All Asia articles – Page 249
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NewsWheelchair gains momentum with Samir
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Egyptian producer Mohamed Samir has boarded Wheelchair, the first narrative feature from Little Eagles director Mohamed Rashad.
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NewsSiddiqui to star in Beautiful Bay’s Sultana Daku
Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has joined the cast of The Confession Of Sultana Daku, produced by London-based Beautiful Bay Entertainment.
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NewsKorean president implicated in CJ chief’s exit
South Korean prosecutors today named president Park Geun-hye as a suspected accomplice in pressuring CJ Group vice chairwoman Miky Lee to step down in 2013.
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NewsRaheb, Haffaf clinch top DFC prize
Lebanese filmmaker Eliane Raheb’s The Great Family and Algeria Is Still Far Away, from Algerian-French filmmaker Omar Haffaf, shared the $25,000 top prize at Dubai Film Connection (DFC) yesterday.
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NewsArab Film Institute launched in Dubai
Non-profit cultural body aims to promote Arab cinema and launch an Oscars-style awards ceremony.
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NewsMacau: Fruit Chan shoots new action-thriller 'Made in Kowloon'
EXCLUSIVE SET VISIT: Cop thriller stars The Grandmaster’s Zhang Jin.
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NewsDFM finance panel: Do your homework before approaching investors
FilmNation COO Milan Popelka tells Arab producers that there’s more money out there than good projects, but that capital is very specific in what it’s looking for.
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NewsSaudi director unveils soccer drama Shoot
Saudi director Aymen Khoja is unveiling his upcoming US-set, soccer-themed work Shoot at the inaugural edition of the Arab Cinema Lab at DIFF.
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NewsPhoenicia scores an ace with Borg vs McEnroe
Lebanon-based distributor Phoenicia Pictures has acquired MENA rights to Borg vs McEnroe, about the famous rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe, at Dubai Film Market.
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NewsZawya powers up Egyptian indies
Zawya Distribution is ramping up its 2017 slate of Egyptian independent features with titles including Tamer El Said’s In The Last Days Of The City and Mohamed Rashad’s DIFF competition title Little Eagles.
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NewsFarhadi, Dumont, Panh named as Qumra masters
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French auteur Bruno Dumont and Cambodian creative documentarian Rithy Panh have been confirmed as the first ‘masters’ at the Doha Film Institute’s talent development event Qumra.
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NewsHuppert makes Arab bow in Taia’s Treasure
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed French actress Isabelle Huppert is in line to make her starring debut in an Arab film, playing a Morocco-born French woman in Abdellah Taïa’s The Treasure.
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NewsSaba Mubarak joins Inshallah It’s A Boy
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak has signed for the lead role in up-and-coming director Amjad Al-Rasheed’s debut feature Inshallah It’s A Boy – A Chapter From The Fabled Life Of Nawal.
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NewsFront Row courts Lady Macbeth
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based pan-Arab distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment picked up 31 titles at the recent American Film Market, including critically-acclaimed drama Lady Macbeth.
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NewsIFFAM: Hong Kong's One Cool Group launches international sales arm
EXCLUSIVE: Local talents shine at inaugural Macao fest.
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NewsVOX boards Emirati trio
VOX Cinemas has boarded the next film by the makers of Emirati street racing hit Hajwala and also acquired local director Ahmed Zain’s comedy drama Lisa, which premieres at DIFF this year.
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NewsUturn’s Dubai move heralds global push
Jeddah-based digital content platform Uturn Entertainment is moving its head office to Dubai as part of a push to expand across the region and further afield.
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NewsSunrise wins IWC Filmmaker Award
UAE filmmaker Abdullah Hassan Ahmed’s Sunrise scooped the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at DIFF last night.
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NewsThree Rivers brings Indian projects to DIFF
Dubai Film Market is introducing a selection of Indian projects for the first time this year through a partnership with Europe’s PJLF Three Rivers Residency.
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NewsKapadia reveals details of Maradona doc
UK film-maker Asif Kapadia talked about his upcoming project, a documentary covering the life of football player Diego Maradona, in a panel about his career at DIFF.