Despite the attack killing at least 13 people in Tunis on November 24th, the chairman of the 26th Carthage Film Festival, Ibrahim Letaïef, confirmed the festival would continue. “This is the only way to respond to these barbaric acts, “ he said. “The organizing team is currently working on re-scheduling the programme to take into …
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On November 21st the Algerian Minister of Culture, Azzedine Mihoubi, announced that shooting had begun for a feature film about Saint Augustine, a co-production with Tunisia. The film is being directed by Egyptian director Samir Seif. It will be “on cinema screens before the end of 2016”, said the Minister, who added that the project …
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On November 20th Télévision Tunisienne’s new interim managing director, Rached Younes, had talks in Tunis with the Palestinian Minister for the supervision of the media and the press, Riadh Al Hassen. The two sides agreed to sign a framework cooperation agreement focussing on the exchange of news reports between both country’s televisions. The Minister stressed …
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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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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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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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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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