The European Film Festival is taking place in the Jordanian capital from September 19th to 29th. Created by the European Union, in partnership with the Jordanian Royal Film Commission, the Ministry of Culture and the Tourist Board, together with the Municipality of Amman, the festival will be screening 19 European films. Also on the programme …
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The 24th Franco-Arab Film Festival was held from June 24th to July 1st in Amman. 11 films from the Middle East (Iraq, Jordan, Palestine) and North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia) were screened, as well as some French films. This year the themes were migration, justice and freedom. The festival is organized by the Institut …
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On Monday April 2nd 11 short documentaries, called collectively “Syrian Stories”, were screened at Amman’s Rainbow Theatre. The anthology is the product of a series of workshops held last year in Amman, Beirut and Istanbul, organised by the British Consulate, the Scottish Documentary Institute and Bidayyat, a Syrian organisation for Syrian film-makers outside Syria. 35 …
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On February 25th, 26th and 27th, the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) and the Jordanian Royal Film Commission screened several documentaries. All had been shown at the 2017 PriMed in Marseille, some of them had won awards. The screenings began on Sunday, February 25th with Hernàn Zin’s “Born in Syria”, following seven Syrian …
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On February 13th the Royal Film Commission and the Public Security Directorate, represented by the director of Correctional and Rehabilitation Centres, signed a Memorandum of Understanding allowing prisoners to have access to film screenings. The project is called “Cinema for All”. Films will be shown in all the Kingdom’s penitential centres, with the exception of …
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On November 25th Milan hosted the 19th Eutelsat TV Awards, an annual event held by the European satellite operator Eutelsat. This year awards were given to the best themed channels using Eutelsat’s satellite resources. In the Lifestyle category Roya TV, a Jordanian private channel, was named Best Channel – the first award won by a …
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The Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar told the UAE newspaper The National that he is currently writing a sequel to his first film, “Theeb”. “We’ve finished the research”, he said “and I’ve started writing, hoping to get funding. The film takes place roughly 10 years after “Theeb”, and it’s my tribute to Kurosawa’s “The Seven …
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