Tunisian Zied Ben Taleb and the German Margarete Luetke Twenhoeven have just completed shooting “Kannouta”, a 40-minute drama doc about migrants. The two directors have launched a crowd-funding campaign on the site GoGetFunding to finance post-production. “Kannouta” tries to understand the reasons why young Tunisians risk their lives on makeshift boats to enter Europe illegally. …
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MOROCCO / Tom Cruise and Albert Dupontel filming at Ouarzazate
Two major productions have been busy on the sound stages at the Ouarzazate studio. From June 13th to 18th the French actor-director Albert Dupontel was there, shooting part of his sixth feature, “Au revoir là-haut”, an adaptation of Pierre Lemaitre’s novel which won the 2013 Prix Goncourt. “Au revoir là-haut” is set at the end …
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ALGERIA / Call for film projects for the Béjaïa Film Laboratory
The organizers of the Rencontres Cinématographiques at Bejaia are giving a writing grant and a completion grant to North African film-makers and producers as part of the second Bejaia Film Laboratory. The writing grant (Prix des Ateliers Sauvages Hafid Tamzali) is for 200,000 dinars (€1,600 euros), with the winner being given a 4 week writing …
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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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