News about audiovisual in Morocco
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Moroccan director Zakaria Nouri won Best Director Award at the Tunis International Panorama Festival for his film Aicha, chosen from the 20 short fiction films and 4 short documentaries in the competition. Organised by film-maker Kamal Aouij, the event was held at the Tunisian Cinematheque from February 8th to 10th. Aicha describes the bleak life …
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TiVi5MONDE the youth channel for 4-14 year olds from the TV5MONDE group is now available free of charge in HD and SD, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on the ARABSAT Badr 26° East satellite, which has exclusive rights to it in the Maghreb and Middle-East region. East. With its varied programs from …
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“The Alchemist” is scheduled to begin filming in Morocco this September. The best-selling philosophical tale by Brazilian Paolo Coelho will be adapted by American director Kevin Scott Frakes. Since its publication in 1988 the novel has sold over 100 million copies and has been translated into 56 languages. “The Alchemist” is about “a young Andalusian …
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The chair of the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de la Télévision (SNRT), Fayçal Laâraïchi, announced to the Moroccan Parliament that by 2024, public Moroccan television would no longer be showing sitcoms. The CEO of SNRT added that the measure would “offer Moroccans new ways of viewing broadcast content, in order to meet their expectations.” Sitcoms would …
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Moroccan Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Othman El Ferdaous, recently announced on Al Aoula evening news programme, Morocco’s public broadcaster, that a new public broadcasting hub would be created, combining the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT), Soread 2M and Medi1TV. According to Média24, “the government plans to position SNRT as a holding company for all public channels …
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After her trilogy “Nos mères, nos daronnes”, “On nous appelait beurettes” and “Meufs de (LA) Cité” director Bouchera Azzouz has launched a crowdfunding appeal on the KissKissBankBank platform for her new documentary “Rahma et Abraham”. “In order for women to count we must tell their stories!” In 2015 870,000 people watched a documentary on France 2 about militant …
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The kingdom’s film industry saw a steep decline in the number of foreign productions in 2020. The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) annual report reveals that last year only 8 foreign feature films and 9 foreign TV series were filmed in Morocco. Compared to 2019 that represents 77.5% less income from feature film productions and 74.2% less from …
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