Documentary filmmaking in Arab world pushes ahead

31.08.2010
With nine new documentaries on the way, the opening of Screen Institute Beirut almost a year ago has meant new-found support for high-quality documentary filmmaking in the Arab region

From left: Rana Abou Dahr Rifai, host, Prof. Georges Torbay of the Cultural Houses Gathering in Lebanon, and Henning Camre, Chair of SIB. Photo: SIB

30.08.2010
Henning Camre, Chairman of the IMS-founded Screen Institute Beirut was presented with the prestigious Cultural Meeting for Lebanon-International Dialogue award this month

Akylai Samidinova (right), correspondent for Naiman TV at work before the crisis (2009). Photo: Oibek Khamidov/IMS

26.08.2010
IMS concludes collection of production equipment to Kyrgyz journalists from Danish media professionals which was initiated following the 10 June eruption of violence in the city of Osh in South-Eastern

Iraqi reporters study investigative journalism at workshop in Jordan. Photo: ARIJ

24.08.2010
After years of war and corruption saturating the nation at all levels, investigative journalism enters the Iraqi media scene

Kyiv Post on 11 June 2010.
Journalists see rising interference
from media owners. Photo: Kyiv Post

23.08.2010
Who owns the media in Ukraine? The lack of transparency in media ownership structures in Ukraine is a hot issue in the Ukrainian media market

Radio is crucial to the spreading of news in Somalia. Photo Guy Calaf/AP

20.08.2010
IMS has signed a contract with Kenya Based Star FM on a partnership to strengthen humanitarian information in Somalia

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