News about audiovisual in Tunisia
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On January 20th Tunisia became the 12th non-European country to be part of Creative Europe, or more specifically its sub-programme, MEDIA, which gives financial support to the broadcasting sector. In particular MEDIA helps distribute works from European broadcasters and gives financial support for independent productions. The three “European presidents” Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin …
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Having won Cinemed’s Ulysses Award at the end of October, Kaouther Ben Hania’s new documentary won the coveted Tanit d’Or at the 27th Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in early November. For six years the director of Challat de Tunis and Imams vont à l’école followed a young Tunisian girl, Zaineb, whose father was killed in …
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On September 22nd the new head of the Tunisian government, Chahed Youssef, appointed journalist and producer Elyes Gharbi to run the Etablissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (ETT). Two days earlier Tunisia’s broadcasting watch-dog, the Haute Autorité Indépendante de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HAICA), whose consultation is mandatory before the head of public broadcasting can be appointed, …
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Until the end of September Tunisian director Walid Mattar will be filming his first feature in northern France and Tunisia. “Vent du Nord” follows two characters: a worker in France and an unemployed younger man in Tunisia – linked by a story about factory relocation. Shooting in northern France was completed on August 27th, but …
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The call for films for this section of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), reserved for film schools, closes on August 1st. Carthage Ciné-Promesse is a new international competitive section integrated into the JCC, showcasing films made as part of a training programme (school, university or workshop). The JCC organizers hope to encourage the talent and …
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Tunisian Zied Ben Taleb and the German Margarete Luetke Twenhoeven have just completed shooting “Kannouta”, a 40-minute drama doc about migrants. The two directors have launched a crowd-funding campaign on the site GoGetFunding to finance post-production. “Kannouta” tries to understand the reasons why young Tunisians risk their lives on makeshift boats to enter Europe illegally. …
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On June 10th the former Tunisian President’s lawyer announced that charges of “violation of honour and identity theft” had been filed on behalf of his client against Attessia TV, a general interest private television channel. Apparently the ousted Tunisian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who has been living in exile in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, …
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