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THE NETHERLANDS / New Hubert Bals Fund + Europe

The Hubert Bals Fund (Rotterdam International Film Festival) has extended its support offering with the creation of a new international co-production fund called HBF + Europe. This new fund will support European producers coming in as minority co-producers on feature films being made by young directors from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and …

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FRANCE / Euronews: Naguib Sawiris new majority shareholder

The European 24-hour news channel, Euronews, created in 1993 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), should see its capital increase with the arrival of a private shareholder. On February 24th the decision was approved by the Supervisory Board. Exclusive negotiations about an injection of capital from one of Naguib Sawiris’ companies had been entrusted to …

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TUNISIA / Arab Festival for Radio and Television

The only one of its kind in the Middle East, the Gulf countries and North Africa, the Arab Festival of Radio and Television is celebrating its 16th year between May 11th and 16th in the seaside resort of Hammamet, 65 kilometres south of Tunis. The Festival is organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), …

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / Co-production grants from Sarajevo City of Film Fund

The Sarajevo City of Film Fund, run by the Sarajevo Film Festival, has just launched a call for entries. The Fund helps feature film co-productions between south eastern Europe and the Middle East, North Africa, North and South America, India and East Asia. That is, markets outside the region covered by Eurimages and Creative Europe. …

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UK / Alchemiya

Alchemiya, Britain’s new digital television channel, is due to launch early this year, with a remit to present Middle Eastern news in a positive light. Based in London and founded by Navid Akhtar, this new media start-up will try to change people’s perception of the Muslim world. But despite its emphasis on Islam, the channel …

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FESTIVALS AND FILM MARKETS IN MEDITERRANEAN – From January to June

On this page you can see, in chronological order, the schedule of Euro-Mediterranean festivals attentive to the development distribution of mediterranean documentary films. Click here to see the festivals and film markets of July / December

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Lebanon / Project to re-open a theatre and cinema in Tripoli

Logo Tiro

With the help of his NGO Tiro for Arts, Lebanese actor/director Kassem Istanbouli is restoring Tripoli’s Empire Cinema. Dating from the 1940’s the Empire is the last cinema still standing in Tell Square – where there used to be five. It has been closed since 1988. Even though Tripoli is the Lebanon’s second largest city …

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