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      NewsUK romantic thriller ‘White Widow’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
Rory Fleck Byrne, Adelaide Clemens, Kim Bodnia, Saffron Burrows, Russell Tovey star.
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      NewsMAD World takes sales on Lebanese thriller ‘In This Darkness I See You’ (exclusive)
The newly launched sales company will launch the ghost story at the Cannes market.
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      NewsArab sales firm MAD World launches ahead of Cannes; titles and team unveiled
Inaugural slate includes Rani Massalha’s ‘The Return Of The Prodigal Son’ and ‘Thank You For Banking With Us’ from Palestinian filmmaker Laila Abbas.
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      NewsIranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging, says lawyer
The filmmaker’s latest feature ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
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      NewsTrustNordisk boards Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’ starring Kristine Kujath Thorp (exclusive)
The thriller is based on real events in the Central African Republic in 2013.
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      NewsFilms Boutique boards Mohammad Rasoulof’s Cannes title ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ (exclusive)
First details revealed of the upcoming feature, which has been sold to France.
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      NewsIran bans actors, crew of Mohammed Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ from attending Cannes
The film is set to premiere in Competition.
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      News‘Goodbye Julia’, ‘Four Daughters’ lead nominations in Critics Awards for Arab Films
Further titles with multiple nominations include ‘Inshallah A Boy’ and ‘Hajjan’.
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      News“New voices are being heard”: the Asia and MENA films heading to Cannes
Titles include the first film from Saudi Arabia in Official Selection.
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      NewsPaul Mescal, Olivia Colman, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon join Cinema For Gaza fundraiser
Shane Meadows, Lukas Dhont among new joiners; total passes £90,000.
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      NewsFront Row planning feature, series around Lebanese bank robber Sally Hafez
Front Row Productions is also exploring a documentary and podcast series.
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      NewsJonathan Glazer joins Cinema For Gaza appeal as UK fundraising auction opens
Glazer joins Tilda Swinton, Brian Cox, Josh O’Connor and Joseph Quinn in the fundraiser.
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      NewsAflamuna Connection selects 14 emerging Arab filmmaker projects for eighth edition (exclusive)
Karim Kassem’s ’Moondove’ and Hana Alomair’s ‘Dancing On Fire’ are among the selection.
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      NewsEgypt’s Al-Ahram studio destroyed by fire
The facility recently housed producion of Ramadan TV series El-Moallem starring Mustafa Shaban.
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      NewsAtom Egoyan hopes for a new Armenian wave of filmmakers; has desire to direct a musical
Egoyan discussed topics including artificial intelligence during his Qumra masterclass.
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      NewsNetflix Africa slate includes Mo Abudu-produced series ‘Baby Farm’, feature ‘House of Ga’a’
The slate includes two series and one feature, all from women filmmakers.
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      News‘Birdman’ sound designer Martin Hernandez details upcoming Netflix project ‘The Master Of Monarchs’
The documentary series follows an environmental activist murdered in 2020 for standing up to organised crime groups.
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      NewsClaire Denis talks new Africa-set film ‘The Fence’, and why she will never retire
“The best way to retire is to die. I would like to go on making films.”
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      NewsFrench director Leos Carax says it is “easier to take money from producers you don’t like”
Carax discussed his upcoming mid-length film C’est pas moi in Qumra.
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      NewsToni Collette talks upcoming projects as actor, producer and director in Qumra
Acting and directing makes ”one less person you have to communicate with” says Collette.
 








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