; …

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MOROCCO / Télé Maroc, a new private channel on Nilesat

A new private channel, Télé Maroc, was launched last week. A minor event, although until now the country had only one private television channel. This generalist satellite channel, available on Nilesat, currently broadcasts programmes exclusively in classical Arabic and Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect. “The most important thing for me,” explains its creator, journalist Rachid …

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ALGERIA / Condor and My-HD launch a Pay-TV bouquet

Last week the Algerian electronics specialist Condor, and the Chinese television operator My-HD launched a satellite package of pay channels. This is a first in Algeria, where until now the pay television sector has been non-existent. Named “PayTV by Condor” and accessible via the Arabsat satellite, the bouquet currently includes access to just over 70 …

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FRANCE / 11 projects chosen for FIDLab 2017

11 film projects representing 12 different countries have been chosen to participate in the 2017 FIDLab, the international co-production platform set up as part of FID (Festival international de cinéma de Marseille). More than half the projects selected are from the Mediterranean: “The Portuguese” (Portugal) a drama in development by Rita Azevedo Gomes, produced by …

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FRANCE / At Cannes, critics give awards to Arab films

On May 21st , the ACC (Arab Cinema Centre) organized their first Critics’ Awards in Cannes, with a jury of critics allocating awards to the best films produced in the Arab world the previous year. 24 Arab, European and American critics, representing 15 countries, chose the 5 award-winners, who each received their trophy at a …

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MOROCCO / Call for films for the Khouribga Documentary Film Festival

The association Afifdok has launched a call to register films for the 9th Khouribga International Documentary Film Festival. Which film will follow last year’s Grand Prix winner, Sonia Ben Salama’s Franco-Tunisian “Tout est écrit”? As every year, this 9th Khouribga Festival will present fifteen Arab and international documentaries, from December 20th to 23rd 2017. Through …

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