News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
The American-Lebanese company Cinephilia Productions has launched a call for applications for its 2016 workshop Cinephilia Screenwriting Lab For Shorts. Created in 2012, this initiative is aimed at film-makers from the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia who have a short film project. 8 original projects will be selected and their directors will participate in …
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From April 5th to 10th Florence is hosting the seventh Middle East Now – a festival of film and culture. The programming looks at Middle Eastern culture, with screenings, exhibitions, concerts, food tastings and conferences. 44 films from across the Arab world will be screened, and for the first time a Saudi film-maker will be …
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Two Frenchmen living in Marseille, Youri Cayron, an artist and Romain Rivalan, production manager and cameraman, are currently finishing “Ask The Birds”, a feature film shot in Israel and the West Bank. Editing is now complete and a crowd-funding campaign has been launched to find finance for the post-production. During two trips in 2014 and …
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According to Reuters, on March 12th the European company Eutelsat stopped transmitting the Palestinian channel Al Aqsa TV, after a telephone conversation the previous day between the French President, François Hollande and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . The channel was nevertheless back on air shortly afterwards on other networks, including the Egyptian Nilesat. …
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Infinity, a video-on-demand platform (VOD) owned by the Italian group Mediaset, has just obtained the broadcasting rights to “Prisoners of War” (Hatufim in Hebrew) from the Israeli production company Keshet International. The series is about two soldiers who have been prisoners for 17 years and the problems they face trying to return to normal life. …
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From March 12th to 20th Istanbul hosts the 14th Filmmor Women’s Film Festival: this year’s theme “Solidarity between women keeps women alive”. This political event, featuring films from national and international women directors, wants to encourage and increase the presence of women in film and other media. 70 films from 30 countries were selected from …
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In a press release issued on March 1st, the Eurovision network announced it had opened a business hub in Dubai “to support the growth of its activities in the region”. The office is located in the heart of Dubai Media City, a Free Zone housing more than a thousand media companies, including the regional offices …
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