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MOROCCO / “The Mother of All Lies” wins the Sydney Film Festival’s Official Competition

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Moroccan director Asmae El Moudir won the Official Competition of the Sydney Film Festival for The Mother Of All Lies. Conceived as a drama-documentary, the film explores the director’s family history and the lies told around the devastation and violence of the 1981 riots in Casablanca. Without using archival images or photographs, she meticulously recreates …

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MOROCCO / 1.6 million viewers watched the 1st episode of the documentary “Ana Bidaoui – Les Mémoires de Casablanca”

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Broadcast by 2M as part of the programme Des Histoires et des Hommes, the first episode of the documentary series attracted 1.6 million viewers. Produced by 2M and Ali n’Productions, this series, consisting of four 52-minute episodes, was written by Rita El Qessar and directed by Nourredine Lakhmari. Through interviews with historians, architects, archaeologists and …

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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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