The biennial Ouagadougou Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television (FESPACO) took place earlier this year between February 28th and March 7th. Moroccan film-maker Hicham Ayouch won the Golden Stallion with “Fièvre”, a film about “Benjamin, 13, who decides to go and live with his father, Karim, whom he doesn’t know. Karim still lives with his …
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This year’s “New Writing and New Media” training session was organised by the CMCA between March 16th to 20th. There were eight trainees, from Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, with, for the first time, a majority of women. That’s an achievement! 7 women and one man. The workshop is for journalists working in the …
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“Le Challat de Tunis”, a first feature by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, opened in cinemas on April 1st. The film-maker based her “documenteur” (a lying documentary – or mockumentary), on a 2003 news item: “A rumour was rampant in Tunis: a man on a motorcycle, armed with a razor, was slashing the buttocks of …
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According to the 2014 Maghreboscope, TV5MONDE has maintained its position as the leading French-language channel in North Africa, with 10.5% of the weekly audience aged 15 years and over, an increase of 3.6 points compared to 2013 . In the Executives and Managers category, TV5MONDE is also the most popular French-language channel in North Africa …
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Babel Med Music will be extended with a selection of films and documentaries about world music to be screened on March 26th and 27th. The rendez-vous is at the heart of Babel, on the mezzanine of Dock des Suds Free entry This is the programme, worked out in collaboration with the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de …
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On January 22nd the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Board of Governors appointed Hatem Atallah (Tunisia) as Executive Director. He replaces Andreu Claret (Spain), who has been in office since 2008. As from February, Atallah will run the Foundation’s international headquarters in Alexandria (Egypt) to spearhead the new programme phase (2015-2017) in collaboration with the newly elected …
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The 21st Tetouan International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema will be held from March 28th to April 4th 2015. This year there are sixty films from around the Mediterranean in the programme. Experienced film-makers and new talent will be present to promote their films. Palestinian, Syrian, Moroccan, Lebanese, Tunisian, Algerian, French, Spanish and Italian films addressing …
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