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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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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.
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NewsFront Row courts Lady Macbeth
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based pan-Arab distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment picked up 31 titles at the recent American Film Market, including critically-acclaimed drama Lady Macbeth.
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NewsIFFAM: Hong Kong's One Cool Group launches international sales arm
EXCLUSIVE: Local talents shine at inaugural Macao fest.
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NewsVOX boards Emirati trio
VOX Cinemas has boarded the next film by the makers of Emirati street racing hit Hajwala and also acquired local director Ahmed Zain’s comedy drama Lisa, which premieres at DIFF this year.
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NewsUturn’s Dubai move heralds global push
Jeddah-based digital content platform Uturn Entertainment is moving its head office to Dubai as part of a push to expand across the region and further afield.
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NewsSunrise wins IWC Filmmaker Award
UAE filmmaker Abdullah Hassan Ahmed’s Sunrise scooped the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at DIFF last night.
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NewsKapadia reveals details of Maradona doc
UK film-maker Asif Kapadia talked about his upcoming project, a documentary covering the life of football player Diego Maradona, in a panel about his career at DIFF.
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NewsThree Rivers brings Indian projects to DIFF
Dubai Film Market is introducing a selection of Indian projects for the first time this year through a partnership with Europe’s PJLF Three Rivers Residency.
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NewsJohn Madden not trumped by US election
UK film-maker John Madden admits he feared the drama of the US presidential election would overtake his Washington-set political film Miss Sloane as he was shooting it earlier this year.
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NewsSingapore's Aurora Media, LA's Kathy Morgan strike multi-picture agreement
Companies struck the deal at Screen Singapore 2016; Rocky and Creed duo team on Stano.
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NewsDevilworks inks deals in China, Korea, Japan on horror slate
EXCLUSIVE: Genre sales agent secures a raft of Asia deals post-AFM.
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NewsScreen unveils inaugural Arab Stars of Tomorrow
The initiative, highlighting five emerging film talents from the Arab world, is presented at Dubai International Film Festival.
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NewsDIFF VR sidebar offers touch of the theatrical
VR is shaping up to be a combination of cinema, theatre and gaming, says the director of the UAE’s first VR narrative short Flash.
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NewsMAD pounces on DIFF competition titles
EXCLUSIVE: Cairo-based MAD Solutions has picked up five titles in DIFF’s Muhr Feature competition for distribution in the region.
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NewsAjyal Youth Film Festival unveils winners
The Salesman, The Eagle Huntress and Hunt For The Wilderpeople take top prizes, while Meg Ryan accepts honorary award.
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News'Hacksaw Ridge' wins at Australian Academy awards, event marked by protest
Female film-makers donned sausage costumes to protest gender disparity in the Australian industry.
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NewsHit Japanese TV series 'The Last Cop' to get film adaptation
The film version of the hugely successful cop show will feature the lead actors from TV series.