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NewsAna de Armas on desire to return to Spanish cinema: “Send me scripts!”
de Armas confirmed she will next shoot Grant Singer’s ‘Reenactment’ in January.
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NewsDakota Johnson says cinema “feels really grim” in US right now
Johnson contrasted US state of play with feeling inspired by Saudi Arabia.
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NewsJessica Alba reveals new Robert Rodriguez, Haifaa Al Mansour film collaborations
Alba is reuniting with ‘Sin City’ director Rodriguez on a heist movie; and making “a tender story” with Al Mansour.
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NewsMichael Caine, Sean Baker, Juliette Binoche open fifth Red Sea film festival
Baker compares Saudi industry to early Hollywood - “exciting, inspirational and heartwarming.”
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NewsKirsten Dunst reflects on #MeToo: “We’ve put a lot of people away”
“People definitely can’t get away with what they used to,” said Dunst at Red Sea film festival.
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NewsMo Harawe among Realness Institute’s latest Creative Producer Indaba participants
EXCLUSIVE: Mozambique’s Ique Langa and Moroccan-French Linda Qibaa are also taking part.
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NewsRed Sea film festival hopes for knockout 2025 edition as Middle East cinema ramps up international profile
Festival has come a long way in its first five years, contributing to the growth of both the Saudi and Middle East film sector.
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NewsDoha Film Festival unveils winners at inaugural edition
‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ won best feature from the Ajyal youth jury.
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NewsDoha Film Institute partners with leading French film schools on training programmes
Institut Francais du Qatar also participating in scheme.
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NewsRamy Youssef, Mo Amer talk sensitivities around sex and religion as Arab creators
“Everyone sees the sensitivity they want,” says Youssef at a Doha Film Festival talk.
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NewsDonald Trump associate Steven Paul says tariffs would not be good for entertainment business
“Hopefully we won’t be going down that path,” producer says.
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NewsDavid Oyelowo to direct ‘Othello’ for Eon, star with Rachel Brosnahan, Cynthia Erivo
The film will shoot in Qatar next year.
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NewsSony becomes latest studio to partner with Qatar’s Film Committee
Multi-year pact will involve co-development and co-production of multiple Arabic-language films.
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NewsPost-production house Company 3 launching Qatari studio, consulting on local rebate
Studio is part of a partnership between Company 3 and Film Committee at Media City Qatar.
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NewsMiramax, Qatar’s Film Committee launch pact with Arabic-language ‘Serendipity’
”That’s a story that lends itself to all different worlds,” says Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman.
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NewsSteven Soderbergh updates on John Lennon documentary in Doha: “It’s almost done”
‘The Christophers’ cast member Michaela Coel says “a lot of studios in America have their eye on Doha.”
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NewsQatar launches 50% cash rebate programme to entice international productions
Rebate combines 40% base rate with 10% uplift for qualifying productions.
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NewsNeon joins Qatar’s Film Committee in financing, development pact, starting with ‘Caesar’
Four-year partnership will involve six to ten features and shorts.
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NewsGolshifteh Farahani calls for “united Middle East” at first Doha Film Festival opening
Emotional evening included speech from Wissam Hamada, mother of the late Hind Rajab.
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NewsBarbara Broccoli, Daniel Katz, Tom Quinn, Jonathan Glickman among Doha industry lineup
Mo Abudu, Stuart Ford, Rodrigo Teixeira also on powerhouse speaker lineup.