The opening of the Cinémathèque Tunisienne was made official on November 7th in Tunis, during the 28th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC). Last June, director and documentary artist Hichem Ben Ammar (J’en ai vu des étoiles, 2006 ; Un conte de faits, 2010) was appointed by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs to complete the project and …
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Abdelmajid Tebboune, Algeria’s new prime minister, announced on June 23rd that the question of private television channels would be “closed once and for all before the end of the year.” At a plenary session in which the elected members of the Assemblée Populaire Nationale (the Algerian lower house of parliament) discussed the government’s action plan, …
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Elyes Gharbi has been dismissed as the head of Tunisian public television, a decision made on June 16th by Youssef Chahed, Head of the Tunisian Government. The day before, June 15th, the main evening news on premier channel Wataniya 1 was delayed by an hour and a half, a first in the channel’s history. Afterwards …
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Every year during Ramadan, Tunisian television channels renew their programmes to ensure good ratings. Attessia TV’s “El Masque“ In a press conference, Elyess Gharbi, chair and managing director of Tunisian Television, announced the budget for this year’s Ramadan schedule was 4.5 million dinars. New Tunisian productions Among the new local productions, the major public channel, …
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The official selection of films to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival has been published, with two north African films chosen in the “Un certain regard” section. This year’s festival, the 70th, will run from May 17th to 28th. One of the films is “Aala Kaf Ifrit” (Beauty and the Dogs) by young Tunisian …
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A new agreement was reached between the SECOM group and My-HD, a satellite operator, to broadcast two channels, Melody (classic French songs) and MyZen TV (lifestyle), across the Middle East and Africa (the Mena area). The two companies also agreed to launch Melody d’Afrique, a channel specialising in African song and its artists. Melody …
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At the end of February the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs appointed Nejib Ayed, a film producer, to run the Carthage Film Days (JCC) this year and next. He succeeds Brahim Letaief, also a producer. Néjib Ayed was born in 1953 in Ksar Hellal. After a Master’s in French, he moved into the film industry …
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