News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
In June, members of the Turkish-Armenian Film Platform – directors, actors, producers, academics and film professionals – gathered for their biannual meetings. Created in 2007 at the 47th International Yerevan Film Festival, the Platform works on both sides of the Armenian-Turkish border to develop cultural exchanges on joint film projects. Members of the organisation want …
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Gürcan Yurt is making a film adaptation of his humorous hit cartoon, “Robinson Crusoe ve Cuma” (Robinson Crusoe and Friday) published in the weekly magazine Penguen. The film, produced by the Turkish film production company Bahçesi, is currently filming in Cuba. The role of Robinson is being played by Serhat Yıldız while John Nyambi is …
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The Israeli Media Group RGE has announced the acquisition of Channel 10. This entertainment channel, one of only two private channels in the country, has been facing considerable financial problems since 2011. RGE has redeemed its debt of over 10 million shekel, to own a 51% stake. RGE also had to buy the broadcasting license …
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The winners of the 7th TRT Documentary Awards were announced during a ceremony on May 11th. 348 documentaries from 42 countries participated in the competition this year. In the international category, Alexander Nanau’s Romanian film “Toto and his sister” won the Best Documentary Award – having already won the Golden Eye at the Zurich Film …
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On Monday April 13th the committee of the 34th Istanbul Film Festival announced the cancellation of the official national and international competitions, the national documentary competition and the festival’s closing ceremony. All this after several film-makers had withdrawn their films as protest to the last-minute ban of a Turkish documentary “Bakur” (The North), made by …
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The 34th Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IFCA), will take place from April 4th to 19th. The aim is “to encourage the development of Turkish films, helping them achieve international recognition, and to encourage quality films in the Turkish market.” The two-week event will screen 204 films from …
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The 13th women’s film festival, Filmmor, focusing on the theme “Women’s Cinema, Women’s Resistance, Cinema of Resistance”, will be held from March 13th to April 27th. Around sixty films from 25 countries, all made by women, will be screened in six major towns: Istanbul from March 13th to 22nd; Nevşehir on March 28th and 29th; …
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