Colin Brown
NewsSVoD still not driving production in Arab region
Local filmmakers have found the arrival of the steaming giants problematic.
FeaturesArab Talent Focus: Will Disney’s 'Aladdin' open doors for Arab actors in Hollywood?
The Arab industry is hoping Walt Disney’s live-action production of Aladdin is its flying carpet to a whole new world of opportunity and screen identity in Hollywood.
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.
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.
FeaturesMohamed Ouzine, Samir in the Dust
Burying his father in Algeria prompted the French-Algerian director to make a documentary film that explores his own identity.
FeaturesNasser Al Dhaheri, A Tale of Water, Palm Trees and Family
The Emirati director talks about his feature documentary on the importance of water and date palms to life in Dubai.
FeaturesJoyce Nashawati, Blind Sun
Nightmarish thriller Blind Sun, the debut film by the Lebanon-born director, is one of the festival hits of the year.
NewsDIFF: Sean McAllister plans UK narrative feature
Award-winning British filmmaker Sean McAllister, whose documentary feature A Syrian Love Story plays here at the Dubai International Film Festival, is working on a story about the UK housing crisis.
FeaturesOmar Shargawi, 'Al Medina'
The Danish-Palestinian film-maker was inspired by dark days — with echoes of the Dogme movement — for his latest film Al Medina.
FeaturesSean McAllister, A Syrian Love Story
The film-maker says he wanted to make a film about the ‘hidden gem’ of the Middle East, but then events made Syria anything but.
FeaturesHany Abu-Assad, The Idol
The prize-winning director talks about why he was unable to resist making The Idol, the story of the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol
NewsDIFF: Bankers make case for film investment
Arab filmmakers hoping to unlock the vast reservoir of regional money need to equip themselves with proper business plans that explain their projects’ audience appeal and how financiers should hope to make their money back.
FeaturesRifqi Assaf, The Curve
The film-maker who hails from Jordan and Palestine talks about his debut feature, road movie The Curve.
FeaturesOnline Revolution: Techtonic shifts
In 2013, Screen profiled a new generation of business-to-business websites seeking to capitalise on rapid technological changes in the industry. Colin Brown reports on how far things have come.
FeaturesOnline Revolution: Indieloop
Colin Brown highlights 12 online services aspiring to assist with everything from financing and rights management to screenings and networking.
FeaturesOnline Revolution: Festival Scope
Colin Brown highlights 12 online services aspiring to assist with everything from financing and rights management to screenings and networking.
FeaturesOnline Revolution: Eventival
Colin Brown highlights 12 online services aspiring to assist with everything from financing and rights management to screenings and networking
FeaturesOnline Revolution: Cinando
Colin Brown highlights 12 online services aspiring to assist with everything from financing and rights management to screenings and networking.
FeaturesOnline Revolution: Mediapeers / DL3 Media Store
One year ago, Deluxe Entertainment acquired Mediapeers and integrated it into its rich end-to-end ecosystem of digital media solutions and content services. The Berlin-based web exchange, a B2B cloud software provider that enables clients such as Lionsgate and FremantleMedia to market and sell their movie and television assets more effectively ...
FeaturesOnline Revolution: Kinonation
Colin Brown highlights 12 online services aspiring to assist with everything from financing and rights management to screenings and networking.