Category: MIDDLE EAST

News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)

CMCA – INA / Workshop on writing news reports using archival material

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Organized by the CMCA in tandem with INA Méditerranée, the 16th training workshop “Writing news reports using archive material” will be held from June 19th to 26th in Marseille. The workshop will make the participants aware of the region’s audiovisual heritage preserved in the archives and provide them with the skills necessary to produce journalistic …

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ISRAEL / The award winners of the 25th Docaviv

DOCAVIV

On May 17th Israel’s largest documentary film festival, Docaviv, announced the winners of its 25th edition. The jury of the National Competition – film-makers Paweł Łoziński, Alon Marom and Paul Sng, the producer Anath Kandell and Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival programmer Angeliki Petrou – gave the Best Film Award to Inbal Perlmutter: If You Let …

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MEDITERRANEAN / MEDITALENTS announces the winners at Lab Doc

MEDITALENTS

Launched in 2011, MEDITALENTS is a support platform for young Mediterranean film-makers. Based on the Lab Med and Lab Doc workshops, MEDITALENTS invites experienced film professionals and screenwriters to help young talents in the writing, production and showing of their projects. Sponsored by director Claire Simon, the 4th Lab Doc welcomes 9 participants from the …

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JORDAN / “Jalta: Kebrat Al-Eileh” wins the Best Jordanian Series Award

Jalta : Kebrat Al-Eileh

Jalta: Kebrat Al-Eileh won the Best Jordanian TV Series Award for its 5th season. The stars of the series, Zuhair Alnobani and Amal Dabbas, were named Jordan’s Best Actor and Best Actress. During Ramadan viewers are invited to vote on more than 80 Arab drama films shown during the month. Almost a million viewers voted. …

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EGYPT / Haya Khairat, 1st Egyptian woman to win the Angénieux Special Encouragement Award at Cannes

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Egyptian director and DOP Haya Khairat won the Angénieux Special Encouragement Award at the recent Cannes Film Festival – the first time an Egyptian cinematographer has won this award. Since 2013 the Pierre Angénieux Tribute ceremony has honoured directors of photography, and since 2018 the work of promising cinematographers. Pierre Angénieux founded the camera lens …

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TURKEY / TRT launches TRT Tabii, an international streaming platform

TRT Tabii

The Turkish public broadcaster, TRT, has launched an international video-on-demand platform TRT Tabii. The platform has been accessible since May 7th in Turkey and by the end of the year will be available in about twenty countries. It offers many home-grown programmes, including a choice of popular series broadcast over the past ten years. Viewers …

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JORDAN / International screenings of “Daughters of Abdulrahman”

Daughters of Abdulrahman

In May Jordanian film-maker Zaid Abu Hamdan’s first feature, Daughters of Abdulrahman, was screened in three countries as part of a world tour. It was shown twice in Switzerland, in Milan during Nuovo Armenia (a festival for films from Africa, Asia and South America) and in Holland. Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, the …

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