News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
Morocco is now one of the leading film locations in the world, whether for cinema or television, for big budgets or small productions. In April 2015 The Guardian even called Morocco the second best international base for making films. The Centre Cinématographique Marocain announced that in 2016 MAD 280 million (about €26 million) had been …
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At the end of February the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs appointed Nejib Ayed, a film producer, to run the Carthage Film Days (JCC) this year and next. He succeeds Brahim Letaief, also a producer. Néjib Ayed was born in 1953 in Ksar Hellal. After a Master’s in French, he moved into the film industry …
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Desert Storm, a new feature by Chinese director Dante Lam, is being filmed in several Moroccan towns until the end of May. The inhabitants of Rabat have seen their town centre transformed into scenes of war, with military vehicles and extras dressed in battledress. According to executive producer Zakaria Alaoui, Desert Storm is one …
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The Moroccan parliament has approved a package of measures to promote major film projects made in the country. The new law will come into force this year, with the aim of creating jobs in the film industry. According to Amine Tazi, managing director of Atlas Studios and CLA Studio, the measures to help producers will …
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The Festival International d’Oran du Film arabe (FIOFA) has launched a call for entries for its 10th session scheduled from July 25th to 31st 2017. The films submitted must not have been shown elsewhere, they must be “Arab produced or directed” or subtitled or dubbed in Arabic and produced between 2016 and 2017. The deadline …
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After three years of discussion, the Moroccan Amateur Film Federation held its first AGM on January 28th 2017. The session was well-attended, with 15 amateur clubs and associations, 4 of them in the process of being created, as well as individual film-makers, both amateur and professional, critics and journalists. During the meeting the Federation’s status …
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The Observatoire Marocain de l’Image et des Médias is organizing its fourth “Cap Spartel Film Festival” from April 5th to 8th in Tangier. The theme will be “Film and Borders”. Indeed the festival’s aim this year is to show that “there is not only exile across geographical borders, but also across our own frontiers”. For …
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