The National Office of Culture and Information

Program RAMADHAN 2009

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Training

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?Training
Training in office automation and foreign languages:

The ONCI has two libraries located in Hammamet (Bainem) and Ain Benian where language and IT classes are held along with rush courses and remedial courses to pupils of various levels:

A) - French language A: (Adults and children): Duration of the training

• 02 months at a rate of 04 hours per week.
• Modern method used: audio-visual “the Reflection”.

B) - English language: Duration of the formation

• 02 months at a rate of 04 hours per week
• Modern method used: audio-visual Cambridge - Oxford

C) - Office automation: Taught headings: Initiation - Winword- Internet Windows XP- Excel

• Duration of the training: 02 months spread over 48 hours at a rate of 06 hours per week (02 hours 03séances)

D) - Technician in Office automation: Taught headings: Winword- Internet Windows XP- Excel Power Not Access Maintenance - Publisher

• Duration of the training: 09 months spread over 144 hours at a rate of 04 hours per week (02 meetings X 02 hours)

Observation: Two (02) other spaces of formation will be opened soon in Bab El Oued and Sidi M’Hamed)

?Training in choreographic art:

Created in 1998 and named after “Ahmed Boussaboune”, (one of the pillars of the national ballet), the school of dance, having formed the elements of the ONCI Popular Arts Ensemble, will provide courses in dance for adults and children.

Technical services

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? Technical services

In addition to its know-how and experience in the organization and setting up of cultural or artistic events, the ONCI is also known for the success of its services thanks to its high-performance techniques and its specialized personnel in artistic innovation and promotion, sound systems, lighting, special effects, decoration and video projection.

? Armed with this modern equipment, the ONCI rents out:

• Sound systems
• Lighting units
• Various visual and artistic special effects
• Automatic projectors
• Smoke Apparatuses
• Projectors of images
• Video animation
• Giant screens
• Laser
• Digital audio treatment
• Covered scenes
• Motorized Flexible aluminum structures
• Podiums
• Kheimas (traditional tents) or reception rooms
• Exhibition venues

Lastly, its material and technical means also enable it to organize “processions” or “parades” on the occasion of national events and commemoration of religious feats … etc.

Artistic services

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? Artistic services

As per its vocation and its experience in the field of shows, cultural and artistic activities and events year after year, the ONCI put at your disposal its knowledge in the following services with a maximum of success guaranteed:

• Stage performances.
• Large artistic shows.
• Concerts and Mega concerts.
• Organization of festivals.
• Cultural, spiritual, economic and scientific conferences.
• Forums, seminars and conferences (in all specialties).
• Poetic evenings.
• Release and Previews (Algerian and foreign films).
• Parades and processions.
• Celebration of festivals and commemorations.
• Organization of great events with fireworks.

? Moreover, the ONCI makes available:

• A reception team (airport)
• Means of transport
• An artistic control room (stage)
• A control team (at reception facilities-hotels)
• Logistics
• Hostesses and security guards at all the sites, etc.

Children Shows

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El-Mouggar is also a space devoted to the blooming of children. Indeed the Office has, for a long time and thanks to its interesting and diversified programs (theater cinema- animation- plays), build up a loyal children audience who benefit, all year long, from artistic, cultural and educational festivities.
The sought-after objective of these programs is inter alias:
To firmly fix the universal values and patriotic feeling in the mind of children.

To sensitize children by enhancing their interest it the culture.

To help the child express himself and expose his opinion on children programs as well as teaching him the listening senses and self-confidence.

To promote the cultural production devoted to children.

The diversity and choice of the worked out program allowed various areas of the country to take part and celebrate other important events which are:

- The World Child Day
-The African Child Day

Tributes and expositions

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El-Mouggar auditorium has a Hall intended to host various expositions of plastic arts, photographs, and painting or craft industry goods. This venue enabled some amateur artists to make themselves known through their works.

Faithful to its missions and its will to promote the culture, the Office made it a tradition to pay homage annually to men of literature, singers, and all the artists who stood out by dedicating their lives to the Algerian culture. El-Mouggar auditorium witnessed tributes the ONCI paid to Azzedine Medjoubi, Sabah Essaghira, Mohamed Tahar Foudhala, El Hadj Mehamed El-Anka, Boudjemaa El-Ankis, Kamel Messaoudi … etc.

Cinema

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The cinematographic program the Office works out annually for the Algerian public includes the last Algerian, Arab and Western productions. In parallel, foreign films weeks are organized in El-Mouggar auditorium. The same program is scheduled once El-Atlas auditorium is operational (during 2008).

