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TUNISIA / Training in religious journalism

Meeting in Tunis on May 4th, the Haute Autorité Indépendante de la Communication et de l’Audiovisuel (HAICA) and the Ministry of Religious Affairs announced a strengthening of their partnership. In a statement, the HAICA said the two institutions have agreed to create training sessions for journalists specializing in religious affairs. Their decision is part of …

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TUNISIA / 5 journalists win the 2017 Prix Hermès

  The Prix Hermès, promoting press freedom across the Mediterranean area, was awarded to three journalists from the southern Mediterranean and two from the north, at a ceremony in Hammamet (Tunisia) on April 28th. This distinction, created in 2014, is awarded jointly by Copeam (Conférence Permanente de l’Audiovisuel) and two Tunisian associations, Med 21 and …

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TUNISIA / The winner of the 18th ASBU Festival

  The 18th Arab Festival of Radio and Television, organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), ended on April 28th in Hammamet (Tunisia). Numerous awards have been given to the Arab world’s best television and radio productions, out of the 230 works entered in the various competitions. Best Television Series went to the Kuwaiti …

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TUNISIA / A new head for the JCC

At the end of February the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs appointed Nejib Ayed, a film producer, to run the Carthage Film Days (JCC) this year and next. He succeeds Brahim Letaief, also a producer. Néjib Ayed was born in 1953 in Ksar Hellal. After a Master’s in French, he moved into the film industry …

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TUNISIA / Tunisia joins the European MEDIA programme

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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TUNISIA / “Zaineb n’aime pas la neige” (13 Prod.) wins Tanit d’Or at the JCC

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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TUNISIA / Elyes Gharbi appointed head of Tunisian Television

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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