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NewsFirst look: Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall in UK rom-com
EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway in London and Rome on Richard Loncraine’s British comedy ‘Finding Your Feet’.
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NewsAdam Bakri to star in Sen-Gupta’s Slam
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian actor Adam Bakri (Omar) has been cast in Sydney-based director Partho Sen-Gupta’s upcoming drama Slam, alongside Australian actress Rachael Blake.
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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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NewsKaouther Ben Hania plots ISIS bride doc
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Habib Attia is producing documentary about a mother fighting to get her two teenage daughters back from Libya.
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News'Moana' top in US, 'La La Land' stunning in limited launch (updated)
DECEMBER 12 UPDATE: La La Land delivered a $881,104 limited launch from five sites for the second best specialty opening weekend average in history.
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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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News'La La Land' wins eight Critics Choice Awards
Lionsgate’s musical romance earned best film and director for Damien Chazelle from The Broadcast Film Critics Association on Sunday night.
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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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News'Toni Erdmann' takes top prizes at the European Film Awards
Germany’s Oscar hopeful wins five major awards in Wroclaw at politically charged ceremony.
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NewsKen Loach: "The barbarians are at the door"
Speaking at the European Film Awards, UK director calls for “collective voice” among European industry.
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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.