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| 1906 | ||||
| – Felix Mesguiche makes La Priere du Muezzin, the country’s first film. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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| Ali Bouf a l’huile (Felix Mesguich) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1942 | ||||
| 16/2 - | Due to a coal shortage, all weekday film matinees are canceled. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1956 | ||||
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Les réfugies (Cecile Cujis) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1957 | ||||
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L'Algérie en flammes (R. Vauthier) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1958 | ||||
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Sakiet (Sidi Youssef) (Pierre Clement) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1960 | ||||
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Djazairouna (R. Vauthier) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1962 | ||||
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– C.A.S.B.A.H Films, the country’s first production company is founded. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1963 | ||||
| 9/1 - | An office for Algerian News, under the control of director Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, is established. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Algeria 1963: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Peuple en marche (Nacer Guenifi, Ahmed Rachedi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1964 | ||||
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The Centre of Algerian Cinema is inaugurated in Algiers by the government. Its purpose is to stimulate the domestic industry’s production, distribution and presentation. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The National Institute of the Cinema (I.N.C.) is established under the authority of the C.N.C. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1966 | ||||
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L’Aube des damnes (Dawn of the Damned) (Ahmed Rachedi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Rih al awras (The Winds of the Aures) (Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1967 | ||||
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– The Algerian Centre of the Cinema (C.A.C) replaces the CNC and INC with the aim of centralising the film industry. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Algeria 1967: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Hassan terro (Hassan, Terrorist) (Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1968 | ||||
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– The O.N.C.I.C (national office for the film industry) is founded. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1969 | ||||
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The government nationalises all the country’s film companies in an attempt to force US majors to relinquish their interests. [MORE] [ADD] |
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- The Federation Pan-Africaine des Cineastes (FEPACI), the professional organisation of African filmmakers, is founded in Algiers. [MORE] [ADD] |
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