News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
Kan, the new Israeli public broadcasting service, began transmitting last Monday (May 15th). After a long, expensive reform process, it replaces the IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority). Like its predecessor, Kan is a composite: one television channel, Channel 11, plus eight radio stations. Eldad Koblenz, former Director of the IETV (Israel Educational Television), has been appointed …
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The 12th PCMMO runs until May 14th in Paris and Seine Saint-Denis. Of the 53 films shown, 31 are made by women. Indeed this festival has always encouraged and supported women’s cinema. This year’s guest of honour is Hiam Abbass, a Palestinian actress and director who also stars in A mon âge, je me cache …
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Copeam (Conférence Permanente de l’Audiovisuel Méditerranéen) held its 24th annual conference and its 23rd AGM in the Lebanese capital from May 11th to 13th. Organized with Télé Lebanon, the Lebanese public television, this year’s event looks at “Mediterranean narration: complexities, media response and public opinion”. His Excellency General Michel Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic, …
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The Prix Hermès, promoting press freedom across the Mediterranean area, was awarded to three journalists from the southern Mediterranean and two from the north, at a ceremony in Hammamet (Tunisia) on April 28th. This distinction, created in 2014, is awarded jointly by Copeam (Conférence Permanente de l’Audiovisuel) and two Tunisian associations, Med 21 and …
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The 18th Arab Festival of Radio and Television, organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), ended on April 28th in Hammamet (Tunisia). Numerous awards have been given to the Arab world’s best television and radio productions, out of the 230 works entered in the various competitions. Best Television Series went to the Kuwaiti …
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“In Between”, Palestinian director Maysaloun Hamoud’s first feature film, was released in French cinemas in mid-April. Although the film has been praised by international critics and won awards at several festivals (Haifa, San Sebastian, Toronto), this has not prevented the 35-year-old Palestinian film-maker, born in Budapest and raised in Dir-Hana, Israel, from receiving death threats …
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The eighth Middle East Now Festival will take place between April 4th and 9th in Florence, Italy. This festival is dedicated to Middle Eastern and North African cinema, art and culture. Middle East Now is the only event in Italy committed to these regions. It hopes to erase common stereotypes by making the Italian public …
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