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News about audiovisual in Tunisia

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EUROMEDITERRANEAN / A webdoc about violence against women

A collective called Maboula has launched a crowdfunding appeal on the Zoomaal platform to finalize the basic scenario and production of a web documentary about women in the Mediterranean region and the violence they experience. “Women in Between: Love, Honor and Shame” will show subjects recorded in Italy, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Spain and Morocco, paying …

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TUNISIA / 300 films for the JCC (Carthage)

The programme of the 26th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC) is now known. From November 21st to 28th 300 films will be screened in 13 towns across Tunisia. The event has been decentralized this year and there will be screenings throughout the country (of which 4 will be in Tunisian prisons, including the women’s prison …

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TUNISIA / CEO of Télévision Tunisienne sacked

On November 15th Mustapha Ben Letaief (picture) was relieved of his duties as CEO of the Etablissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (ETT), following a decision by the Head of Government, Habib Essid. Rached Younes has been named as interim director. This drastic change occurred because on the previous day the one o’clock news programme showed …

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TUNISIA / Licence approved for 2 new public radio stations

On October 20th the Haute autorité indépendante de la communication audiovisuelle (HAICA) granted licenses for two new public radio channels. The first will be a news channel to be broadcast on FM, covering the entire country. The second will bring together public regional radio programmes and will cover only Greater Tunis. Sources: kapitalis.com and mosaiquefm.net

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TUNISIA / Cancellation of the 5th Douz Doc Days

The 5th edition of Douz Doc Days, scheduled from October 12th to 17th at the Sahara Museum in Douz, has been cancelled because of insufficient funding and logistical support. Hichem Ben Ammar, the festival’s founder and director, said in a statement: “We cannot open such an event when we have so little financial visibility and …

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TUNISIA / New festival: FIFAG

A brand new cultural event will be created in Gabès (Tunisia): the Gabès International Festival of Arab Film (FIFAG), founded and chaired by Mahmoud Jemni, a Tunisian director and film-critic. The festival will take place from October 14th to 18th. Organized by the Association JOUSOUR, the event aims to raise awareness of Tunisian cinema in …

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TUNISIA / “Cinéma au musée”, a new event

From September 10th to 13th a new event dedicated to the cinema of the past, “Cinéma au musée” (Cinema at the Museum), was launched at the Archaeological Museum in Sousse (Tunisia). The project was organized by the Association Culturelle Afrique-Méditerranée and the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image. Through Tunisia’s film heritage it shows …

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