Promoting heritage

CFI is committed towards promoting audiovisual heritage in favour of local productions. The agency assists public radio and television in outlining a policy to safeguard and promote their archives. This issue is additionally shared by the Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, and falls within the framework of the archive image plan.

Results : 15

Writing, filming, editing documentaries 28/11/2012

Iraqi memory at the heart of Doku 7

Launched in 2007 by the organisation Alterdoc, Doku is a workshop on documentary film catering to young Iraqi directors of all origins. CFI has been supporting this project since 2011.

Écriture de courts-métrages 03/09/2012

Algeria: 2nd session of the "Côté courts" workshop in Bejaïa

The 12 Algerian writer-directors selected for the Côté courts  project furthered the development and writing of their short fiction films at a session held from 26 to 31 August 2012. This project launched by CFI and the association Project’Heurts first got off the ground in June.

web-documentary 27/03/2012

The Way from Tahrir #2, follow up of the Egyptian web documentary

In October 2011, 12 journalists gathered in Cairo for a 4M workshop built the first Egyptian web documentary. They met up again in March 2012 to carry on with their work.

UNESCO 19/03/2012

CFI raises exceptional funds of €300 000 to boost UNESCO's actions to support the media

Facing a 22% cut to its budget following the United States' decision to withdraw funding, UNESCO had no choice but to sideline a major part of its commitments in October in a bid to save 35 million dollars. 

English speaking Africa 22/12/2010

First seminar for partners in English-speaking Africa

On 7 and 8 October 2010, CFI organised its first seminar for programming managers from English-language television channels in Nairobi.

English speaking Africa 21/12/2010

Interviews with Ethel Ruby Johnson (SLBC), and Macharia Koigi (ITV)

After a 2-day seminar with CFI staff, Ethel Ruby Johnson, Programme Manager at SLBC (Sierra Leone), and Macharia Koigi, Channe Director of ITV (Tanzania) report back.

Archives 20/12/2010

Cooperating with English-language TV channels: the Plan Images Archives scheme

CFI commits to TV partners through its project to preserve and leverage archives in East Africa.

Writing, filming, editing documentaries 13/12/2010

Training course on producing documentaries in Pakistan

Pakistani general-interest TV channel HUM TV has called on CFI to upgrade its journalists’ grasp of writing, shooting and editing short documentaries. Three workshops were conducted in Karachi between 16 October and 5 November 2010, led by Auberi Edler, author-director and Marc Delassaussé, editor. The outcome: the journalists produced three top-quality documentaries: Adhay Adhoory, The Last Dancer and Janu.

Programme acquisition 22/09/2010

2nd seminar for TV partners in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Building on the success of the first round table for directors of TV channels in Portuguese-speaking Africa, in Sao Tome and Principe in 2009, CFI organised a second seminar on 8 and 9 July 2010, in Maputo (Mozambique), to foster sharing and discussion between these TV channels.

Portuguese speaking Africa 20/09/2010

CFI’s TV partners in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Since 1996, CFI has had five Portuguese-language TV partners in Africa: TVM (Mozambique), TPA (Angola), RTC (Cape Verde), TVS (Sao Tome and Principe) and RTGB (Guinea-Bissau).