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NewsSarajevo and Doha festivals link up
Sarajevo and QumraFilm festivals to share films, delegates.
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NewsMakhmalbaf to shoot first English-language feature
EXCLUSIVE: F&ME to produce The President, set to shoot in Georgia in early 2014.
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NewsTalking Drum brings Flower Girl to UK
Talking Drum Entertainment, which specialises in black film and TV distribution, will release the Nigerian romantic comedy FlowerGirl across UK cinemas in October.
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NewsWadjda wins at Durban film festival
First Saudi Arabian film to be shot by a woman wins alongside the previously banned and controversial Of Good Report.
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News"Child porn" drama pulled from festival
Drama pulled from opening night of Durban Film Festival; Look of Love screening also cancelled.
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NewsDoha extends partnership with Giffoni
The Doha Film Institute is broadening the scope of its partnership with Italy-based Giffoni Film Festival, Europe’s largest film festival for children.
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NewsYouth triumphs in Jerusalem
Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf speaks about Iran-Israel relationship.
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NewsDoha confirms first youth festival dates
The Doha Film Institute has now opened submissions for its Ajyal Film Festival for the Young, which will run Nov 26-30.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Cannes title Grigris
Distributor Film Movement has secured all North American rights to African drama Grigris, which played in Competition at Cannes.
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NewsEclair Group recapitalises to tune of €12.4m
Cash injection will help fund move into other parts of Europe.
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NewsPepperland's Saleem planning epic
EXCLUSIVE: Iraqi-Kurdish director Hiner Saleem is in Cannes with Un Certain Regard title My Sweet Pepperland [pictured].
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NewsTanweer in buying spree
EXCLUSIVE: Ambitious Tanweer has closed a slew of acquisitions led by Big Eyes and St. Vincent from The Weinstein Company for India and Turkey and Laggies and The Forger from The Solution for India and Greece.
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NewsPepperland among Sanad recipients
Un Certain Regard title My Sweet Pepperland and Mohammed Al Daradji’s In The Sands Of Babylon are among the 16 films to receive grants from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Sanad fund.
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DIFF to host Cinematic Innovation Summit
The inaugural Cinematic Innovation Summit will be held December 5-6 in conjunction with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
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NewsMAD launches pan-Arab distribution outfit
EXCLUSIVE: Cairo and Abu Dhabi-based creative consultancy MAD Solutions is launching a pan-Arab distribution outfit, MAD Distribution, focusing on Arab and international films.
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NewsDoha unveils new festival format
The Doha Film Institute (DFI) will hold two annual film festivals starting this year – the emerging talent-focused Qumra Film Festival in March, and the community-based Ajyal Film Festival for the Young in November.
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NewsMostafa drives from A To B
Emirati filmmaker Ali F. Mostafa is gearing up to shoot his new feature, road movie A To B, with a trio of leading producers from the Arab world and backing from Abu Dhabi’s twofour54.
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NewsDoha appoints Suleiman as artistic advisor
Doha Film Institute (DFI) has appointed renowned Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman to the post of artistic advisor.
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NewsDoha expands grants programme
The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has expanded its grants programme to include first and second-time filmmakers from outside the Middle East.