News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
The 19th International Oriental Film Festival (FIFOG) was held in Geneva from June 10th to 16th. There were 45 films, 16 directed by women, presented in four competitive categories. In the feature film category the jury awarded FIFOG Gold to Tunisian director Nada Mezni Hafaiedh. Her film, Take My Breath, is about a 23 year-old …
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Produced by Bambú Producciones, the Spanish series La Promesa (The Vow) has been sold by the Studiocanal group to several TV channels, including C8 (France) and Dubai TV (North Africa and the Middle East). Written by Josep Cister Rubio, Susana Prieto, Ruth García and Carmen Llano, La Promesa is set in Spain at the beginning …
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The Emirat group Al Habtoor announced it has given up its project for a television channel based in Beirut. As we wrote in an earlier article, the group wanted to create a TV channel plus a 100,000 m2 studio, creating jobs for 300 people. In a statement the company justified its decision: “Following the announcement …
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The 24th Arab Radio and Television Festival will be held from June 26th to 29th in Tunis at the City of Culture. Organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), in partnership with the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the Établissement de la Télévision tunisienne, this festival promotes Arab radio and television creation, presenting …
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On June 9th and 10th the El Gouna Film Festival joined forces with Orsacom Development’s new town on the outskirts of Cairo, O West, to organise CINEGOUNA x O WEST. The event created a dynamic hub for workshops, masterclasses, round tables and networking opportunities in this newly developed residential suburb. The aim was to support …
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Organized by the Royal Film Commission, the 4th Mosalsalat Screenwriters Lab was held from May 24th to 29th in Azraq, Jordan. Launched in 2019, the Mosalsalat Screenwriters Lab offers workshops for script-writers from the Arab world, helping them create television projects by providing a team of specialists to support and advise project leaders as they …
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The Egyptian documentary The Brink of Dreams directed by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir won the Golden Eye at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Filmed over 4 years, the film follows a group of Coptic girls from a village in southern Egypt who rebel by forming a street theatre group. Dreaming of becoming actresses, …
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