Tunisian cinema reactivates mechanism for acquiring non-commercial exhibition rights
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- Tunisia’s Ministry of Cultural Affairs has reactivated a mechanism for acquiring non-commercial exhibition rights to Tunisian films.
- The system had been suspended since 2022, and the National Center for Cinema and Image has opened applications for the 2026 session.
A key support mechanism for Tunisian cinema is back after being suspended since 2022. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced Thursday that it had reactivated the system for acquiring non-commercial exhibition rights to Tunisian films.
The National Center for Cinema and Image has immediately launched a call for applications for the 2026 session, putting the mechanism back into operation for the current cycle.
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Originally published by La Presse in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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