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SPAIN / MediMed calls for projects and films

The 16th MEDIMED Doc Pitching Forum & Market will be held from October 9th to 11th in Sitges, Spain. MEDIMED is a professional market for European and southern Mediterranean independent documentary producers, organized by Apimed (Association Internationale des Producteurs Indépendants de la Méditerranée), a CMCA member. A call for projects and for completed documentaries produced …

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UAE / Re-opening of the Dubaï Film Connexion

The authorities of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have announced that for this year’s festival they want to strengthen several initiatives to help the film industry. The most important is the return of the Dubai Film Connection (DFC). Closed down in 2007, film-makers and industry professionals have been requesting the return of this co-production …

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UAE / Closure of the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival

Even though the famous Abu Dhabi International Film Festival had become a key industry event in the Arabian Peninsula, developing a strong relationship with Hollywood, this month the Emirate’s Media Zone Authority announced it would close. For Arab film-makers and others working in the industry, the reasons for this decision remain opaque. The Media Zone …

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MENA / A Thousand and One Nights on ICFLIX

For the holy month ICFLIX, the platform for legal streaming and video on demand in the Middle East and North Africa, is launching a series inspired by the popular Arab stories A Thousand and One Nights, “Alf Leila we Leila”. The series will be available throughout the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). Every …

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FRANCE / Screening documentary Electro Chaabi

  “Electro Chaabi” Screening organised by the CMCA in partnership with the Département Société de la Bibliothèque de l’Alcazar and the Centre Régional d’Information Jeunesse de Marseille   On Tuesday June 16th at 5:30 pm there will be a screening of Hind Meddeb’s documentary “Electro Chaabi”, winner of the Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures Award …

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MOROCCO / Morocco rated in the Top Ten places to film worldwide

After the announcement by Sarim Fassi Fihri, head of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain, that in 2014 there had been record investment in film and television productions shot in Morocco, “The Guardian” newspaper claimed that Morocco is ranked among the Top Ten film locations in the world, just behind Vancouver (Canada) and ahead of New Zealand. …

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FRANCE / TV5 Monde: a major hacking attack

On the night of April 8th to 9th the French channel TV5 Monde was hacked by a group calling themselves Cybercaliphate. For Hélène Zemmour, the channel’s digital director, it was a “historic attack, something completely new”. The damage was considerable: in a very short time employees’ work-place mailboxes were cut, social networks and the web-site …

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