News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
Morocco is currently hosting some of the filming Ang Lee’s new film “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” in Ourzazate, with American actor Vin Diesel in the role of the soldier Shroom. The film is an adaptation of Ben Fountain’s book “End of half time for Billy Lynn soldier” about a 19 year old American soldier, …
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Fathi Kharrat was appointed head of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image (CNCI), a Tunisian institution created in July 2012 to manage the cinema sector (production, distribution, film industry, film festivals, training). It is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation which wants to revitalize the film and broadcasting sector by …
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In a statement the ministry of communications has warned the heads of some private television channels (Ennahar TV, Echorouk TV, Dzair TV, DjazairiaTV and El Hogar TV) about broadcasting violent programmes and trivializing violence. The Algerian government has asked the heads of these channels, “to immediately take strict measures” to remove from the programme schedules …
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The Tunisian media landscape has just welcomed a new television channel M Tunisia, aimed primarily at women, youth and children. It takes over from Al Moutawassit, bought by Faisal Tebourski and Adel Ben Khalifa and will transmit on Nilesat. The channel’s launch was announced at a press conference on June 8th during which the new …
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The Moroccan private “info-tainment” channel, Medi1 TV, broadcasting in Arabic and French, has just approved an overhaul of its whole production system. The French company Videlio Preview won the contract to oversee this modernization process which will give the channel more modern production methods, and thus higher quality programmes, in line with its ambitions to …
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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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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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