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NewsCannes to welcome Egypt as first guest country
Screenings include a 10-part shorts omnibus based on January 25 revolution.
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NewsTribeca panel: Arab cinema could enter a new golden age
The Arab world is poised to offer new kinds of storytelling, and Middle Eastern uprisings could help those uncensored voices be heard — that was the message at a Tribeca Film Festival panel on Monday.
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NewsGulf Film Festival hands out more than $136,000 in awards
The fourth edition of the Gulf Film Festival concluded with an awards ceremony where the best filmmakers from the region picked up more than half a million dirhams (more than $136,000) in prizes and awards.
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NewsKeisha Castle-Hughes to star in Greener Grass
The Light & Dark Films production is an adaptation of Hagen Engler’s novel about post-Apartheid South Africa.
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Abu Dhabi Film Festival announces new prizes
The fifth edition of the festival will have an increased focus on Arab film-makers; producers awards added to competition sections.
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NewsTarifa Africa Film Festival to host 10 African film pitches
Africa Produce co-production forum will run in June in Spain.
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NewsMiral actor Juliano Mer-Khamis shot and killed in West Bank
He was the founder of the Freedom Theatre in a refugee camp.
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NewsThe Gift Maker wins British Council competition for Yemeni film-makers
The competition was launched last year by the British Council to give a platform to aspiring Yemeni film-makers wanting to raise awareness about issues affecting their country.
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NewsCinemaCon: Arab Spring forces Disney to put brakes on Jordan project
Disney top brass are revising the release strategy for an “inspirational” local language football drama following the wave of unrest across the Arab world.
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NewsKhaled Laith, Razane Jammal to head up cast of Djinn
Shooting is underway in UAE on Imagenation Abu Dhabi’s supernatural horror Djinn, directed by Tobe Hooper.
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NewsAbu Dhabi to host Priyadarshan’s Athar And Madhavan Naayar
Indian filmmaker Priyadarshan is gearing up to shoot Malayalam-language project Athar And Madhavan Naayar in Abu Dhabi, with logistical support from Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC).
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NewsSocial media, Asian/Middle Eastern growth spur talk in Abu Dhabi
The growing importance of social media was one of the hot topics today at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit.
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NewsEuropean Commission earmarks $19.5m for African, Caribbean and Pacific films
The European Commission is to support filmmakers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) with a total of $19.5m (€14m) as part of its new ACP-EU Support Programme to the ACP Cultural Sectors running between 2011 and 2016.
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NewsClaire Denis heads jury of 30th Istanbul Film Festival
230 films in 21 sections to be shown at 30th Istanbul Film Festival (April 2-17).
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NewsFirst Grader producers Sixth Sense develop $25m Libya-set film
Story based on true story of Bulgarian medics tortured to confess about crimes against children.
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NewsTelepool handling sales for first film from Cinema Jenin
Munich-based Telepool is handling international sales on the documentary After The Silence, which is the first film project to be supported by the German-Palestinian initiative Cinema Jenin.Produced by Marcus Vetter, the director of the award-winning The Heart of Jenin, After The Silence has been directed by two young German filmmakers ...
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NewsHubert Bals, Jan Vrijman funds plan second tour of African festivals
The joint film programme will run again in June 2011.
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NewsTobe Hooper to direct Imagenation's horror Djinn
Poltergeist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre director takes on horror to shoot in UAE.
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NewsTropfest heads to Abu Dhabi
Tropfest Arabia will premiere in Abu Dhabi in November 2011; competition open to Middle East and North African countries.
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NewsAdu Dhabi delegation has busy Berlin
The Abu Dhabi Film Commission, in partnership with the European Producers Club, brought five UAE producers to the Berlinale.