News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
In a recent press release, TRT (Turkish Radio and Television) announced that its Director General, Professor Mehmet Zahid Sobaci, has been elected President of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) for a period of three years. The ABU is the world’s largest broadcasting union. It has 246 members from 65 countries and serves 3.5 billion viewers, …
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Olivewood Film Studios, Jordan’s first film studio complex, was inaugurated on September 26th, marking the 20th anniversary of the Jordan Royal Film Commission (RFC). King Abdullah II, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Rym al-Ali of the Jordanian royal family were all present at the opening. The complex has two 1,500 m² soundstages and …
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The 34th Fameck Arab Film Festival took place from October 5th to 15th with Morocco as the country in the spotlight. The event, organized by the Cité Sociale de Fameck and the Ligue de l’enseignement, offered more than 40 films (feature-length dramas, documentaries and shorts), many of which are new or in preview. Film-makers from …
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During a press conference, the organisers of the El Gouna Film Festival announced the films for the 6th edition which will be held from October 27th to November 2nd. This international festival specialises in discovering new voices while also being a catalyst for developing film-production in the Arab world. 14 films will be shown in …
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In a recent press release the Roya Media Group announced the launch of a 24-hour live news channel. Currently in an experimental phase, the channel is part of the Group’s strategy of consolidating its regional and global position in the media networks while at the same time diversifying and developing the programmes it offers viewers. …
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American director Martin Scorsese has been named patron ofthis year’sAtlas Workshops, the talent-development programme for young creators at the Marrakesh International Film Festival. Scorsese has been invited five times since the festival’s creation, in particular as jury president in 2013 and then for the tribute to Robert De Niro in 2018. “I am always very …
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Organized from June 16th to 24th the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit and Story Lab hosted 4 documentary directors and their projects, including a Jordanian film and a Palestinian film. Designed to encourage experimentation and risk-taking through peer-to-peer engagement, this week-long gathering creates a place and an atmosphere for the chosen directors to develop, question and …
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