News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
On July 15th Palestinian director Hany Aby-Assad resumed shooting Huda’s Salon. Filming began earlier this year, but had to shut down in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Huda’s Salon is set in Bethlehem on the West Bank. Before the production was put on hold, the crew had been working in Nazareth, Abu-Assad’s home town, …
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Palestiniennes (Palestinian Women) is a web-series produced by Mariette Auvray. From Haifa to Ramallah she talked to young women about their daily lives and work. Although each is very different, the nine women interviewed share a common battle: to preserve Palestinian identity and culture. Having made Goodbye Jerusalem (2018) about young Israelis, Mariette Auvray began …
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Mr. Purple is a short Egyptian animated film directed by Osama Abu Zaid, produced by Ahmed Abdel Rahim, with music by Hany Shenouda and the voice of Ramy Hussein. Trailer The film explores the concept of freedom of choice. The director emphasizes the need for diversity and its impact on our lives. The story is …
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From June 14th to 21st Turkey hosted the International Migration Film Festival, although due to the health situation this year’s event took place online. Over fifty films were screened and hundreds of film-makers, members of the press and participants were able to meet remotely. More than 30 million people viewed the films on the Festival …
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23 documentaries have been chosen to take part in the 24th PriMed, le Festival de la Méditerranée en images, from November 28th to December 5th 2020 in Marseille. The CMCA received 397 films representing 32 countries from around the world. Here are the chosen films : Mediterranean Issues Category(click on the title to access to …
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At the end of 2016 Netflix bought the broadcasting rights of the first two seasons of the series Fauda. At the beginning of June, the American platform picked up the rights for the third season, broadcast at the end of 2019. Fauda (“chaos” in Arabic) is about a special forces unit of the Israel Defence …
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Eight Arab films have been selected by one of the United States’ largest short film festivals, the Palm Springs International ShortFest. It will take place online from June 16th to 22nd and show more than 300 films. Henet Ward by Egyptian director Morad Mostafa is nominated in the Best Live-Action Short category. The film follows …
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