News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
After the success of his documentary “Tinghir Jérusalem : les échos du Mellah”, winner of several awards, including Best First Film at the 2013 Tangier National Film Festival, Kamal Hachkar returns to Israel to meet a new generation, born of Jewish-Moroccan parents. Some of these young people are passionately re-discovering their roots. While making his …
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Naoufel Saheb-Ettaba’s film “El Ziara” (Black Moon) is a North African co-production which opened in cinemas in February. Made with the financial support of film institutions in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria and with the assistance of the Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud, it is a psychological drama about “the search for identity of …
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“El Gort”, the first feature-length documentary from Tunisian director Hamza Ouni, has won several awards, including the Bronze Tanit in the documentary category at the 25th Carthage Film Festival last December. In February it was released in Tunisian cinemas. The story: “Two young Tunisians try to survive by selling hay. Their workday starts early and …
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HAICA (Haute Autorité Indépendante de la Communication Audiovisuelle) issued several formal notices against Tunisian channels accused of broadcasting illegally, though without much success. The radio stations concerned are: “Nour FM”, “Al-Qoraan Al-Karim” and “MFM”, the television stations: “Al-Janoubia”, “Tounesna” and “Zitouna”. Since all these channels refused to comply with the regulations and failed to respect …
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During the AGM of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) in Kuwait, Abdel Rahim Suleiman was elected new Director-General for a term of 4 years, beginning in January 2015. He succeeds Salaheddine Maaoui, who retired on 31st December after an eight year tenure. The new DG used to be ASBU’s technical director and is responsible …
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The 21st Tetouan International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema will be held from March 28th to April 4th 2015. This year there are sixty films from around the Mediterranean in the programme. Experienced film-makers and new talent will be present to promote their films. Palestinian, Syrian, Moroccan, Lebanese, Tunisian, Algerian, French, Spanish and Italian films addressing …
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At Rabat on January 21st, during its inaugural general assembly and at the request of associations and foundations organising international film events in Morocco, the Federation of International Film Festivals in Morocco was created to promote Moroccan films. According to a press release issued by the new organization, the Federation “is intended to represent the …
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