Latest – Page 69
-
NewsSyrian producer Orwa Nyrabia reported freed
Producer and pan-Arab DOX BOX film festival founder had been missing since August 23.
-
NewsProduction round-up: The 33, Fishing Without Nets, The Shipkiller, Cheap Thrills
Mike Medavoy announced on Tuesday (11) that Patricia Riggen has come on board to direct The 33, based on the story of the trapped Chilean Miners.
-
NewsTen days on, still no news on missing Syrian producer Orwa Nyrabia
The Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, French producer and directors body L’ARP and director MartinScorsese join chorus of concern for missing producer.
-
News
Wadjda director vows to keep working in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s first female film director Haifaa Al Mansour, whose debut feature Wadjda was enthusiastically received in Venice, has made an outspoken plea for women’s rights in her homeland.
-
NewsEurimages confirms Canada and Israel in talks to join fund; Gulf countries could follow
Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages (The Council of Europe’s film fund) has again raised the possibility that Eurimages will become a fund “that goes beyond the geographical limit of Europe.”
-
NewsThe Reluctant Fundamentalist to open fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival
DFI backed the project; Nair kicked off inaugural Doha festival with Amelia.
-
News
Match Factory closes French deal for Wadjda with Pretty Pictures
First feature to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia.
-
NewsSwipe Films boards Winter Of Discontent
EXCLUSIVE: Company to handle international sales for Ibrahim El Batout’s film centred around the Arab Spring.
-
NewsSyrian producer Orwa Nyrabia reported missing, feared arrested
Respected producer and pan-Arab DOX BOX Film Festival founder disappeared at Damascus airport.
-
NewsFilmmakers from Senegal and Burkina Faso awarded two Open Doors awards apiece
A roundtable at Locarno’s 10th co-production lab also focussed on new local and regional initiatives that have recently been launched.
-
NewsAli Al Jabri becomes festival director in Abu Dhabi as Peter Scarlet departs
Confirming recent rumours that Peter Scarlet would leave his post at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the organisation has confirmed that Ali Al Jabri will become the new festival director.
-
NewsDanny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony draws 27m viewers in UK
Danny Boyle’s near-universally acclaimed opening ceremony scored the biggest UK TV ratings in 14 years; James Bond, Chariots Of Fire, The Queen feature in opening ceremony.
-
NewsDurban FilmMart wraps with development, production grants and festival invites
Best Feature Film Project goes to Jambula Tree; some projects on their way to IDFA, Rotterdam.
-
NewsInaugural IDFA Worldview Award goes to The Devil's Lair, Logs Of War
The award is presented to the two most promising documentary projects at the Doc Circle Pitch in Durban, South Africa.
-
NewsVenice to open with Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The 69th Venice International Film Festival will open Aug 29 with the world premiere of Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
-
NewsSharqiya wins top prize at Jerusalem Film Festival
Ami Livne’s Sharqiya has won the Jerusalem Film Festival’s Haggiag Award for Best Feature.
-
NewsDubai International Film Festival will host cinematic innovation summit
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will be the site of what is being billed as “the world’s first summit dedicated entirely to the future of cinematic innovation”.
-
NewsLacote, Lapid win pitching awards in Jerusalem
Phillipe Lacote and Nadav Lapid win $80,000 between them at Jerusalem Film Festival Lab; Ehud Bleiberg to produce Lacote’s Run.
-
NewsAmanda Palmer leaves Doha Film Institute
Amanda Palmer is stepping down as executive director of the Doha Film Institute, after three years running the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
-
News
Doha's new script development programme adds mentors including Routh, Doueiri
The Doha Film Institute is launching its new nationwide screenwriting development programme entitled Hezayah.