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MOROCCO / Marrakech International Film Festival: candidate call

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The 20th Marrakech International Film Festival has announced that the application call for this year’s festival is now open. The call is also open for the 6th Atlas Workshops. Created in 2001, the Marrakech International Film Festival will be held this year from November 24th to December 2nd. The call for films is not only …

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MOROCCO / 2M and RTBF sign a partnership agreement

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On May 10th RTBF, the French-language arm of the Belgian public broadcaster, and 2M signed an agreement to consolidate their partnership. Signed by Faycal Laaraichi, CEO of Morocco’s public broadcaster and Soread 2M and by Jean-Paul Philippot, RTBF’s General Administrator, with Morocco’s Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid overseeing, this agreement covers …

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ALGERIA – MOROCCO / “Mayna” and “Bghit Hyatek” win awards at the Dakar Series Festival

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During the first Dakar Series Festival, the Algerian series Mayna and the Moroccan series Bghit Hyatek both won awards. Organized from May 3rd to 6th Dakar Series is the first pan-African festival for television series. During those four days the event showed series produced across the African continent, offering as well professional discussions and networking …

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MEDITERRANEAN  / The project call for Close Up is now open

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The call for projects for Close Up is open until July 9th. Close Up is an independent not-for-profit NGO based in Brussels. Every year it offers a training, development and mentorship programme for emerging documentary film-makers from South West Asia and North Africa. Participants must have made at least one short film. Only projects in …

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ARAB WORLD / Cedars Art Production had 8 series aired during Ramadan

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8 series made by Cedars Art Production were broadcast during Ramadan. With branches in Lebanon, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the company mainly develops television series and films for regional audiences. Three of the 8 series were produced in Egypt: Season 3 of a thriller Al Maddah, a comedy, Change of Mood …

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FRANCE / The Cannes Film Festival unveils its selected films

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The poster and programme of the 76th Cannes Film Festival (May 16th to 27th) have been revealed. Many of the films in the Official Competition and the Un Certain Regard section are from the Mediterranean area. This year the Official Competition includes a new film by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia) – Les Filles d’Olfa. This …

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MOROCCO / “Scirocco” begins production

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Moroccan director Yassine Marco Marroccu has started production of his feature film Scirocco. The film is set in Casablanca in the spring of 1961. Edoardo (43) embarks on a mission to salvage a mysterious ship wrecked on the Atlantic coast in a dangerous area controlled by local tribes and the Moroccan army. The ship is …

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