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NewsTheory of Everything to open DIFF
Festival bookended by Stephen Hawking biopic and musical Into the Woods.
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NewsKarim Hanafy pushes boundaries with Departure
Likened to audacious filmmaker Bela Tarr, Egyptian director Karim Hanafy wowed audiences at the Cairo International Film Festival with his striking feature debut The Gate of Departure.
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NewsMelbourne wins best picture in Cairo
The Cairo International Film Festival ended its 36th year with a glitzy ceremony [pictured] below the ancient pyramids on Tuesday.
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NewsCairo festival helping to drive change in Egypt
Despite the cancellation of last year’s Cairo International Film Festival due to continued political unrest, this year’s festival, now in its 36th year, possesses an optimistic energy that change is happening within Egypt’s film industry.
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NewsSyria project wins CPH:Forum pitch prize
On Screen Off Record from The Act of Killing producer Signe Byrge Sørensen.
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NewsNick Broomfield readies Tanzania shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Broomfield is lining up a 2015 shoot near Lake Victoria in Tanzania for his BBC four-parter The Catastrophist.
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NewsAjyal youth festival unveils line-up
Second edition of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Doha to include 90 films from 43 countries.
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NewsNew Mandela film festival to show 400 films
The new Mandela International Film Festival is gearing up for its inaugural edition to run Dec 3-13, 2015 in Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
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NewsDubai unveils Muhr Feature Awards contenders
Titles include the world premiere of thriller I’m Dead and the new feature from Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed.
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NewsAbu Dhabi honours best short, Emirates films
Abu Dhabi Film Festival announces winners of Emirates Film Competition and International Short Film Competition
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NewsScript contest to highlight UAE social issues
Twofour54 and the Family Development Foundation launch films screenplay contest.
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NewsImage Nation ramps up local doc production
Image Nation has revealed plans to create more locally-produced documentaries following the premiere of its first factual feature at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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NewsBaboudjian signs Ahd to direct Sandfish
EXCLUSIVE: Feature is an adaptation of Emirati bestseller about girl growing up in the region in the 1960s.
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NewsGulf film industry ponders progress
Cinema professionals debate whether the cinema investment drive of past decade has achieved anything for local industry.
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NewsHefzy, Abdalla reteam on Black Tea adaptation
EXCLUSIVE: Film Clinic’s Hefzy also co-producing Mohamed Khan’s new film Before the Summer Crowds.
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NewsBouchareb receives ADFF honour, talks career
French-Algerian filmmaker and producer Rachid Bouchareb, who is being honoured with a career achievement award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, talked extensively about his career at a special ‘in conversation’ event.
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NewsFalcon swoops on Ibrahim El-Batout’s El Ott
EXCLUSIVE: Film that premieres in competition at Abu Dhabi stars Egyptian actor Amr Waked as a gangster who challenges a child organ trafficker.
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NewsCinema business to grow in Middle East
Empire CEO Mario Haddad and Gulf Films chief Selim El-Azar discuss distribution in the region at Abu Dhabi show business conference.