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News‘Paper Tiger’, ‘Red Rocks’ among Doha Film Festival Gala screenings
New Special Screenings include ‘52 Blue’, about a young man desperate to meet his idol Lionel Messi.
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NewsDoha Film Festival selects four Qatari feature world premieres including ’Jodari Meno’
Three of the features are supported by Media City Qatar, with an original series also programmed.
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NewsUK selects best international feature Oscar entry
Film won the L’Oeil d’or at Cannes for best documentary across all sections.
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Reviews‘Midday Meal’ review: An Iranian teacher fights to keep his school open in Majid Majidi’s engrossing and timely film
A nuanced performance by Mohammad Rahimi powers Majidi’s Busan competition premiere
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NewsDoha Film Festival’s International Feature Competition includes four Palestinian films
Titles include Muayad Alayan’s ‘Conversation With The Sea’ and UK co-production ‘Filipiñana’.
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NewsSaudi Arabia enters ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ to Oscars
Anas Ba Tahaf’s romantic comedy stars Sarah Taibah and Yaqoub Al Farhan.
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NewsMBC Studios thriller ‘Traveller’s Hell’ readies long-awaited release
The film is based on a bestselling novel by Osamah Almuslim and directed by Hana Alomair.
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NewsSyria’s ‘The Other Side Of The Sun’ submitted to Oscars, lands US distribution
Syria submits first Oscar entry since fall of Assad.
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NewsRed Sea Fund reveals 30 grant winners, including Cannes and Toronto titles
Directors of ‘Ben’Imana’ and ‘Angh’ among those receiving production and post-production funding.
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NewsDoha Film Festival 2026 to open with Yemeni feature ‘The Station’
Festival will run from November 19-27.
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NewsRed Sea International Film Festival postponed until 2027
Organisers said it would return to a “renewed vision” and that year-round programming in Jeddah would be introduced from November.
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NewsDubai International Film Festival set to return in 2027
The first revived edition will spotlight Arab cinema and filmmakers from across the Middle East.
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Reviews‘A Bit Of Light’ review: Ali Asgari’s profoundly affecting drama finds hope amid despair in contemporary Tehran
The Iranian filmmaker makes his Venice Competition debut with the story of a doctor pushed to breaking point
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News‘NAZA’ producers talk protecting whistleblowers, journalism as cinema at Venice
‘NAZA’ was selected late for Venice so the film team could finish anonymising its sources.
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NewsDid the Lumière Summit deliver on its lofty ambitions?
Attendees reflect on what was actually achieved.
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NewsIsrael’s Sam Spiegel lab awards $70,000 in prizes at Venice Production Bridge
Lab saw 10 projects pitched to jury including Christian J. Vesper, Gabor Greiner.
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Reviews‘No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman’ review: Tense, blunt-edged Kurdish war thriller follows a female sniper in Iraq
Halkawt Mustafa’s female-led action drama brings glossy genre mechanics to a story of Kurdish resistance
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Reviews‘Conversation With The Sea’ review: Kamel El Basha anchors Muayad Alayan’s uneven Palestinian drama
A Jerusalem-set mystery turns one man’s private reckoning into a pointed portrait of Palestinian life in Israel
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Reviews‘Citizen Osama’ review: A Palestinian journalist balances war reportage with family life in harrowing Gaza doc
Ahmed Hassouna’s Venice out of competition title has been selected as Palestine’s official Oscar submission
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NewsMad Solutions partners with Haitham Dabbour’s Irth to develop Arab films and series
The alliance will develop films, TV series and other formats.