“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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At a press conference on March 10th, the M24 Media Group announced the Tunisian launch of Maghreb24 TV, dedicated to music and entertainment. It will be transmitted on the Nilesat satellite. The programme director, Wahbi Ben Rhouma, said the schedule will include music videos and entertainment programmes of less than 30 minutes. The channel will …
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The only one of its kind in the Middle East, the Gulf countries and North Africa, the Arab Festival of Radio and Television is celebrating its 16th year between May 11th and 16th in the seaside resort of Hammamet, 65 kilometres south of Tunis. The Festival is organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), …
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At the 4th Rencontre des réalisateurs de films (get-together of film-makers) which was held from February 18th to 22nd, about sixty Tunisian films were shown to the public (short, long, documentary) in 5 cinemas. This event, created by the Association des réalisateurs de films tunisiens (ARFT) “aims to present and to publicize Tunisian films produced …
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The association Open Art Tunisia has opened a film club “Cinéma du Sud” – a continuation of the tradition of the Ben Arous region in the seventies and the 2000’s. Once a week the club offers locals a chance to see good films with an ambitious programme of screenings. OPEN ART is contributing to the …
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Naoufel Saheb-Ettaba’s film “El Ziara” (Black Moon) is a North African co-production which opened in cinemas in February. Made with the financial support of film institutions in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria and with the assistance of the Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud, it is a psychological drama about “the search for identity of …
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“El Gort”, the first feature-length documentary from Tunisian director Hamza Ouni, has won several awards, including the Bronze Tanit in the documentary category at the 25th Carthage Film Festival last December. In February it was released in Tunisian cinemas. The story: “Two young Tunisians try to survive by selling hay. Their workday starts early and …
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