In late October the Emirate satellite broadcasting company YahLive and the Adriatic Tours group, owner of the Alpha One RTV Network based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed a partnership agreement to broadcast channels aimed at Balkan expatriates living in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa ). Thus YahLive bouquet subscribers will soon have …
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The 15th Beirut International Film Festival opened on October 7th with a screening of Mark Osborne’s “The Little Prince”. The Festival continued until October 15th, closing with Davis Guggenheim’s “He Named Me Malala”. 80 films from 28 countries were on the programme, divided into four sections: two official competitions, one for Middle Eastern documentaries and …
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On June 2nd the Samir Kassir Award was presented in Beirut. Organized by the European Union in conjunction with the Samir Kassir Foundation, this award has been presented every year since 2006, a year after the murder of famous journalist and Lebanese academic. Its aim is to promote quality journalism, informed and independent, which reflects …
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In the last quarter of 2015 Discovery Communication, the American television group belonging to Discovery Holding Company, in partnership with Image Nation, Abu Dhabi Media’s film production subsidiary, will launch “Quest Arabiya”, a new free TV channel in Arabic. The channel will broadcast across the Middle East and North Africa and is primarily aimed at …
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The Aswatona Fund for Media Development, an initiative co-financed by the European Union to strengthen the independent media sector in North Africa and the Middle East, launched its second call for grant proposals for the development of community media. It will support five actions: exchange of experience and good practices; audience development and sustainability; social …
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The 16th MEDIMED Doc Pitching Forum & Market will be held from October 9th to 11th in Sitges, Spain. MEDIMED is a professional market for European and southern Mediterranean independent documentary producers, organized by Apimed (Association Internationale des Producteurs Indépendants de la Méditerranée), a CMCA member. A call for projects and for completed documentaries produced …
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The authorities of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have announced that for this year’s festival they want to strengthen several initiatives to help the film industry. The most important is the return of the Dubai Film Connection (DFC). Closed down in 2007, film-makers and industry professionals have been requesting the return of this co-production …
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