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All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 22
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NewsRed Sea Souk awards over $900,000 in industry prizes
Katia Jarjoura’s ‘Robbing Beirut’ took the largest prize, the $75,000 production award.
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NewsEncounters film festival to return in 2025 with new executive director
The festival will run from September 24-28.
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NewsChinese sci-fi ‘Escape From The 21st Century’ flies to North America, UK-Ireland
Film follows three friends who gain the power to travel back and forth 20 years with a sneeze.
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NewsFilm4-backed Genre Feature Lab selects three projects from Northern creatives (exclusive)
Bafta-winning producers Ivana Mackinnon, Emily Leo lead the Lab.
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NewsEuropean Film Promotion selects 2025 European Shooting Stars
Devrim Lingau, Besir Zeciri among selected names.
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NewsOlsberg SPI promotes Leon Forde to CEO; Jonathan Olsberg moves to US (exclusive)
Forde joined SPI Olsberg in 2014.
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NewsFinnish comedy-horror ‘The Redeemers’ secures North America, France deals (exclusive)
Producers on the film include Pekka Ollula, director of Finland’s Huhtamo International Film Festival.
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NewsPalestinian film ‘Happy Holidays’ heads winners at Marrakech Film Festival
Film took the Étoile d’Or and a joint best actress award.
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Features‘Superboys Of Malegaon’ filmmakers: “We felt it had an opportunity outside of India”
”The material lends itself to a global audience,” says director Reema Kagti.
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NewsCannes head Thierry Fremaux: “If I do bad selections two years in a row, I will leave”
”I will say I am not connected anymore with the cinema of my times,” said Fremaux at Red Sea.
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NewsSXSW award-winner ‘Oddity’ makes space in France, Germany, Spain (exclusive)
Blue Finch handles sales on Damian McCarthy’s thriller.
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News‘A Sudden Case Of Christmas’ makes major sales at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea (exclusive)
Phoenicia Pictures boss Ameer Fawaz says, ”It is a distinct choice to show a Christmas film at a festival in Saudi Arabia.”
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NewsRed Sea title ‘The Last Ronin’ swipes key deals after premiere (exclusive)
Film heads to North America, Latin America and MENA among others.
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NewsVisit Films sells across slate including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance titles (exclusive)
Numerous key territories sell on Sundance drama ‘Ghostlight’.
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NewsBrendan Fraser praises Saudi film industry growth: “You’ve got the hard part out the way”
Fraser gave the latest in-conversation talk at Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsOlivia Wilde: “Girls are told to be an actress; boys are told to be a director”
Wilde gave the latest in-conversation discussion at Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsRed Sea, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘East Of Noon’ marks first sales (exclusive)
Hana Elkoussy’s film follows a musician rebelling against his elders.
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NewsSaudi hit ‘Mandoob’ heads to India, Australia, Latin America (exclusive)
The film grossed over $7m following its Saudi release in December 2023.
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NewsAlexandros Avranas’ refugee drama ‘Quiet Life’ scores key deals for Elle Driver (exclusive)
Film premiered in Venice’s Horizons sidebar and has its MENA premiere at Red Sea next week.
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NewsMichelle Yeoh makes passionate appeal to film industry gatekeepers: “Let us in!”
“Why just spoon-feed your audiences?” says ‘Wicked’ star Yeoh in Saudi Arabia.