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NewsChicken With Plums, A Separation, Woody Harrelson among Abu Dhabi winners
ADFF unveils Black Pearl, FIPRESCI and NETPAC winners.
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NewsAfter leaving NFVF, Mbalo ramps up ambitions for Forefront
Eddie Mbalo, well known in the international film industry from his decade as CEO of South Africa’s NFVF, has now left his post there (as of the end of June) to concentrate on running his Johannesburg-based Forefront Media Group.
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NewsAttacked Tunisian TV station Nessma cancels second broadcast of Persepolis
Tarak Ben Ammar and Italian Mediaset own 25 percent stakes in liberal pan-Maghreb broadcaster Nessma founded in 2007 by Tunisian Karoui Brothers.
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NewsNick Broomfield to head up Doha's Arab documentary jury
Special screenings at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) will incude Puss In Boots, Senna and The Raid.
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NewsADFF to launch Sea Shadow, announces masterclasses and panels
Todd Solondz, Abderrahmane Sissako and music duo Air among those to give masterclasses.
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NewsDoha Film Institute launches mentoring initiative
DFI grantees will receive mentoring from industry professionals as part of the initiative which will take place during the upcoming third Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
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Africa First Awards five emerging filmmakers $10,000 apiece
Focus Features’ Africa First programme has awarded five emerging filmmakers $10,000 each to finance pre-production, production and/or post-production on their short films.
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NewsUK has strong presence at Haifa Film Festival
The Debt director John Madden [pictured] will be the guest of honour.
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NewsFrench producers head to Tunisia for first ever co-production forum
Ten months after Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power, a delegation of French producers headed to the country last weekend to forge new links with its fledgling, post-dictatorship film industry.
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NewsDoha Film Institute comes on board for Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Riz Ahmed stars in the Mirabai-Cine Mosaic production, which starts shooting this week.
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NewsLabaki’s Where Do We Go Now? breaks new ground in Lebanon
Comedy-drama about religious tension posts biggest box office ever for an Arabic-language film.
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NewsImage Nation restructures into Emirati and international divisions
Image Nation Abu Dhabi is to split into two divisions, one focusing on local Emirati talent, the other on international relationships.
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NewsBodega takes on Policeman for France
Highly feted Israeli thriller Policeman has been picked up by Bodega Films for France.
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NewsLuc Besson's The Lady to close Doha Tribeca Film Festival
The Contemporary World Cinema programme for the third edition of the DTFF includes Pawel Pawlikowski’s Woman In The Fifth and Mika Kaurismaki’s Mama Africa.
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NewsFilmmakers launch Golden Rhino festival to boost South African talent
Durban festival’s Noshen Moodley to serve as artistic director.
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NewsADFF opens with Monsieur Lazhar, hosts eight world premieres
Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s four competition sections offer combined prize money of $1m
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NewsMemento secures spate of new deals for Nader And Simin
Memento Films International has sold Asghar Farhadi’s Golden Bear winner Nader and Simin, A Separation to several key territories, off the back of its successful screenings at Toronto and now San Sebastian.
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NewsInternational protests grow over Iran’s arrest of filmmakers and producer
Arrested filmmakers include This is not a Film co-director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and producer and sales agent Katayoon Shahabi [pictured] of Sheherazad Media International (SMI).
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NewsADFC reveals finalists for $100,000 screenwriting grant
Abu Dhabi Film Commission reveals finalists for international screenwriting competition worth $100,000