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NewsNadine Labaki joins Arabic-language ‘Perfect Strangers’ remake as shoot dates set
Production, which was postponed twice in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, to shoot in early 2021.
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NewsAnnemarie Jacir’s first TV series among 39 projects to secure Doha grants
Qatari institution continues support for filmmakers in the Arab world.
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NewsBerlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs 12 projects with 50% boost
Funding sees a 50% boost on previous round to support projects “in times of crisis”.
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News‘Limbo’ wins Golden Pyramid at Cairo film festival
Other winners included Russian drama ‘Conference’ and Egyptian documentary ‘Lift Like A Girl’.
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NewsChristian Petzold’s ‘Undine’ wins second Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films
The prize is a joint initiative of the European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Centre (ACC).
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NewsMasks and mummies: How the Cairo film festival navigated the pandemic
The festival is one of the last physical film events to take place in 2020.
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NewsTIFF Industry Selects title ‘Falling For Figaro’ seals international deals (exclusive)
Ben Lewin’s romantic comedy headed across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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NewsScreen unveils Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020
Arab Stars of Tomorrow spotlights six talents from the Middle East and North Africa who are making their mark on the global stage.
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NewsCairo kicks off with support of Berlinale, Cannes and Venice directors
Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton feted with CIFF’s Golden Pyramid Lifetime Achievement prize.
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NewsDoha’s 2020 Ajyal festival kicks off in theatres, online and its first drive-in
Majid Majidi’s Venice prize winner Sun Children opened the festival on Wednesday evening.
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NewsNetflix teams with Realness Institute on African series development lab (exclusive)
The episodic content lab is for writers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.
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NewsUK’s Claire Oakley, Greece’s Myrsini Aristidou head to Israel’s Sam Spiegel Lab
Past participants have included ‘Son Of Saul’, ‘The Death Of Cinema and My Father Too’ and ‘Beginning’.
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NewsNetflix strikes eight-picture deal with Saudi studio Telfaz11
Riyadh-based Telfaz11 has been at the forefront of Saudi Arabia’s content revolution for more than a decade.
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NewsScreen International hires Pierre-Louis Manès-Murphy as director of Asia, France, Middle East and Africa
Manès-Murphy rejoins Screen from Powster.
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News‘Goodbye Julia’, ‘Life Suits Me Well’ scoop El Gouna project prizes
CineGouna project development event metes out $250,000-worth of awards.
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NewsGlobal box office will not fully recover until 2023, predict cinema analysts
Speakers at META Cinema Forum included UKCA head Phil Clapp and Comscore’s Arturo Guillen.
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NewsArab vampire horror ‘Bloodline’ sets Halloween release on MBC’s Shahid VIP (exclusive)
Nelly Karim and Dhafer L’Abidine star in groundbreaking genre picture by Rami Yasin.
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NewsFormer Casarotto agent launches South Africa-based agency Torchwood (exclusive)
The new literary agency will focus on local and international filmmaking talent.
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NewsCairo International Film Festival (CIFF) sets new December dates
Festival pushes back dates by two weeks to ensure proper hygiene measures are in place.
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NewsSudanese director Hajooj Kuka released but six other artists remain in jail
Kuka, a well-known figure on the international festival circuit, was imprisoned on charges of causing a public nuisance while participating in a theatre workshop.