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ARAB SPRING BROADCASTING CONFERENCE

 

Photos de Anaïs Ginoux

This conference is organised by Jean Paul GEROUARD (France 3) and presented by Sylvie DEPIERRE.

December 9th 2011 – Hall de la Chambre d’Industrie et Commerce – Palais de la Bourse 9 la Canebière 13001 Marseille

The Mediterranean Audiovisual Landscape face of the news events of Arab Spring in 2011. Excerpts from documentaries, analysis and debateswith the presence of witnesses, experts and professionals of the Mediterranean audiovisual sector.

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Panel 1: “The Arab Spring” broadcasted on European and Maghreb media

The treatment of Arab revolts covers very different geographical areas. How reporters and filmmakers of the North Shore of the Mediterranean did they lived and covered these revolutions? The North is still a prisoner of his prejudices about the South? The western media were real actors in these uprisings?

Speakers : Magali Forestier (France 3), Alberto Romagnioli (RAI- Italia), Soumaya Derhourhi (2M – Morocco), Gilles Jacquier (France 2)…

Panel 2 International networks: the birth of an Arab opinion?

The Arab Revolt had an immediate impact on the television in the countries concerned. How in North Africa and the Middle East, Algerian or Moroccan journalists and their colleagues  have covered these events with their own limitations of reference … This round table will gather their stories, share their hopes, and will report on the upheavals of the Arab media .

Speakers : Joakim Afoutni (Agence Afrik TV), Lotfi Hajji (Al Jazira – Qatar), Ali Oudjana (France 24), Slimane Zeghidour (TV5 – France)…

Debate 3: “The Arab Spring” broadcasted on countries the country of revolution

The emersion of international channels like Al Jazeira, Al Arabiya had already changed the media landscape of the Middle East and North Africa. During revoutions, the Egyptians and Tunisians were massively connected to the Internet, but also to the most popular international news channel (Arabic, French, and English). Which is the role of these trans-national medias? Have they given different readings of events? Have they contributed to the emersion of a new democratic requirement?

 

Speakers: Mokhtar Rassaa (Pdg Télévision tunisienne), Nabil Choubachy (Nile TV – Egypt), Kmar Bendana (Université de La Manouba – Tunisie), Yves Bruneau (CFI),…

 


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Three broadcast awards : TV5MONDE, Rai3, Via Stella Corse

For PriMed 2011 three broadcast awards will be given by our partners : TV5MONDE, Rai3, Via Stella Corse.

The films will be selected from all the nominated for final phase. The Dissemination of works and awards will be subject to specific agreement between broadcasters, directors and producers. To promote the dissemination of documentaries and reports produced in the Mediterranean, is one of the missions key of CMCA, the organizer of the event. Read more “Three broadcast awards : TV5MONDE, Rai3, Via Stella Corse” →

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FRANCOIS MITERRAND ALGERIAN WAR

FRANCOIS MITERRAND ALGERIAN WAR

by Frédéric BRUNNQUELL

70 minutes, 2010

Production : 2P2L, with the participation of France Télévisions / France

Final taboo or macabre revelation? Whichever you choose, Frédéric Brunnquell’s documentary with historians Benjamin Stora and François Malye, reveals a very shadowy area of François Mitterand’s political career, between 1956 and 1957 when he was Minister of Justice in Guy Mollet’s Socialist government and thus responsible for guillotining 45 Algerian nationalists who may, or may not, have had blood on their hands. “I have committed at least one error in my life – that one,” he said during the 1981 presidential campaign – before abolishing the death penalty later the same year. Yet in 1956 the ambitious 40 year-old had to make concessions to the government hard-liners in order to survive. He can be criticised not just for never rebelling against but actively carrying out a government policy which supported the colonial system and its repressive methods. He almost always systematically refused all pardon, thus allowing the execution of 45 Algerian nationalists. Mixing archival images, interviews with survivors, politicians and experts, this documentary tries to lift the veil on one of the darkest periods in François Mitterrand’s career.

Frédéric BRUNNQUELL has directed some fifteen documentaries broadcast on the major French channels (France 2, France 3, France 5, Arte, Canal Plus), amongst which “Mort aux Vaches” (2000, 52′), “L’Enigmatique Monsieur Wong” (2003, 52′), “Trappes à l’Heure de la Prière” (2004, 52′) and “Ebola ce n’est pas une Maladie pour Rire” (2007, 52′). Some of his films have won awards at festivals (FIGRA, Festival du Film Scientifique de Paris), and been shown in more than twenty countries. As a journalist he has also made more than 70 current affairs films for French TV and has written 5 books. His favourite areas of work are the investigative documentary and films about our society.

