libyan cinema

Ta’rekh  Our first “Explainer-style” series for Alwaw Libya, an up and coming Libyan Platform.  Based on research done for five different Libyan historical and contemporary characters, Ta’rekh’s objective has shed a light on some of the most interesting Libyan figures, varying between music, civil activist, and national Anti-colonial figures. Ta’rekh is a journey through the [...]

A fresh take on Libyan Music.  A new initiative that has been in the working for some time. A Web Show/Series that Promotes 10 Libyan Artists over 6 Musical Sessions. Resulting in more than 20 Musical pieces intertwined between originals and covers. The genres vary from Pop, Arab-Franco, Blues to Local Tuareg Music with artists [...]

Khayal productions recently just finished a quick job with Great Big Story Web Platform, Khayal was responsible for the Tunsia filming. 1.6 billion Muslims are celebrating Ramadan around the world. As this holy month comes to a close, families around the world are preparing their last iftar meals to break their daily fasts. Venture into [...]

“I lived in Dahra at the time and my friend who knew I loved music said I should go out and see this and that’s when we arrived to the scene” Alaa a young boy who loves to listen to blues recalls the day when he witnessed burning of western instruments in the main square [...]

According to Mohamed Ferjani’s book The story of Libyan cinema, first official department for cinema in Libya was established in the early seventies of the last century as The department of cinematic production, the department was provided with full equipment of film editing and film developing labs and soon few attempts of short films followed. In 1973 [...]

one of our most recent projects is launching of the Khayal Productions Facebook Page

Khayal Productions has been around for more than five years, working on multiple projects from different preferences and strengthening the company’s position in the local industry. Over the past few years, our team noticed a lack of basic tools that filmmakers anywhere else would typically have access to, not a surprise considering the past forty [...]