Middle East
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NewsAlix Benezech, Adam Budron join indie US drama ‘Juliet’ (exclusive)
The film will shoot for four weeks in New York and Paris from October.
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Reviews
‘Noura’s Dream’: San Sebastian Review
In working-class Tunis, little has changed for women in Hinde Boujemaa’s fiction debut
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Misr International Films, MAD Solutions to co-distribute pan-Arab hit ‘The Blue Elephant 2’
The deal is part of a new collaboration aimed at bolstering the international release of Egyptian features.
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Reviews
‘Africa’: Toronto Review
Oren Gerner turns the camera on his own family for this portrait of an ageing man railing against inconsequence
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Jury for Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films revealed
The award will be announced at the Cairo International Film Festival I Egypt (November 20-29)
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‘Arab Blues’ starring Golshifteh Farahani scores Canada deal (exclusive)
Farahani as a French-trained psychoanalyst attempting to build a practice in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
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Reviews
‘Hava, Maryam, Aleysha’: Venice Review
With her debut feature, Sahraa Karimi explores the lives of three Afghan women
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Terry Gilliam to receive Cairo Film Festival lifetime achievement award
The director will do an in-conversation event at the Cairo Opera House.
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IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia ignites Saudi film festival debate
Festival chief posts incendiary critique of Saudi Arabia’s plans to launch its first major film festival.
