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Conference on Arab TV
23. March - 24. March 2007
Film-making today, especially documentary film-making, is unthinkable without the support of TV. Technical innovation, digital and video formats as well as a growing number of TV-stations changed especially the documentary film-making all over the world. The political and social issues this genre usually deals with is increasingly broadcast as reportage on TV.
What are the stories Arab documentary film-makers today tell? Which influence do Arab TV stations have on the production of documentaries? What kind of reportages does Arab TV produce?
In Germany al-Jazeera is the channel everybody associates with Arab TV but also al-Arabyyia is known a little since the war on Lebanon in summer 2006.
The conference introduces issues of Arab TV on a general basis and looks into concrete examples of current affairs and cultural programmes produced for and broadcast by the two transnational news-stations.
Conference language will be English with translation to
German. Presentation: Viola Shafik, film scholar Cairo.
Currently fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin.
Fee: 40.- Euro. No additional fee with accreditation of the festival. Registration is necessary. You can book your hotel room for reduced fees between 35.- and 80.-Euro via the organizers.
You can find more information about the speakers and TV-series at www.filmtage-augsburg.de from March. At the page you also find the programme of the Arab Focus of Augsburg Film Festival.
Meeting place:
Augustanasaal Augsburg
Im Annahof 4
86150 Augsburg
| Thursday, 22nd of March 2007 |
| 8.00 pm |
Two episodes of the al-Jazeera series „Once upon a time“, produced by Hot Spot / Doha, Q&A. Bahaa Ghazawy, director (Hot Spot, Dubai) and Tamer Said, director and advisor Hot Spot, Dubai. |
| Friday, 23rd of March 2007 |
| 11.00 am |
Official opening of the conference. |
| 11.30 am |
Western Media Portrayal on the (conflict in the) Middle East, with film Maya Mikdashi, Columbia University New York. |
| 2.30 pm |
Arab Television: what do Arabs watch? An overview of programmes, with clips. Dimitri Khodr, Beirut |
| 5.00 pm |
Three Episodes from al-Arabiyya-series “In and around Iraq“, produced by O3 / Dubai. With Bassem Fayad. |
| 8.00 pm |
Independent Filmmakers for Arab (News-) Television. Q&A with Dimitri Khodr and Simon el-Habre. |
| Saturday, 24th of March 2007 |
| 10.00 am |
Arab TV: historic development. Noami Sakr, University of Westminster. |
| 1.30 pm |
Workshops:
a) Once upon a time – a series from Hot Spot produced by al-Jazeera - with Bahaa Ghazawy and Tamer el-Said.
b) In and around Iraq – a series from O3 Productions für al-Arabiyya. With Bassem Fayad.
c) Independent filmmakers and producers and arab TV. With Dimitri Khodr and Simon el-Habre. |
| 4.00 pm |
Short reports of the workshops. |
| 4.45 pm |
Closing panel. End of conference at 6.30. |
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