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ABDLEKRIM AND THE RIF WAR

ABDLEKRIM AND THE RIF WAR

by Daniel CLING

50 minutes, 2010

Production : ISKRA, Cinemaat Productions, Real Productions, ARTE France, CRRAV Nord-Pas-de-Calais, CNC / France

The Rif War, from 1920 to 1926 in the depths of Morocco, put down a tribal rebellion led by Abdelkrim. Who remembers it? While the wars of Indochina, Vietnam and Algeria have been the subject of many written or filmed reminiscences, the Rif War was forgotten as soon as it was over, despite the involvement of several hundred thousand soldiers and despite being the only 20th century colonial war won by France. What demons does this page of history awake? The war set several trends: it was the first time the French colonial system was threatened by the indigenous people, it was also where barbarous acts of war which have now become commonplace were first used.

Daniel CLING was born in 1963. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, before doing a director’s course at the Anatoli Vassiliev School of Dramatic Art in Moscow and a Master II in art theory. Amongst his films are: “Heureux qui communiste” (2005, 60 minutes), “Il faudra raconter” (2004, 58 minutes), “L’attente des pères” (2002, 56 minutes), “Je ne suis pas un homme pressé” (2001, 52 minutes), and “Héritages” (1996, 56 minutes).

 

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WOMEN OF HAMAS

WOMEN OF HAMAS by Suha ARRAF

56 minutes, 2010
Production : Belssan Productions, Cinephil, SWR / Israël

Four Palestinian women, members of Hamas – the political organisation which surprised everyone by defeating El Fatah in the 2006 elections. A victory led by women. For despite Hamas’ conservative opinions, it offers women in Gaza many opportunities to become political, social and even military leaders.

Suha ARRAF
Suha ARRAF is producer, director and script-writer. She has studied anthropology, philosophy and literature. She has written the scripts for Eran Riklis’ “The Syrian Bride” and “The Lemon Tree”. Her most recent documentaries as director are: “Hard Ball” (2006, 52 minutes), “Good Morning Jerusalem” (2004, 53 minutes), “Volunteers” (2002, 40 minutes), and “The Cinder Keepers” (2001, 24 minutes).

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ZELAL

ZELAL by Marianne KHOURY and Mustapha HASNAOUI

90 minutes, 2010

Production : Misr International Films / Egypte

“Zelal” is an often frightening journey, plunging into the daily lives of patients at two of Cairo’s psychiatric hospitals. By closely following these men and women, left to their own devices in a labyrinthine world reminiscent of concentration camps, with no hope of return, the film is a portrait of contemporary Egyptian society seen through its murkiest aspects.

Marianne KHOURY and Mustapha HASNAOUI
Marianne KHOURY is a director and producer. Having studied at Cairo’s American University and read Economics at Oxford, she moved very quickly into the world of cinema. For more than 20 years she collaborated closely with the Egyptian director Youssef Chahine. She made her first documentary “The Time of Laura” in 1999, followed by “Women who Loved Cinema” in 2002, two films about the protests of rebellious and pioneering women in Egypt which received critical acknowledgement. Mustapha HASNAOUI is a director. His work is characterised by documentaries on social subjects and family histories. He also has a particular interest in the life of socially committed composers, with films like “Max Deutsch, a rebel teacher” (2006) and “Essyad, musician” (1994). Among his other films are “Margaret Garner” (2006), based on an opera by Tony Morrison about racial segregation in the US. He often contributes to Arte’s magazine programme “Métropolis”.

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THE HUMAN TURBINE

THE HUMAN TURBINE by Danny VERETE

55 minutes, 2010
Production : Yehuda Bitton Productions / Israël

This film is about the attempts to to bring the benefits of wind and solar energy to the Palestinian village of Susia. Preferring action to protest, a group of determined individuals from both sides of the conflict work to light up the villagers’ lives, figuratively and literally.

Danny VERETE
Born in Jerusalem, Danny VERETE has become active and prolific in the Israeli film sceneover the past few years. In particular he has made ″Yellow Asphalt″ (2001, 83’),  winnerof the Israeli Award for the Art, and ″Metallic Blues″ (2004, 90’), winning two awards at the Jerusalem International Film Festival (Best Script and Best Actor).

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Screenings & Events program is online

For 2011 PriMed develop its program offering to the public the opportunity to attend screenings of all films selected for the finals. A hub of excellence whit European audiovisual productions and the works of audiovisual professionals from Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Qatar, Turkey, Algeria and Morocco. Screenings will be held in two prestigious locations in the heart of Marseille: The Alcazar Library and Maison de la Région.

 

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