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NewsRelativity opens Middle East hub
Relativity has launched Relativity Middle East to partner with local producers of film, TV and digital content.
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NewsWadjda to lead first Saudi Oscar bid
Haifaa Al Mansour’s acclaimed drama will contest the Academy’s foreign language race for Saudi Arabia.
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NewsHany Abu-Assad plans road movie
EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian director Hany Abu Assad is planning to reunite with some of the team behind his Oscar-nominated 2005 feature Paradise Now.
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NewsProtagonist secures My Old Lady sales
Protagonist Pictures has concluded sales in several territories for Israel Horovitz’s feature debut My Old Lady, starring Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas; shooting to begin in Paris on Sept 26.
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NewsTIFF to support John Greyson release efforts
Supporters include Atom Egoyan, Sarah Polley and Alex Gibney.
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NewsNew advisors join Doha's Qumra festival
Artistic Advisor Elia Suleiman [pictured] speaks about importance of supporting emerging filmmakers at new March event.
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NewsRotana rips deal for Rags and Tatters
EXCLUSIVE: Rotana Studios has acquired a slew of rights to Ahmad Abdalla’s Rags And Tatters, which is receiving its world premiere in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section.
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Le Pacte goes to school with Lapid
EXCLUSIVE: Le Pacte has taken on world rights to Nadav Lapid’s The Kindergarten Teacher.
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News6 Sales acquires Of Good Report
Controversial film Of Good Report, initially banned by South African censors for its depiction of a teacher’s affair with a pupil, has been picked up by sales agent 6 Sales ahead of its world premiere at Toronto.
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NewsFortissimo takes iNumber Number
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights for South African film iNumber Number, which premieres at Toronto.
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NewsUK, Morocco sign co-pro pact
The UK and Moroccan governments have signed a co-production treaty.
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NewsDIFF strengthens Venice ties
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) teams with Venice for a second year to showcase new directors and producers from the Middle East.
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NewsUnitel Classica boards Noye's Fludde
EXCLUSIVE: Unitel Group’s Unitel Classica label has boarded world sales for Unogumbe-Noye’s Fludde.
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NewsDFI plans Kiarostami retrospective
The Doha Film Institute will organise a retrospective devoted to Abbas Kiarostami at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.
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NewsSarajevo and Doha festivals link up
Sarajevo and QumraFilm festivals to share films, delegates.
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NewsMakhmalbaf to shoot first English-language feature
EXCLUSIVE: F&ME to produce The President, set to shoot in Georgia in early 2014.
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NewsTalking Drum brings Flower Girl to UK
Talking Drum Entertainment, which specialises in black film and TV distribution, will release the Nigerian romantic comedy FlowerGirl across UK cinemas in October.
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NewsWadjda wins at Durban film festival
First Saudi Arabian film to be shot by a woman wins alongside the previously banned and controversial Of Good Report.