All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 73
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NewsWild Bunch gets behind Mikhalkov’s Sunstroke
EXCLUSIVE: French sales company also set to launch new films by Leconte and Delpy at AFM.
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FeaturesAmr Waked, El Ott
Mystical revenge thriller premiered in competition at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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NewsAbu Dhabi mulls additional film tax rebates
Existing production rebate, which has drawn Stars Wars and Fast & Furious 7, may be complimented with an infrastructure incentive. Warner Bros, Sony, Paramount heading to the region next week.
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NewsBaboudjian signs Ahd to direct Sandfish
EXCLUSIVE: Feature is an adaptation of Emirati bestseller about girl growing up in the region in the 1960s.
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NewsGulf film industry ponders progress
Cinema professionals debate whether the cinema investment drive of past decade has achieved anything for local industry.
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FeaturesHip-hop's Narcicyst on short film Rise
Iraqi-Canadian hip-hop and musician Yassin Alsalman, better known as The Narcicyst, is at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival with the short film Rise.
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NewsHefzy, Abdalla reteam on Black Tea adaptation
EXCLUSIVE: Film Clinic’s Hefzy also co-producing Mohamed Khan’s new film Before the Summer Crowds.
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NewsBouchareb receives ADFF honour, talks career
French-Algerian filmmaker and producer Rachid Bouchareb, who is being honoured with a career achievement award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, talked extensively about his career at a special ‘in conversation’ event.
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FeaturesAli Mostafa, From A To B
INTERVIEW: Abu Dhabi Film Festival opener to hit the AFM next month and will also screen at the upcoming Cairo International Film Festival.
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NewsFalcon swoops on Ibrahim El-Batout’s El Ott
EXCLUSIVE: Film that premieres in competition at Abu Dhabi stars Egyptian actor Amr Waked as a gangster who challenges a child organ trafficker.
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NewsCinema business to grow in Middle East
Empire CEO Mario Haddad and Gulf Films chief Selim El-Azar discuss distribution in the region at Abu Dhabi show business conference.
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CommentAbu Dhabi opener proves crowd-pleaser
Pan Arab road movie From A to B proves a crowd-pleaser on opening night of Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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NewsEuropaCorp secures $600m credit facility
Funds to bankroll new slate of English-language films.
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NewsUDI fires up Burn, Burn, Burn
EXCLUSIVE: Road trip comedy to co-star Laura Carmichael and Chloe Pirrie.
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NewsKen Loach project wins top PttP prize
Short-listed projects included On Screen Off Screen and How To Kill Uffie.
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NewsFunds ponder future in digital age
White paper unveiled at Power to the Pixel sets out six challenges facing funds in the digital age.
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NewsKen Loach interactive doc unveiled
The Flickering Flame will explore the director’s 50-year career through the battles he fought to make films.
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NewsBuzzfeed co-founder urges creatives to embrace data
Data will be key to successfully reaching audiences in the future, according to Buzzfeed’s John S. Johnson.
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NewsPalestine submits Eyes of a Thief to Oscars
Only the seventh time Palestine has submitted film to the Academy Awards.
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FeaturesPower to the Pixel plugs into funds
Some 50 international funds to attend Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum in October.