All Middle East articles – Page 109
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NewsAbu Dhabi Festival launches $500,000 production fund
The newly rebranded Abu Dhabi Film Festival is launching a fund totalling $500,000 per year to support productions from the Arab region.
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NewsAbu Dhabi's MEIFF starts new competition for first and second films
The Afaq Jadida (New Horizons) section will include both fiction and non-fiction films from around the world.
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FeaturesThe Congress
Ari Folman’s follow up to Waltz With Bashir combines live action feature and 2D animation sequences to explore the ethics of contemporary cinema and culture.
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NewsHyde Park Imagenation appoints key creative duo
Hyde Park Imagenation has hired creative executives Jason Mirch (pictured) and Yee Yeo Chang as the joint venture seeks to build a stable of commercially viable projects for the global market.
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NewsFilm industry calls for release of Iranian director
Film organisations around the world are protesting the arrest of Iranian director Jafar Panahi
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NewsRami Yasin named production chief at Imagenation Abu Dhabi
Imagenation Abu Dhabi has hired Rami Yasin as its head of production as the company prepares to unveil its first Arabic project.
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NewsFox sets up Abu Dhabi headquarters
Fox International Channels will make Abu Dhabi the centre of its Middle East operations through a partnership with media agency twofour54
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NewsBerlin festival director attacks Panahi's arrest
Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick has criticised the arrest of Iranian director Jafar Panahi
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NewsFilm-maker Jafar Panahi detained in Iran
Award winning director Jafar Panahi has been arrested in his home country of Iran, it was reported today.
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NewsNew Corp snaps up 9% stake in Rotana Group
News Corporation extends its reach in the Middle East with acquisition.
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Travel ban forced Panahi to stay home
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has fallen victim to the travel ban imposed by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime
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Screen launches new European production and financing database
Screen International unveils online European production and financing database offering up-to-the-minute information to subscribers.
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News$15m 3D Jerusalem project set to shoot this year
A $15m 3D film about Jerusalem that aims to promote religious understanding is set to start shooting in the city this year.
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FeaturesBeyond Dubai
Other Gulf territories aim to be major players in the international film industry. Mohammed Rouda reports
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FeaturesThe Gulf: ambition and achievement
Dubai has worked hard to put itself at the centre of the Arab film-making world, with the Dubai International Film Festival and Dubai Studio City. But has the financial crisis placed a roadblock in its path? Mohammed Rouda reports
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NewsMiddle East Film Festival announces 2010 dates
The Middle East International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi has announced that its fourth edition will run October 14 to 23. It comes as the festival calls for entries for narrative and documentary features and short films.