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The Atlas Cinema also known as Istanbul Cinema Museum (Turkish: Atlas Sineması) is a movie theatre situated at İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. It opened in 1948. [ 1 ] Between 2019 and 2021, it underwent a restoration.
This period gave birth to what is often referred to as the "Golden Age" of African cinema, characterized by filmmakers like Ousmane Sembène, who is widely regarded as the father of African cinema [14] [15] One of the first films to be entirely produced in Africa was the South African dramatic film The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery (1911). [16]
African Cinema Set to Shine at Berlin Film Festival, but Continent’s Moviemakers Insist ‘There’s Always Room for More’ Christopher Vourlias February 18, 2024 at 1:16 AM
In terms of film production, Turkey shared the same fate with many of the national cinemas of the 20th century. Film production wasn't continuous until around the 1950s and the film market in general was run by a few major import companies that struggled for domination in the most population-dense and profitable cities such as Istanbul and İzmir.
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The first known cinema in Jordan was the Petra Cinema in 1935. However, it is said that there was a cinema called 'Abu Siyah' in the 1920s and one of the first films it screened were Charlie Chaplin's silent films. [36] As opposed to Egypt and Lebanon, Jordan joined the film industry much later, with their first films being released in the 1950s.
The first feature-length movie produced in North Africa, Les Cinq gentlemen maudits (The Five Accursed Gentlemen), was filmed in Tunisia by French director Luitz-Morat. [4] In 1922, Tunisian Albert Samama-Chikli directed Zohra followed by Ain Al-Ghazal (The Girl from Carthage) in 1924, making him one of the first native North African filmmakers ...