Day: April 6, 2024

Tunis: Winner of the Best Music Award (for the Under the Figs film) in the 2023 “Critic Awards” section (on the fringes of the 76th Cannes Film Feestival) , French-Tunisian film music composer Amine Bouhafa was chosen as a member of the “Competition Jury” for season 7 of the Cannes International Festival of Series (CANNESERIES), held on April 5-10.

The Competition Jury is also made up of Sophie Grabol, Olivier Abbou, Alice Braga, Macarena Gracia and Alix Poisson.

CANNESERIES has been celebrating series from all over the world for 7 years and brings together those who make and love them in the mythical setting of the city of Cannes and its magical Palais des Festivals. Carried by a team of enthusiasts, the festival acts as a platform, and is completely free and open to all.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The final version of the draft amendment to Law No. 73 of 2000 on private higher education was examined at a meeting held Friday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, according to a press release from the ministry.

During the meeting, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Moncef Boukthir, urged the team in charge of amending this law to speed up the linguistic and legal revision of the draft.

“It is imperative that this draft amendment respects the provisions of the Constitution, takes into account the situation of the private education sector and its development over the last 24 years, and preserves the credibility of diplomas,” he stressed.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The National Centre of Cinema and Image (CNCI) announced film projects selected by the Italian-Tunisian commission for assistance to the development of cinematographic works for 2023-2024.

The list includes three co-production projects with each receiving a grant of TND 50,000.

These films are: “La femme assise dans le couloir” by Lotfi Achour, “Nino” by Walid Fellah and “Il Corrieri de Tunisi” a documentary by Aida Chamekh.

By virtue of an agreement signed on May 2018 in Cannes between the CNCI and the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual at the Italian Ministry of Culture (DGC-MIC), a bilateral development aid fund was set up to encourage Tunisian-Italian feature film co-productions.

The fund is designed to provide non-repayable co-development grants to film projects that fall within the scope of the Tunisian-Italian film co-production agreement signed on October 29, 1988.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse