The Aswatona Fund for Media Development, an initiative co-financed by the European Union to strengthen the independent media sector in North Africa and the Middle East, launched its second call for grant proposals for the development of community media. It will support five actions: exchange of experience and good practices; audience development and sustainability; social …
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News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
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TUNISIA / New director for the JCC
On May 12th director/producer Ibrahim Letaïef was appointed to run the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, succeeding Dorra Bouchoucha who has headed JCC since 2008. Letaïef has been a member of the JCC steering committee several times. Created in 1966, the event used to be held every two years before becoming annual in 2014. It hosts …
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MOROCCO / 13th FCMMT: call for films
The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) is organizing the 13th Tangier Festival of Mediterranean Short Film from October 5th to 10th. The programme includes a competition open to drama shorts made by film-makers from the Mediterranean in 2014 or 2015, a cinema course, press conferences about the films in competition and parallel activities. The deadline for …
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MOROCCO / “Much Loved” banned
“Much Loved”, the latest film by Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May, arouses strong reactions and debate. It has just been banned in Moroccan cinemas. According to a May 25th press release from the Ministry of Communications: “The Moroccan authorities have decided not to allow the screening of the …
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ALGERIA / “Creating the Cinémathèque Algérienne”: exhibition and screenings
Founded in January 1965, the Cinematheque of Algiers is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the event, the Centre Algérien pour la Cinématographie (CAC), the Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC) and the Algiers Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMA), have organized an exhibition entitled “La Saga de la création de …
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MENA / A Thousand and One Nights on ICFLIX
For the holy month ICFLIX, the platform for legal streaming and video on demand in the Middle East and North Africa, is launching a series inspired by the popular Arab stories A Thousand and One Nights, “Alf Leila we Leila”. The series will be available throughout the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). Every …
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