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NewsFirst Afghan web TV channel launches
Kabul and Dubai-based producer Hamida Aman has launched Afghanistan’s first web TV channel Globox.tv, tapping into the country’s burgeoning social media culture.
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NewsWide Management sells Zabana! to Cinecitta Luce
Cinecittà Luce has acquired Italian rights to Algerian Saïd Ould-Khelifa’s Zabana!, a contender in Dubai’s Muhr Arab feature competition, from French sales company Wide Management.
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NewsFront Row hunts down Bloodsport, Reykjavik
Front Row Entertainment, the Dubai-based distributor that is among the world’s most prolific pre-buyers of independent films, has added several more titles to its brimming release slate.
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NewsPinto, Apted, Barreto among Dubai film festival jurors
The Dubai International Film Festival has announced the juries for its Muhr competition strands, which include actress Freida Pinto, Brazilian filmmaker Bruno Barreto and UK director Michael Apted.
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NewsDubai axes three Syrian films from official selection
Dubai and Cairo film festivals remove films by pro-Bashar al-Assad filmmakers from line-ups.
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NewsLife Of Pi, Sapphires to bookend Dubai film festival
Ang Lee’s The Life Of Pi will open this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on December 9, while Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires will close the eight-day event.
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NewsSouth African delegation meets with senior US executives
A delegation of South African government officials, funders and film executives recently participated in a week-long programme of strategic meetings in Los Angeles with senior US executives.
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NewsAmbitious Film Clinic slate shows Egypt's new face
Cairo-based Film Clinic has solidified its status as one of the Arab world’s top production companies with a new slate of internationally oriented films, including a co-production with Fox International Pictures.
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NewsMarrakech to fete Yimou, Huppert, Demme, Chopra
Festival also to focus on Hindi cinema, with attendees including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra.
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NewsSeattle festival receives $150,000 Academy grant
The multi-year award will allow Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) top brass to develop its African Pictures programme and showcase emerging talent from the continent.
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NewsBahman Ghobadi calls on Iran to release brother
Behrouz Ghobadi, a production manager and short film director, is believed to have been detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, accused of acting against national security.
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NewsDoha Film Institute offers 27 grants including to filmmakers such as El Batout, Allouache
Global film finance and local finance also discussed at DTFF panel.
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NewsRotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund awards €333,000 in latest round
Recipients include Chile’s Dominga Sotomayor [pictured].
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Eight Rawi Screenwriters Lab participants named
The Royal Film Commission-Jordan and Sundance Institute announced on Tuesday (13) the screenwriting fellows for the eighth Rawi Screenwriters Lab.
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NewsDoha to honour late director Yash Chopra
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) is to pay tribute to the work of acclaimed Indian director Yash Chopra, who died last month.
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NewsDIFF unveils line-up for co-production market
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has unveiled the 15 projects selected for this year’s co-production market, Dubai Film Connection (DFC).
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NewsDaniel Dencik plans his first dramatic feature about slave trade
Likely controversial project is about slave trading Danish officer in the 1830s.
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Doha's industry talks include conversations with Robert De Niro, Mira Nair
Also, MENA premiere of Argo added to DTFF programme.
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NewsDoha selects 21 films for Contemporary World Cinema and 12 for Special Screenings
Festival will close with Rise of the Guardians 3D [pictured].
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NewsDoha's Made in Qatar Showcase includes 15 world premieres
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), which runs Nov 17-24, has selected 19 films by local filmmakers for its Made in Qatar programme.