Category: MAGHREB

News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

TUNISIA / M24 TV: Tunisia’s new entertainment channel

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At a press conference on March 10th, the M24 Media Group announced the Tunisian launch of Maghreb24 TV, dedicated to music and entertainment. It will be transmitted on the Nilesat satellite. The programme director, Wahbi Ben Rhouma, said the schedule will include music videos and entertainment programmes of less than 30 minutes. The channel will …

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TUNISIA / Arab Festival for Radio and Television

The only one of its kind in the Middle East, the Gulf countries and North Africa, the Arab Festival of Radio and Television is celebrating its 16th year between May 11th and 16th in the seaside resort of Hammamet, 65 kilometres south of Tunis. The Festival is organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), …

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TUNISIA / 4th Film-makers’ meeting

At the 4th Rencontre des réalisateurs de films (get-together of film-makers) which was held from February 18th to 22nd, about sixty Tunisian films were shown to the public (short, long, documentary) in 5 cinemas. This event, created by the Association des réalisateurs de films tunisiens (ARFT) “aims to present and to publicize Tunisian films produced …

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MOROCCO / Call for films for the 7th FIDADOC

The 7th International Documentary Film Festival in Agadir will take place from May 4th to 9th 2015. The festival is exclusively for documentaries. This year there are three categories: one is the “International Competition”, open to 52-minute films from around the world, completed in 2014 (and not seen in Morocco); a second is “Panorama”, covering …

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MOROCCO / 16th Tangier National Film Festival

15 feature films (drama and documentary) and 15 short films were in competition at the 16th Tangier National Film Festival (FNF), held from last February 20th to 28th. Given the volume of films produced in Morocco, the Organizing Committee decided to limit the number of feature films in competition to fifteen. Sarim Fassi Fihri, head …

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MOROCCO / Closure of Tétouan’s Teatro Español

At the moment Tetouan has two cinemas, the Avenida and the Teatro Español. However very soon the town which is hosting the International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema will only have one. Indeed, the Spanish news agency EFE announced that Teatro Español, built in 1930 and converted into a cinema in the 1950’s, would be closing …

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TUNISIA / Opening of new film club “Cinéma du Sud” in Ben Arous

The association Open Art Tunisia has opened a film club “Cinéma du Sud” – a continuation of the tradition of the Ben Arous region in the seventies and the 2000’s. Once a week the club offers locals a chance to see good films with an ambitious programme of screenings. OPEN ART is contributing to the …

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