From March 3rd to 11th the Toulouse Festival of Palestinian Film will be back for 9 days of screenings about Palestine There will be a lot of films on offer. Mahdi Fleifel’s Vers un pays inconnu, having won an award recently at Premiers Plans, will open the festival. Also on the programme is From Ground …
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GREECE / TIDF announces the projects chosen for the Pitching Forum
Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TIDF), has named the 14 projects which will take part in the Pitching Forum, to be held from March 7th to 15th. Created in 1999, Agora is a major event for producing and financing international documentary projects from Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. …
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EGYPT / The platform WATCH IT announces its programmes for Ramadan
Egyptian video-on-demand platform WATCH IT has announced the 14 new shows which will be broadcast during this year’s Ramadan. Among the programmes is a drama series directed by Mahmoud Abdel Tawab, El Sharnaka, and a comedy series Okbal Andkom, created by Hassan El Raddad and Amy Samir Ghanem. In addition to these two, other titles …
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EGYPT / MAD World acquires Mohamed Rashad’s thriller “The Settlement”
MAD Solutions’ film sales division, MAD World, has secured the international rights to Mohamed Rashad’s Egyptian thriller,The Settlement. The Settlement follows two brothers – troublemaker Hossam, 23, and his brother Maro, 12 – living in a marginalized community in Alexandria. When their father is killed in an accident at work, the local factory offers them …
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JORDAN / Roya Media Group announces a partnership with Medianest Pro
In a recent press release, Roya Media Group (RMG) announced a partnership with Medianest Pro to manage content acquisition and enhance distribution strategies. This collaboration is part of RMG’s commitment to taking its programmes to wider audiences and consolidating its position in the region. “Our partnership with Medianest Pro reflects our desire to strengthen RMG’s …
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FRANCE / Mahdi Fleifel’s Vers un pays inconnu wins award at Premiers Plans
“To a Land Unknown” by Palestinian-Danish director Mahdi Fleifel, won the Grand Prix in the European Feature Film Competition at the 37th Premiers Plans festival in Angers. The film is about two Palestinian cousins in Athens, refugees, living on the edge. They have to steal and scam their way to get enough money to buy …
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JORDAN / ROYA TV, Jordan’s most watched channel in 2024
Recent research by Ipsos revealed that Roya TV has maintained its position as the most-watched TV channel in Jordan. According to data collected in the last quarter of 2024, the channel’s ratings reached 38.3%, far outpacing its competitors. According to the channel’s statement, the poll involved a representative sample of people aged 15 and over. …
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