The 9th Salé International Festival of Women’s Film was held between September 28th and October 3rd. This year the festival had its first-ever documentary section, with six documentaries competing. There were also 12 feature-length drama films, all focussed on the theme of women. Ahmed Abdalla’s film “Décor” received both the Grand Jury Prize and the …
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MOROCCO / Casa/docks: documentaries in the spotlight
In Casablanca, Casa/Docks is a new open-to-all cultural initiative to broadcast documentary films every week. Every Monday at Casablanca’s ABC Cinema, the public will be able to see independent documentaries, programmed to illustrate a new theme each month. There will also be discussions with freelance directors and actors. This month the theme is “How to …
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MOROCCO / 3rd Europe-Orient Festival of Documentary Film
The 3rd Europe-Orient Documentary Film Festival, organized by the Moroccan Association for Media Studies and Documentary Films, will be held in Assilah from October 14th to 17th. This year China is guest of honour. A selection of documentary films on the theme Europe-Orient will be screened at Asilah’s Bandar Ben Soltane Library and the Hassan …
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TUNISIA / Cancellation of the 5th Douz Doc Days
The 5th edition of Douz Doc Days, scheduled from October 12th to 17th at the Sahara Museum in Douz, has been cancelled because of insufficient funding and logistical support. Hichem Ben Ammar, the festival’s founder and director, said in a statement: “We cannot open such an event when we have so little financial visibility and …
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TUNISIA / New festival: FIFAG
A brand new cultural event will be created in Gabès (Tunisia): the Gabès International Festival of Arab Film (FIFAG), founded and chaired by Mahmoud Jemni, a Tunisian director and film-critic. The festival will take place from October 14th to 18th. Organized by the Association JOUSOUR, the event aims to raise awareness of Tunisian cinema in …
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TUNISIA / “Cinéma au musée”, a new event
From September 10th to 13th a new event dedicated to the cinema of the past, “Cinéma au musée” (Cinema at the Museum), was launched at the Archaeological Museum in Sousse (Tunisia). The project was organized by the Association Culturelle Afrique-Méditerranée and the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image. Through Tunisia’s film heritage it shows …
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MOROCCO / New talk-show on Medi1TV
In September, a new programme called “60 minutes pour comprendre” (60 minutes to understand) was aired on Medi1TV. It looks at two distinct aspects of national and international news, punctuated by a short report illustrating the debate. The first part focusses on national and local news while the second deals with “international news and its …
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