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NewsYousry Nasrallah, Kaouther Ben Hania head to Cairo Film Connection
Parent event Cairo International Film Festival pushing on with 42nd edition.
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Best Friend Forever boards sales on Egyptian Cannes 2020 title ‘Souad’
Egyptian drama follows two teenage sisters who escape conversative reality via the social networks.
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Features
VOX Cinemas head talks Gulf’s $1b box office potential, ‘Mulan’ and protecting the theatrical window
Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning cinema pool set to drive box office growth in region with love of content and high-end exhibition experiences.
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Producer of Sarajevo project ‘The Maiden’s Pond’ on Lebanese film industry challenges
An economic crisis, Covid-19 spike and devastating Beirut explosion have all impacted the industry.
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Front Row, Kuwait’s KNCC team with Dubai’s Cinema Akil for Beirut fund-raiser
Films by Ziad Doueiri and Nadine Labaki front charitable screenings.
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Mad Solutions scoops Arab rights for 11 hot arthouse titles
Films include Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon and Mohammed Diab’s Amira.
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Filmmakers react to Qumra Online: “It was beautiful this happened in such hard times”
“People wanted to be productive and help the filmmaking community.”
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Features
My Working From Home Life: Lebanese producer Georges Schoucair
“We finished the shoot for Ely Dagher’s Harvest just as the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Lebanon.”
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French cinema investment edged down in 2019 as state and TV funding fell
State finance fell by 8.1% while broadcaster investment was down by 3%
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Why Arab and African indie filmmakers are embracing genre cinema
Mati Diop, Talal Selhami and Larissa Sansour discuss their different routes to genre at Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops.
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'Capernaum', 'Yomeddine' lead Arab cinema Critics Awards nominations
Nadine Labaki and A.B. Shawky’s films gained three nods each.
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Venice title 'The Day I Lost My Shadow' gets sales deal, first trailer revealed (exclusive)
French sales agent Stray Dogs has taken international rights on the film.
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Reviews
'Capernaum': Cannes Review
Lebanese director Nadine Labaki delivers a powerful story about a 12 year-old boy who takes his parents to court
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Nadine Labaki's 'Capernaum' racks up sales for Wild Bunch (exclusive)
Buyers flock to Lebanese director’s film exploring child neglect ahead of Cannes Competition premiere.
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Annemarie Jacir's 'Wajib' triumphs at Arab Critics Awards
‘Wajib’ took best film and best screenplay.
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'Of Fathers And Sons': IDFA Review
Source: IDFA Of Fathers And Sons Dir/Scr: Talal Derki. Germany-Syria-Lebanon. 2017. 98mins Talal Derki’s first feature since his Sundance prize-winning documentary Return To Homs (2013) takes him back to a homeland that bears no resemblance to the one that he once knew. Now ...
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'Amal': IDFA Review
A teenage girl comes of age against the backdrop of revolutionary Egypt in this stirring IDFA opener
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'Taste Of Cement': Sarajevo Review
Ziad Kalthoum’s elegant documentary explores the plight of Syrian migrant workers in Beirut
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'Beauty And The Dogs': Cannes Review
Dir/scr: Kaouther Ben Hania. Tunisia/France/Sweden/Norway/Lebanon/Qatar/Switzerland. 2017. 100mins. An evening which starts with a carefree student party and selfies with friends descends into a Kafkaesque waking nightmare for 21-year-old Mariam (Mariam Al Ferjani). Loosely based on a real event, Kaouther Ben Hania’s gruelling drama collates vividly immediate ...
