Category: MAGHREB

News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

ALGERIA / Tribunal suspends the purchase of the El Khabar Group

Following a complaint filed in April by the Algerian Ministry of Communication, the Birmandreis Administrative Tribunal ruled on June 15th that the purchase of the media group El Khabar by Ness Prod must be suspended. Ness Prod is a subsidiary of the Cevital group owned by businessman Issad Rebrab. The deal, finalised on March 14th, …

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TUNISIA / Calls for the Atelier Takmil and the JCC’s Ciné Fondation

The Carthage Film Festival (JCC), this year celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, is hosting the 3rd Atelier Takmil (Takmil Workshop) on November 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Since 2014 this workshop has allowed African and Arab film-makers to submit their film projects in post-production to the expertise of an international jury. The most promising rough cuts receive …

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MOROCCO / FIDADOC 2016 unveils its awards

Running from May 2nd to 7th and organised by the Association de Culture par l’Education et l’Audiovisuel (ACEA), the 8th Agadir International Documentary Festival (FIDADOC) presented its awards at a ceremony at the Town Hall. The “Nouzha Drissi” Grand Prix went to Liubov Durakova and Alisa Kovalenko’s Polish-Ukrainian “Alisa in Warland”: the self-portrait of a …

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TUNISIA / The 10th Doc à Tunis bigger than ever

The 10th documentary festival Doc in Tunis, organized by an association called Ness El Fen, was held from April 20th to 24th. Traditionally based in Tunis, the festival also organised screenings of selected films in 3 other Tunisian towns from April 22nd to 24th: Bizerte, Kairouan and Sidi Bouzid. The theme of this year’s festival …

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TUNISIE FRANCE / Launch of a joint programme on Al Wataniya 1 and France 24

At the end of March, Tunisia’s principle public channel, Al Wataniya 1, and the 24-hour news channel France 24, launched a joint magazine programme, “Paris-Tunis, Tunis-Paris”. Co-produced by the two channels, the programme is recorded alternately between Paris and Tunis, and broadcast on the last Friday of the month, simultaneously on both channels from 7:10 …

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MOROCCO / 3rd CAP Spartel Film Festival at Tangier

From April 16th to 19th the Moroccan Observatoire de l’Image et des Médias is organizing the third CAP Spartel Film Festival in Tangier on “Cinema and the arts”. This year the festival will focus on analysing “the intimate, ontological relationship linking cinema to the other arts”. 18 short documentaries and dramas, Moroccan and international, are …

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ALGERIA / Van Damme in “Algeria Pour Toujours 2”

“Algeria Pour Toujours: Les Portes du Soleil”, the first 100% Algerian-produced action and martial arts film, will have a sequel, due to start filming in Oran this April. Provisionally called “Algeria Pour Toujours: Protocole 33”, the sequel is produced by Zakaria Ramdane, who also plays the lead, and co-directed by Abdelouahab Saifi and Jean-Baptiste Jay. …

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