Produced by Bambú Producciones, the Spanish series La Promesa (The Vow) has been sold by the Studiocanal group to several TV channels, including C8 (France) and Dubai TV (North Africa and the Middle East). Written by Josep Cister Rubio, Susana Prieto, Ruth García and Carmen Llano, La Promesa is set in Spain at the beginning …
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MOROCCO / Fire at the Ouarzazate Cinema Museum
On June 21st a fire devastated part of the Ouarzazate Cinema Museum. Apparently the fire was caused by the special effects used during a film shoot. No casualties were reported but a large part of the museum’s equipment, sets and other material were destroyed. Covering an area of 2 hectares, the Ouarzazate Cinema Museum was …
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MOROCCO / Morocco at MIFA
Morocco was the only Arab country present at the International Animated Film Market (MIFA), part of the 48th Annecy International Festival of Animated Film. The pavilion was run by the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM). CCM’s presence at MIFA gave people working in animation in Morocco the chance to show their film and audiovisual productions and …
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SERBIA / A Serbian film, “Guardians of the Formula”, in French cinemas
Dragan Bjelogrlić’s feature film Guardians of the Formula was released in French cinemas on June 5th. Based on Goran Milašinović’s bestselling novel The Case of Vinča, and set in October 1958 during the Cold War, the film is about Yugoslav scientists who were severely irradiated during a secret mission. They were thought to have been …
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TUNISIA / The Hammamet International Festival organises a short film competition
As part of its 60th anniversary, the Hammamet International Festival is presenting a short film competition on the theme: “Behind the scenes of the Hammamet International Festival, like a human story.” Organized by Hammamet’s International Cultural Centre and the Centre national du cinema et de l’image, the competition offers the winners training workshops for designing …
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SPAIN / Shooting completed on “Me Amiga Eva”
Director Cesc Gay announced that he finished shooting his new feature, Me Amiga Eva, on May 30th. Co-written by Cesc Gay and Eduard Sola, the film is about 50-year-old Eva, married with two teenagers. During a business trip to Rome she realizes she wants to fall in love again before it’s too late. Back in …
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LEBANON / The Al Habtoor group abandons its project for a TV channel in Beirut
The Emirat group Al Habtoor announced it has given up its project for a television channel based in Beirut. As we wrote in an earlier article, the group wanted to create a TV channel plus a 100,000 m2 studio, creating jobs for 300 people. In a statement the company justified its decision: “Following the announcement …
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