News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
The Israeli actress and director Ronit Elkabetz died on April 19th at the age of 51, after a long struggle with cancer. During her 25-year career, she played many roles, mainly for Israeli (Amos Gitai, Keren Yedaya) and French directors (André Téchine, Fanny Ardant). Her international career was launched when she won the Best Actress …
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The Greenhouse Film Centre has opened the 2016/2017 call for applications for its documentary development assistance programme for Middle East and North Africa film-makers. Each year 12 to 15 candidates are selected to take part in the three-stage workshop which allows young film-makers to showcase their projects and pitch them to professional buyers, producers and …
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The Qatari group Al Jazeera will soon make redundant 500 of its employees worldwide, including 300 at its headquarters in Doha. In an announcement on March 27th, Mostefa Souag, Al Jazeera’s acting managing director, explained these job cuts are designed to “optimize” the group’s productivity and allow it to “maintain its leading position”, assuring staff …
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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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