News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
The free-to-view channel Asharq Discovery has launched Bassma, a new TV series about iconic Arab women. Scheduled for ten episodes, Bassma presents pioneering women who are considered amongst the most inspirational in the contemporary Arab world: Egyptian actress Yusra, Moroccan singer Samira Saeed, lawyer Sofana Dahlan and aerospace engineer Mishaal Ashemimry, both from Saudi Arabia, …
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During the 74th Berlin International Film Festival (February 15th – 25th), the Arab Cinema Centre (ACC) organized two meetings as part of the European Film Market. Under the title “Arab Box Office Bonanza ”, the first round-table focused on box office revenues in the MENA region which have now reached the unprecedented figure of one …
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Spanish media company Mediaset España recently announced it has purchased the Turkish series Farah, distributed by Calinos Entertainment. The series, adapted from the award-winning Argentinian show La Chica Que Limpia, is about an Iranian woman, Farag, and her son, forced to flee their native country and settle in Istanbul. In order to buy medical care …
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Created by the director Emir Kusturica, the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival ran from January 23rd to 27th. 536 short films were submitted to the festival, with just 17 selected for the competition – but a selection containing a wide diversity of films, such as Maša Šarović’s 9-5 (Serbia), Nikos Kyritsis’ Highway of a Broken …
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PriMed, the International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage is launching film registrations for the 28th edition. Directors can register their documentaries for free, directly online on the festival website www.primed.tv. The deadline to send the works is April 14, 2024. The PriMed – International Documentary and Mediterranean Reportage Award is open to all authors, …
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Ciné-Palestine Toulouse Occitanie has unveiled the programme for its 10th edition which will be held from March 4th to 12th. For 9 days, audiences from Toulouse and its region will be offered a programme of 37 films illustrating the great diversity of Palestinian film-making. For this 10th edition the organizing association, Compagnie Ici, Là-Bas et …
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The North Africa Cultural Programme (NACP) has opened an application call for its second cycle (2024-2027). Created by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the NACP is a three-year programme open to five North African countries: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya. …
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