Category: MIDDLE EAST

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

TURKEY/ Turkey wants to develop its animated film sector

Rafadan Tayfa Göbeklitepe

During a visit to the ISF animation studios in Ankara the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, told the Turkish news agency AA that Turkey was increasing its potential in this sector. Accompanied by his family, he watched the making of “Rafadan Tayfa Göbeklitepe”, the country’s most popular animated series with 3.5 million viewers. …

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LEBANON / 3rd edition of «Girls for Change » organised in Beirut

Girls for Change 2021

The Beirut Film Society (BFS) is organizing its 3rd training programme “Girls for Change”, to teach and empower 100 young women from refugee communities and Lebanese host communities. “Girls for Change” enables the young women to learn and use audiovisual skills to express their thoughts, emotions and hopes for the future. Launched in 2018 in …

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LEBANON / “Sarde After Dinner”, the podcast to discuss the situation in Lebanon without taboos

Sarde After Dinner

“Sarde After Dinner” is the Lebanese podcast that dares. Its two creators discuss the important issues tearing the Lebanon apart with unprecedented freedom of expression. The idea came out of a meeting between audiovisual enthusiast Mouin Jaber and Médéa Azouri, a columnist for the Lebanese daily L’Orient le Jour, and their shared desire to reach out …

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LEBANON FRANCE / Launch of “NAFAS”, a programme to support Lebanese artists

NAFAS

The Institut français, the Association des Centres Culturels de Rencontre (ACCR) and the French Institute in the Lebanon have joined forces to offer residencies in France to 100 Lebanese working professionally in the creative sectors. Co-financed by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, “NAFAS”, as the emergency programme is called (“breath” in …

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FRANCE / Arab stars celebrated at the Institut du Monde Arabe

Divas Arabes IMA

The Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) honours the Arab world’s best female singers and film actresses of the last century. From Fayrouz to Dalida, from North Africa to the Middle East, the exhibition traces the social and political history of these Arab performers, producers and artists, the cultural changes they brought about through their commitment and the …

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JORDAN / Roya TV celebrates its 10th anniversary by launching the Roya Media Group

Roya Media Group

Roya TV has launched the Roya Media Group (RMG). Using the slogan #New_World, the Jordanian broadcaster wants to target all segments of the local, regional and international community. By consolidating all of its services in a single entity, the new group hopes to strengthen its market presence as a regional audiovisual powerhouse. The aim is …

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EGYPT / “Al Bahth Aan Ola”, a new series on Netflix for Ramadan

Al Bahth An Ola

Ten years after the character Ola Abdel-Sabour first appeared in the series “Ayza Atgawez” (“I want to get married”), Netflix is bringing her back in a new series. “Ayza Atgawez” began life in 2018 as a humorous blog about the never-ending quest for a suitable husband. Then it became a bestselling novel before finally being …

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