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Cap sur les JCC

October 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Le 25 de ce mois sera donné le coup d’envoie à Tunis des JCC, les journées cinématographiques de Carthage. Plus de 300 invités et personnalités du monde du 7 ème art sont attendus au cours de cette 22ème session à l’instar de KHALED [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · cinema

Les femmes du Sud se dévoilent

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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Their voices are strong, even if some times they have to cry louder to be heard in a male-dominated field. After all, it’s their passion for making movies that motivates the three women filmmakers. Tunisian Moufida Tlatli, Lebanese Nadin Labaki and Ingrid Sinclair from Zimbabwe [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Photo · cinema · women

Lebanon’s Fadlallah calls for dialogue with Fitna filmmaker

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

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Published on TheEarthTimes 
Lebanon’s high-ranking Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Mohammed Hussien Fadlallah called Thursday for dialogue with Dutch politician Geert Wilders regarding his anti-Islam film “Fitna.””We are ready to enter into dialogue with the Dutch politicians, especially with Geert Wilders, to explain to them the understandings [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Religion · Society · cinema

Persépolis autorisé

March 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Après une campagne médiatique marathon menée par la presse libanaise, nous allons donc pouvoir nous rendre au cinéma voir ce film, comme dans tous les pays civilisés de ce monde.
Une bonne nouvelle, c’est tellement rare.
Cheers

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Religion · cinema

Persepolis, de Marjane Satrapi, interdit a Beyrouth…

March 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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Les foudres de la censure qui se sont abattues sur le film d’animation de Marjane Satrapi, Persépolis, ont suscité une vive polémique hier à Beyrouth.

Sollicité par L’Orient-Le Jour, le ministre de la Culture Tarek Mitri a affirmé sans ambages qu’il était « contre la censure [...]

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