For example, the following are the most recent and important films screened in 2007 in El- Mouggar.

Cinematographic weeks and cycles:

• Week of the French-Austrian film (2002).
• Cycle of the Indian film (2002).
• Week of the Egyptian film (2003).
• Cycle of films produced by Amar LASKRI.
• Week of the Belgian film (2003).
• Window on the Mediterranean film (Italy)
• First festival of French film in Algiers (2005).
• Egyptian cinematographic Days on the occasion of the Egyptian cultural week in Algiers (2006)

Previews and Film Releases:

• “Rachida” by the director Yamina BACHIR CHOUIKH
• “El-manara” by the director Belkacem HADJADJ.
• “Gourbi de luxe hotel” by the director Bachir DERAIS.
• “Douar n’sa” by the director Mohamed CHOUIKH.
• “ The treason ” by the director Philippe FOUCAULT.
• “The chopper” by the director Costa GAVRAS.
• “My colonel” by the director Laurent HERBARIUM
• “Once upon a time in the river” by the director Djamel BENSALAH
• Simultaneous release (Algeria - France) Love at first sight in Bollywood, by the director Gurinder Chadha

Program daily: film projection

• “The Interpreter” of Sidney Polac (United States of America).
• “Memory under the body” of Don Lemon (United States of America).
• “Hannibal” of Ridley Scott (United States of America).
• “To live in Paradise” of the French producer of Algerian origin Boualem Guerdjou.
• “Bab El-Web” of the Algerian producer Merzak Allouache.
• “Quite, we are going to shoot” of Youcef Chahine (Egypt).
• “Doors of Silence” of Amar Laskri.
• “The escape of Hassan Terro”, of Med Lakhdar Hamina.

Shows

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Among the missions entrusted to the Office are the setting up of cultural events in commemoration of national and religious festivities, as well as activities on the occasion of woman, child, worker … etc, feasts along with tributes to literature, theater, song, cinema, music personalities …, etc.

To these cultural and artistic events took part renowned stars such as Warda El-Djazairia (1996), Majda Erroumi and George Wassouf (1997), Cheb Khaled (2004), Mohamed Lamine, Troupe 113, Nadia ...etc.

? Tours throughout the wilayas of the Egyptian play “LEN TASKOUT EL QUODS” (Jerusalem will never fall).

? Performances of the play “Boddy Gard”, starring Adel Imam.

? “March for Dignity” was a work produced on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of November 54 Revolution.

? A tribute paid to the doyen of the Kabyle song “Kheddam Sherif” on the occasion of his fifty years commitment to this song.

DJMILA

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This festival takes place in August in the ancient city of Djemila (50 km in the north east of Sétif), called at Roman era “Kouikel”, which is known for its prestigious Roman amphitheater and its triumphal arch “Caracalla”.

It is worth mentioning that after an absence of more than 20 years, this festival resumed its activities in 2005 but with an international scope.

El-Djemila Festival kept its glare thanks to its rigorous organization and its immense media echo, notably during August 2006 artistic and cultural remarkable activities,.

It was then the expression of the support for the Lebanese people in his tribulation, since this edition was held under the title “El-Djemila Festival - Lebanon of Resistance and Challenge.” Thus the overall program of the exhibition was tuned with the Lebanese event and El-Djemila festival was twinned with that of Baalabak in Lebanon

TIMGAD

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The Festival of Timgad is organized every July in the wilaya of Batna which is 650km east of Algiers.

The name of this festival comes from “THAMOUGADI” ancient Roman city, built in 100 after JC. It is located in the east of Batna, to wit 35km far from Annaba county town. This ancient city includes the Roman Theater whose amphitheater hosts Timgad evening shows with a seating capacity of 3000.

The first edition of the festival began in 1967 when the inhabitants of Aurès (wilaya of Batna) had the idea to institute a local festival to make known the cultural wealth of the city and to shed lights on its ancient Roman Theater. In 1969, this event transformed in a Mediterranean festival, then in 1973, in a popular arts festival which attracted several brother and friend countries such as Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Mauritania, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, France, Italy, Turkey, Spain and Yugoslavia.

Further to, it became a regular international annual meeting organized during the first weeks of July.

Suspended during the period (1986 - 1996), this festival resumed in 1998 where the ONCI wanted to express the determination of Algeria to carve out an international place within the cultural and artistic scene.