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MOROCCO / The series “L’Couple” discontinued

The series “L’Couple” directed by Amir Rouani and broadcast on 2M during Ramadan will not have a third season. The series centred on a Moroccan couple in their sixties, Lhaj Kabbour and Chaibia, going about their everyday life in a humorous way. Hassan El Fad, the actor who plays the character of Lhaj Kabbour, said …

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MOROCCO / Morocco has its own equivalent of “Fort Boyard”

“Jazirat Al Kanz” is the new programme from 2M, on air since February 24th. It’s the Moroccan version of a popular French game-show “Fort Boyard”, already adapted in many countries. Filmed entirely in the famous Fort Boyard near La Rochelle in France during the summer 2014, it consists of ten weekly 52-minute prime-time slots. Several …

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FRANCE / The Albert Londres Award: 2015 edition in Morocco cancelled

In a February press release, the Association Albert Londres announced the cancellation of its 2015 project in Morocco. The jury of the 77th Albert Londres Award decided not to travel to Morocco for this year’s award ceremony, following the expulsion of French reporters who had gone there to cover the event. The award was created …

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MOROCCO / Call for films for the 7th FIDADOC

The 7th International Documentary Film Festival in Agadir will take place from May 4th to 9th 2015. The festival is exclusively for documentaries. This year there are three categories: one is the “International Competition”, open to 52-minute films from around the world, completed in 2014 (and not seen in Morocco); a second is “Panorama”, covering …

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MOROCCO / 16th Tangier National Film Festival

15 feature films (drama and documentary) and 15 short films were in competition at the 16th Tangier National Film Festival (FNF), held from last February 20th to 28th. Given the volume of films produced in Morocco, the Organizing Committee decided to limit the number of feature films in competition to fifteen. Sarim Fassi Fihri, head …

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MOROCCO / Closure of Tétouan’s Teatro Español

At the moment Tetouan has two cinemas, the Avenida and the Teatro Español. However very soon the town which is hosting the International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema will only have one. Indeed, the Spanish news agency EFE announced that Teatro Español, built in 1930 and converted into a cinema in the 1950’s, would be closing …

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MOROCCO / Kamal Hachkar’s new documentary “Jérusalem Tinghir, retour au pays natal” in production and looking for funding

After the success of his documentary “Tinghir Jérusalem : les échos du Mellah”, winner of several awards, including Best First Film at the 2013 Tangier National Film Festival, Kamal Hachkar returns to Israel to meet a new generation, born of Jewish-Moroccan parents. Some of these young people are passionately re-discovering their roots. While making his …

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