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News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region

THE ARAB WORLD / 14 projects chosen for MAFF’s Industry Days

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The 10th Industry Days, part of the Malmo Arab Film Festival, will be held from April 23rd to 26th. 14 projects from 14 countries have been selected from the 36 applications received. The selected projects will compete in three categories: short films in development, feature-length dramas in development and films in post-production. The Industry Days’ …

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MOROCCO / Filming Ghizlane Assif’s first feature

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The director Ghizlane Assif is shooting her first feature film Un Hiver Froid. It is set in and around Marrakech. Produced by Houcine El Malki and written by Jalal Belouadi, the film is about Amal, who, after her husband’s suicide, sees strange visions and becomes convinced that her husband is not dead. On the advice …

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MOROCCO / 10th Cap Spartel International Film Festival

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In a recent press release, the Observatoire marocain de l’image et des médias announced that the 10th Cap Spartel International Film Festival in Tangier will be held from April 17th to 20th. The Festival’s theme this year is “Journeys towards the other”, more specifically focussing on “the relationship between cinema and travel as a way …

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TUNISIA / The television programmes for Ramadan

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To launch their programmes during Ramadan, Tunisian television has highlighted the new series. This year the Wataniya 1 channel is presenting the Bab Errezq series. Written by Mohamed Ali Dammak and directed by Heifel Ben Youssef, it is about a group of factory workers facing difficult working conditions, corruption and exploitation. Having written scripts for …

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ALGERIA / Launch of the programme “Algérie avec amour”

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As part of a programme called Algérie avec amour (Algeria with love), the Minister of Culture and Arts, Soraya Mouloudji has given seven short films the green light to start filming. Algérie avec amour was created by the Ministry of Culture and Arts to help women directors understand how film projects are turned into completed …

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ALGERIA / The Annaba Festival of Mediterranean Film announces Viva Palestina

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The 4th Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival has created a special programme in partnership with the Palestinian Film Institute – “Viva Palestina”. It will be held during the Festival which runs from April 24th to 30th. For the organizers this partnership will “create a distinctive section on Palestinian cinema, highlighting Palestinian film production.” Festival curator Mohamed …

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ALGERIA / The Minister of Communication, Mohamed Laâgab, calls for quality programmes during Ramadan

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During an evening presentation of the schedules for Ramadan on Algeria’s public service broadcaster EPTV, the Minister of Communication, Mohamed Laâgab, underlined the importance for public media to broadcast quality programmes promoting “universal, family messages.” Also present, EPTV’s Director General, Nadir Boukabes, reiterated the company’s commitment to a programme schedule which meets “public expectations while …

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