All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 45
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NewsFrance moves closer to launching controversial 'YouTube tax'
New 2% levy would be imposed on advertising revenue from sites specialised in online video.
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NewsMAD pounces on DIFF competition titles
EXCLUSIVE: Cairo-based MAD Solutions has picked up five titles in DIFF’s Muhr Feature competition for distribution in the region.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2016 profiles: Amjad Al-Rasheed
Screen’s inaugural Arab Stars of Tomorrow showcases the region’s up-and-coming young talent. Jordan’s Amjad Al-Rasheed, director of short The Parrot, is gearing up for his first feature.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2016 profiles: Samer Ismail
Screen’s inaugural Arab Stars of Tomorrow showcases the region’s up-and-coming young talent. Syrian actor Samer Ismail is rebuilding his career against the backdrop of the country’s civil war.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2016 profiles: Mounia Akl
Screen’s inaugural Arab Stars of Tomorrow showcases the region’s up-and-coming young talent. Writer-director Mounia Akl’s short Beirut, I Love You set the former architecture student on a path to Cannes and DIFF.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2016 profiles: Mariam Alferjani
Screen’s inaugural Arab Stars of Tomorrow showcases the region’s up-and-coming young talent. Former medial student Mariam Alferjani is now preparing her first feature as a director.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2016 profiles: Alaa Eddine Aljem
Screen’s inaugural Arab Stars of Tomorrow showcases the region’s up-and-coming young talent. Director Alaa Eddine Aljem founded his own company to produce his works, and his tenacity has resulted in high-profile support.
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NewsAjyal Youth Film Festival unveils winners
The Salesman, The Eagle Huntress and Hunt For The Wilderpeople take top prizes, while Meg Ryan accepts honorary award.
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NewsSeries Mania unveils 2017 SeriesLab! participants
Marco van Geffen, Mira Fornay among directors to develop TV series in new initiative.
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News'The Eagle Huntress' to kick off Qatar’s Ajyal Film Festival
I, Daniel Blake, The Salesman, Under the Shadow and Fire at Sea will also screen at youth-focused festival.
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NewsFrench cinema posted record €216m international gross in 2015
CNC and Unifrance announce new €12m export plan for French cinema.
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NewsLes Arcs: Nyoni, Omerzu, Nyholm selected for works-in-progress
Les Arcs unveils 16 projects due to be presented in the work-in-progress selection.
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FeaturesThe story behind France's complex Oscar submission 'Elle'
Isabelle Huppert says her love of ambiguous, nuanced characters drew her to Paul Verhoeven’s uncompromising rape drama Elle.
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FeaturesTallinn Q&A: Director Narges Abyar discusses Iraq-Iran war drama 'Breath'
Iranian director and novelist Narges Abyar’s latest film Breath explores the impact of war on children. It receives its international premiere In Competition at Tallinn Black Nights.
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NewsArab Cinema LAB to launch at Dubai Film Market
Event will focus on sustainable film production in the Arab world.
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NewsLes Arcs Coproduction Village unveils 2016 roster
A total of 21 projects will be presented at the development and financing platform.
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FeaturesOscar-winner Asghar Farhadi talks Iranian drama 'The Salesman'
Asghar Farhadi explains why going to Tehran to shoot Iran’s foreign-language Oscar entry The Salesman was a return home in more ways than one.
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Features'Fire At Sea' seller Doc & Film on dealing arthouse movies
Daniela Elstner, managing director of Paris-based sales company Doc & Film International, talks about selling foreign-language titles to the world.
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NewsFrench New Wave cinematographer Raoul Coutard dies aged 92
Former army documentary cameraman worked on Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless [pictured].
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NewsThierry Frémaux to present Lumière brothers tribute in Dubai
Cannes Film Festival and Institut Lumière chief to introduce the Gulf to work of cinema pioneers at DIFF.









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