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Egyptian authorities close down MENA’s largest piracy site
Laroza site provided access to more than 29,000 movies and TV series viewed the world over.
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Reviews
‘Perfumed With Mint’: Venice Review
A decaying Egyptian city teems with ghosts both literal and metaphorical in this meditative debut
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Morad Mostafa’s ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ wins top prize at Venice’s Final Cut programme
’Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ is debut feature for Screen Arab Star of Tomorrow Mostafa.
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European and Middle Eastern film execs talk challenges and opportunities of preserving film heritage
Screen International roundtable at the Venice Film Festival explored topics such as AI, costs and technology of restoring classic movies.
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Venice Critics’ Week title ‘Perfumed With Mint’ picked up for sales (exclusive)
It is the feature debut from Egyptian filmmaker Muhammed Hamdy.
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‘The Brink Of Dreams’: Cannes Review
An all-female Egyptian street theatre troupe act out their frustrations in this appealing Critics Week documentary
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‘East Of Noon’: Cannes Review
Surrealist-tinged Egyptian fable is Hala Elkoussy’s distinctive follow-up to ‘Cactus Flower’
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Features
Future Leaders 2024: Mouwafak Chourbagui (Egypt)
Chourbagui has been part of El Gouna Film Festival’s programming team since its launch in 2017.
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TorinoFilmLab selects three films for €45,000 Audience Design Fund awards (exclusive)
Each of the three selected projects - hailing from India, Egypt and Nepal - are in post-production.
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Egypt’s Al-Ahram studio destroyed by fire
The facility recently housed producion of Ramadan TV series El-Moallem starring Mustafa Shaban.
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‘Voy! Voy! Voy!’: Rotterdam Review
A desperate man fakes his way onto a Europe-bound blind football team in this Egyptian adventure based on real events
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Leading Saudi exhibitor Muvi Cinemas ramps up production of Arabic films
Riyadh-based exhibitor is aiming to back 24 Arabic language films a year by 2025
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How Mohamed Hefzy of Egypt’s Film Clinic is shepherding the next generation of Arab cinema
The latest slate of features from Egypt’s Film Clinic is being recognised on both the awards and festival circuits.
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Khaled Mansour’s ‘Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo’ set to wrap Cairo shoot
Mohamed Hefzy’s Film Clinic has boarded the production.
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Features
Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Morad Mostafa, writer-director (Egypt)
Mostafa is lining up to shoot his debut feature Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore in the summer of 2024.
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Cairo film festival cancels 2023 edition due to Israel-Hamas war
It follows the recent rescheduling of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival.
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Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival rescheduled due to Israel-Hamas war
The event has been moved to October 27-November 2.
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Yousry Nasrallah to receive Cairo Film Festival honorary award
Egyptian director has made films including Cannes 2012 Competition title ‘After the Battle’.
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‘Alam’ triumphs at Cairo with international competition, audience awards
19B wins three awards including FIPRESCI prize.
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Reviews
‘My Lost Country’: IDFA Review
Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez’s autobiographical essay film won IDFA Envision’s Outstanding Artistic Contribution prize