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NewsBreish sips Mate with Germany’s Filmbucht
Lebanese filmmaker Bass Breish is gearing up to make his feature debut, Mate, with German production house Filmbucht Filmproduktion.
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NewsFilmNation, Roadshow Films strike equity pact
FilmNation Entertainment has sold a roughly one-third stake of the company valued at $18m to Roadshow in a strategic partnership that sees both parties seek to expand their production operations.
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NewsAdrian Noble to direct La Rue biopic
Biopic currently in development with BFI Film Fund; aiming for 2015 shoot.
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NewsLone Scherfig talks UK industry, von Trier, next films
An Education director Lone Scherfig was the first woman to deliver BAFTA’s David Lean lecture.
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NewsPolak, Ahluwalia, Leopold head for CineMart 2015
Co-production market has three prizes including new Wouter Barendrecht Award in conjunction with Fortissimo Films.
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NewsBen Hania to direct rape victim drama
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania is developing a new project inspired by the true story of a woman raped outside a beachfront nightclub in 2012.
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NewsShoot starts on Indiscretion
EXCLUSIVE: John Stewart Muller’s thriller stars Mira Sorvino [pictured] and Cary Elwes.
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NewsFilm London Microwave shortlist revealed
Low budget production scheme selects 12 projects; hits diversity target.
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NewsKiyany unveils first UAE interactive doc
The UAE’s first interactive documentary, ZaabiliDoc, a joint project between Emirati filmmaker Hassan Kiyany and photographer Ammar Al Attar, is set to go live this week.
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NewsTharwa boards Al-Janahi’s Transparent
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Baboudjian’s new Dubai-based company Tharwa has boarded Emirati filmmaker Nawaf Al-Janahi’s upcoming English-language psychological thriller Transparent.
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NewsVFX Summit Dublin: In service of the story
At the second VFX + Animation Summit Dublin, international experts and growing local companies gathered to talk about issues such as global competition, tight schedules and training needs. Wendy Mitchell reports.
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NewsPachachi’s Baghdad draws co-producers, funds
Maysoon Pachachi’s Nothing Doing In Baghdad is set to start shooting in February after securing three European co-producers and funding from Visions Sud Est and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).
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NewsAl-Agroobi set to make fiction debut
Emirati filmmaker Amal Al-Agroobi, best known for her non-fiction works The Brain That Sings and Half, is developing her first narrative work.
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NewsBoushahri wins IWC Filmmaker Award
Kuwaiti filmmaker Abdullah Boushahri won the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award for his feature project The Water at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on Thursday night.
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NewsAnthony Chen launches Giraffe Pictures
The Ilo Ilo director’s company will produce one or two films per year.
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NewsAkinnuoye-Agbaje to voice Emirati animation
Nigerian-UK actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is set to voice the protagonist of an ambitious Emirati feature-length animation inspired by a figure in Arabic folklore.
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NewsPenny Marshall to direct Effa
The director of A League Of Their Own and Big has signed a two-film deal with Georgia-based FONU2 subsidiary Studioplex City, kicking off with a biopic about Effa Manley.
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NewsSalon readies Ivan and the Dogs
EXCLUSIVE: UK deal in place for Andrew Kotting’s film from Salon Pictures.