Category: MAGHREB

News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

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

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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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MOROCCO / A new comedy series on 2M

In addition to the follow-ons of last year’s successes, 2M has several new offerings for Ramadan 2015: new comedy series include “Nejma w Qamar”, “Al khawasser”, “F Salone” while fans of the hit sitcom “Kenza F’Douar” will find its second season is called “Nayda F’Douar”. Actor Hicham Bahloul will be back on the small screen …

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TUNISIA / The different TV schedules over Ramadan

This year, Attasiaa TV, present in the Tunisian media landscape since April 18th, offers a new police series “Bolice-Hala Adiya”, soap operas such as “Lilet Achak” and “Leilat Echchak”, a sitcom “Ismail et Chouchou” and a hidden camera programme “Ettayara”. Meanwhile Hannibal TV will be broadcasting Nasreddine Sehili’s new series “Le Risque”. Nessma TV will …

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TUNISIA / New radio: Radio Med

Radio Med is a private radio station which began airing on May 5th, founded and managed by Zouheir Essid. It broadcasts on FM bands around Greater Tunis and Cap-bon from its premises in Nabeul. It is particularly aimed at a young audience, seeing itself as a multicultural general interest channel with a variety of programmes …

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MOROCCO / 4th North African Short Film Festival

The 4th North African Short Film Festival, organized by “Ciné Maghreb”, was held from April 7th to 11th in Oujda at the Théâtre Mohammed VI on the theme “North African cinema: between culture and future development”. Among the 24 short films in competition, the short film “Passage à niveau” (Level Crossing) by Algerian director Anis …

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