Tunis: Tunisia was awarded three prizes, including two for National Television productions, in the 24th Arab Radio and Television Festival’s competition for TV and Radio Programmes Exchange, hosted in Tunis on June 26-29.
The award ceremony was held on Friday evening at the “Thétres des Créateurs” in the City of Culture.
Iraq took the lion’s share of this year’s awards, winning eight prizes in the various categories of the television and radio programmes exchange competition.
The Tunisian programme “Musée National du Bardo trésors des civilisations,” broadcast on the National TV channel, won second prize in the documentary programme category dedicated to “museums in the Arab world.”
A special mention was awarded to the documentary “Bint Sejnan. La plante sauvage” (The wild plant) in the category for joint Arab TV production “La version 7” (Version 7) of the programme “L’histoire d’une lutte” (The story of a struggle).
Tunisian Radio was awarded second prize in the radio programme exchange competition.
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unisians were also among the personalities honoured by the ASBU festival management, including radio presenter Adel Chabchoub, in addition to the members of the juries for the radio, official and parallel competitions: Khaled ben Feghir (Tunisia), Ala Mohsen (Iraq), Yacoub Erroussi (United Arab Emirates) and Adnene Saidi (Saudi Arabia).
Members of the official and parallel TV competitions are Hajer Ben Nasser (Tunisia), Faouzi Ghouil (Libya), Ines Yacoub (Bahrain), Chadi Fakhrani (Egypt), Ali Rahri (Morocco), Salem Ali Mansour (Sultanate of Oman) and Mowadfak Matar (Palestine).
This year, the ASBU Festival received 289 entries, including 147 TV programmes, with 108 in the official competition and 39 in the parallel section. These entries were submitted by 20 television channels, including 6 private channels, in addition to 18 production companies.
As for radio, 142 radio programmes were submitted, including 125 in the official competition and 17 in the parallel section, an unprecedented number in the histo
ry of the festival. A record number of radio broadcasters participated in the official competition, with 20 entries, including 8 private and other international radio stations broadcasting in Arabic, as well as production companies in the parallel section.
ASBU is a pan-Arab institution set up in February 1969 in Khartoum (Sudan) to foster cooperation between Arab broadcasting organisations.
The Asbu Festival aims to promote Arab radio and TV production and to showcase the latest technological innovations in audiovisual production. It seeks to contribute to the development of Arab radio and TV production and to improve the quality of audiovisual content.
The winners of the official and parallel television and radio competitions will be announced at the closing ceremony scheduled for Saturday evening at the Thétre de l’Opéra in Tunis. The ceremony will be broadcast live on various public and private Arab TV and radio stations.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse