Category: MIDDLE EAST

News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)

FRANCE – ISRAEL / Applications now open for the Franco-Israeli co-writing residence

résidence de coécriture franco-israélienne

The call for projects for the fifth Franco-Israeli co-writing residency for series is open until September 12th. Organised by the French Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image animée and the Israeli Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, this residency gives French and Israeli scriptwriters a chance to work together. To qualify, each project must have at …

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EGYPT / “Mammals”, Omar El Zohairy’s new project

Still Moving

Egyptian director, Omar El Zohairy, has unveiled his new project, Mammals. Produced in France by Juliette Lepoutre for Still Moving, it will be shot in English with an international cast. Co-scripted by El Zohairy with Mohamed Adeeb (author of the Egyptian series Bimbo), the film is set in Japan where a young man visits his …

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JORDAN / Mosalsalat Screenwriters Lab closes

Royal Film Commission

The 3rd Mosalsalat Screenwriters Lab (MSL), organized by Jordan’s Royal Film Commission, took place from May 29th to June 2nd at the Azraq Wetland Reserve in eastern Jordan. An annual event, the Mosalsalat Screenwriters Lab is one of the first workshops for writers and creators of television series from the Arab world. It gives the …

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FRANCE / FIDLab unveils its chosen projects

FIDLab

FID, the Marseille international film festival, has unveiled the 10 projects selected for the 15th FIDLab which will be held on July 6th and 7th during the 34th FID (July 4th – 9th). Described by its organizers as a workspace for project leaders, FIDLab provides a framework in which they can discuss their project with …

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CMCA – INA / Workshop on writing news reports using archival material

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Organized by the CMCA in tandem with INA Méditerranée, the 16th training workshop “Writing news reports using archive material” will be held from June 19th to 26th in Marseille. The workshop will make the participants aware of the region’s audiovisual heritage preserved in the archives and provide them with the skills necessary to produce journalistic …

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ISRAEL / The award winners of the 25th Docaviv

DOCAVIV

On May 17th Israel’s largest documentary film festival, Docaviv, announced the winners of its 25th edition. The jury of the National Competition – film-makers Paweł Łoziński, Alon Marom and Paul Sng, the producer Anath Kandell and Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival programmer Angeliki Petrou – gave the Best Film Award to Inbal Perlmutter: If You Let …

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MEDITERRANEAN / MEDITALENTS announces the winners at Lab Doc

MEDITALENTS

Launched in 2011, MEDITALENTS is a support platform for young Mediterranean film-makers. Based on the Lab Med and Lab Doc workshops, MEDITALENTS invites experienced film professionals and screenwriters to help young talents in the writing, production and showing of their projects. Sponsored by director Claire Simon, the 4th Lab Doc welcomes 9 participants from the …

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