2016 marks the 11th anniversary of the first Samir Kassir Award for Press Freedom in the Lebanon and Middle East. On Monday February 8th Christina Lassen, the European Union’s ambassador to the Lebanon, launched the 2016 edition of the Samir Kassir Award for Press Freedom. Created in 2006 by the European Union, this award commemorates …
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The film “Opération Maillot” was shown at the 8th Menar Film Festival. Directed by the Algerian Okasha Touita, it’s about a junior French army officer, Henri Maillot, who deserted during the Algerian war for independence, taking with him an important stock of arms for the Algerian guerilla fighters.
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“Voyage en Barbarie” by Cécile Allegra and Delphine Deloget, won the Documentary Grand Prix – Mediterranean Issues. This heart-rending film about the trade in humans in the Sinai made a big impact on the jury chaired by Reda Benjelloun, head of news magazines and documentaries at 2M. “Speed Sisters” by Amber Fares and “Patience, patience, …
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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 October 28th the Washington-based NGO, Freedom House, published its annual report on internet freedom in the world. Presented as a map, it gives an overview of the state of internet freedoms in the Mediterranean, assigning scores of 0 (total freedom) to 100 (no freedom) for each State. Syria (87) and Egypt (61) are rated …
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2015 sees the return of the biennial festival “The Middle East: What the Cinema Can Do” from November 20th to 29th in Paris, at the Les 3 Luxembourg cinema. This year 40 films will be screened, many for the first time in France. The festival will open with Amir Shomali’s animated documentary “The Wanted 18”, …
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In mid-October, Turkey played host to the crew filming the National Geographic Channel’s new documentary series “The Story of God” “which traces Man’s quest to understand the divine”. Sequences were filmed in the Neolithic town of Çatal Höyük in the province of Konya. American actor Morgan Freeman, who is presenting the series and producing with …
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