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NewsLocarno launches African strand of Industry Academy scheme
Locarno Industry Academy also runs in Mexico, Brazil, the US, Lebanon and Greece.
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NewsUni sets first wave of ‘F9’ releases in May for China, Russia, South Korea, Middle East
Second phase to follow when markets enter more robust pandemic recovery phases.
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NewsPrague’s Filmotor picks up Berlinale, CPH:DOX feature ‘As I Want’ (exclusive)
Documentary explores the fight for female emancipation in the Middle East.
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NewsDisney+ appoints UK commissioning exec as EMEA director of scripted content
Lee Mason has been a commissioner at UK broadcaster Channel 4.
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NewsTunisian star Dhafer L’Abidine to make directorial debut with ‘Ghodwa’
L’Abidine’s recent acting credits have included The Eddy and Arabic horror movie Bloodline.
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NewsVenice title ‘Careless Crime’ sells to North America (exclusive)
Award-winning Iranian film has previously sold to France, Italy and Germany.
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NewsQumra 2021: Online edition offered a beacon of hope and community
The seventh edition nurtured 48 short and feature-length projects across some 700 online meetings.
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NewsQumra 2021: “I would love to do a French ‘Small Axe’”, says Claire Denis
French director discussed her childhood in 1950s West Africa.
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NewsDoha Film Institute’s Qumra talent incubator launches 2021 edition
The seventh edition will nurture 48 projects by first and second-time directors hailing mainly from the Arab world.
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NewsNigeria’s Kunle Afolayan expands Netflix Nollywood partnership with three new films
All three titles will be set in Nigeria.
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NewsShahrbanoo Sadat wins script award ahead of Berlinale Co-Production Market
Afghan filmmaker’s ‘Kabul Jan’ won the Baumi Script Development Award.
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NewsMetro International boards Holocaust survivor doc ‘I Am Here’ (exclusive)
The film depicts 98-year-old Ella Blumenthal.
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NewsSyrian political thriller ‘The Translator’ heads to the US (exclusive)
Feature is set in the early days of the Syrian revolution.
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NewsInaugural Red Sea International Film Festival sets 2021 dates
Event will be Saudi Arabia’s first major international film festival.
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NewsOrange Studio unveils diverse EFM slate topped by ‘Schoolmates!’, ‘Slumlord’ (exclusive)
French production and sales arm will unveil four new films at the EFM.
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NewsSaudi’s Muvi Cinemas, Telfaz11 forge content partnership (exclusive)
The partners aim to create a film fund for local feature productions.
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NewsUAE’s Front Row, Qatar’s beIN Media Group strike new SVoD output deal
New deal covers Front Rows premium English-language feature acquisitions.
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NewsIcarus Films acquires Congolese Cannes Label doc ‘Downstream To Kinshasa’ (exclusive)
Distributor plans virtual theatrical release in spring followed by VoD rollout later in year.
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NewsFilmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese talks new project, creative process
The filmmaker has been researching subjects of siege and fear while locked down in home city of Berlin.
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NewsScreen Star Akinola Davies Jr wins Sundance short prize with ‘Lizard’
The short was produced by Potboiler and backed by BBC Film.