In August MBC3 was in El Jadida (Morocco), filming the ninth season of “Eish Safari”, its hit TV-reality show for children across the Arab World. 12 children from 10 different countries are participating in a programme which aims to “develop the spirit of challenge, adventure, independence and positive competition,show the sports skills and talents of …
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FRANCE / Release of Merzak Allouache’s “Les terrasses”
The latest film by Algerian director Merzak Allouache “Les Terrasses” opened in France on May 6th. The film has won several awards, in particular the Gold Amayas at the Algiers Festival of North African Film and Best Director of the Arab World and the FIPRESCI Award at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival. “From dawn …
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ALGERIA / Constantine 2015 : When cinema stirs up the past
For 2015 Constantine has become “Arab Culture Capital”, an event which allows the city to breathe new life into its cultural institutions and showcase Algerian history and culture across the Arab world. During the event there will also be a frenzy of film production in the city, with fifteen films (shorts and feature films, dramas …
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FRANCE / The George-Pomdidou Centre: Tariq Teguia celebrated
To coincide with the theatrical release of his most recent film “Révolution Zendj”, Algerian film-maker Tariq Teguia was the guest of honour at the Centre Pompidou in Paris during a 10-day tribute to him in March. Two years ago “Révolution Zendj” won the Belfort Festival Grand Prix and the Scribe Award for Cinema. It is …
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TUNISIA / “Tournez, mesdames”: Women film-makers in the spot-light
“Tournez, mesdames!” (Make films, ladies) said Alice Guy-Blaché, the film industry’s first woman director, in 1914. A century later, women directors continue to enrich our way of looking at the world. They fight, invent, shatter stereotypes. And their films, full of humour, fury or impertinence, help us discover other realities, other truths. Women film-makers are …
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TUNISIA / Announcement of the 35th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage
In a press release on May 11th the Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced that the 35th Carthage Cinematographic Days (JCC) will be held from December 14th to 21st. The announcement marks the event’s return after the ministry cancelled last year’s edition (see our article about this) “in solidarity with our Palestinian compatriots.” It had been …
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EGYPT / CineGouna SpringBoard unveils its winners
After announcing the cancellation of its 6th edition because of the war between Hamas and Israel, the El Gouna Film Festival was finally held from December 14th to 22nd. During the event the professional section, CineGouna, announced the winners of this year’s SpringBoard. CineGouna SpringBoard is a project development and co-production lab. providing creative and …
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