News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
On October 28th the Washington-based NGO, Freedom House, published its annual report on internet freedom in the world. Presented as a map, it gives an overview of the state of internet freedoms in the Mediterranean, assigning scores of 0 (total freedom) to 100 (no freedom) for each State. Syria (87) and Egypt (61) are rated …
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At its 140th meeting, last October in Tbilisi, the Executive Committee of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund voted to support 14 feature film co-production projects, 2 animation films and 1 documentary for a total amount of €5,116,469. Among the supported feature films projects there is “Dita ze fill” (Daybreak) by Albanian director Gentian Koci …
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On Saturday, October 31st the 37th Cinemed ended with an Award ceremony in Montpellier. The Golden Antigone this year went to João Salaviza for “Montanha” a film about a teenager becoming the man of the house while his grandfather is dying. Another Portuguese director, João Pedro Placido, won the Ulysses Award in the documentary section …
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In mid-October, Turkey played host to the crew filming the National Geographic Channel’s new documentary series “The Story of God” “which traces Man’s quest to understand the divine”. Sequences were filmed in the Neolithic town of Çatal Höyük in the province of Konya. American actor Morgan Freeman, who is presenting the series and producing with …
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On Wednesday October 28th, only four days before the Turkish parliamentary elections, violent clashes erupted in and around the premises of two private television channels in Istanbul. In the early morning police raided the headquarters of Kanaltürk, and in the afternoon Bugün TV, taking over the control rooms and stopping transmission. The takeover follows the …
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Every year since 2005 the Greenhouse programme has offered a series of seminars for film-makers and documentary producers from the following countries: Algeria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, lraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. Twelve to fifteen projects will be selected for 2015-2016. Directors and producers with …
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On July 13th the beIN Media Group, a subsidiary of Al Jazeera, bought the pay-TV platform Digiturk, until now 53% owned by Cukurova Holding and 47% by Providence Equity Partners. The transaction, for an undisclosed amount, will only be effective after obtaining permits from the local competition authorities. Sources: cbnews.fr, lesechos.fr et broadbandtvnews.com
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