All Middle East articles – Page 13
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NewsMichael Winterbottom on slow pace of UK filmmaking, streamer influence on indies, future projects
“In the heyday of cinema, everyone was making a film a year.”
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NewsFantawild deals for ‘Boonie Bears: Guardian Code’ include UK, France, Canada (exclusive)
The UK, France, Canada and EMEA among key sales.
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NewsCostume designer Jacqueline West describes hiding a secret item in Timothee Chalamet’s ‘Dune’ outfit
West has worked with Scorsese, Inarritu, Malick; and will design for Saudi project Neom.
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NewsStephen Frears’ ‘Billy Wilder And Me’ aiming for 2024 shoot, says Qumra master Christopher Hampton
Hampton gave updates on ‘Heart of A Soldier’, ‘White Chameleon’ and ‘Dalila’.
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NewsLynne Ramsay updates on ‘Stone Mattress’, ‘Polaris’, ‘Moby Dick’; talks Ezra Miller connection (exclusive)
Scottish filmmaker “hoping” to make Margaret Atwood adaptation ‘Stone Mattress’ this year.
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FeaturesHow a refreshed Qumra 2023 is making the most of the global spotlight
The Middle East project incubator returns in-person for the first time since 2019.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 44 projects for Qumra 2023
This year’s edition takes place in-person March 10-15 and online March 19-21.
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Reviews‘The Burdened’: Berlin Review
A struggling couple in Aden face up to hard choices in Amr Gamal’s abortion drama
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NewsFirst in-person Qumra in four years secures Masters including Lynne Ramsay, David Parfitt
Christopher Hampton, Michael Winterbottom also among speakers at the Doha incubator.
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NewsKristen Stewart, Berlinale Competition jurors join Iran solidarity demonstration
Downpour on red carpet didn’t stop around 100 guests showing solidarity.
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Reviews‘The Siren’: Berlin Review
Sepideh Farsi’s arresting animation, set during the Iran-Iraq War, opens the Panorama section at Berlin
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NewsCercamon boards world sales on Berlinale Panorama title ‘Green Night’ (exclusive)
Director Han Shuai previously won the Generation KPlus Grand Prix for ‘Summer Blur’.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi “temporarily” released from prison
Panahi was on the third day of a hunger strike in protest at his detention.
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NewsFormer Amazon Studios exec Christina Wayne joins Saudi’s MBC Studios
US producer previously helped develop ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Breaking Bad’.
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News‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ producer joins UK-Saudi training scheme
Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla has partnered with the UK’s Creative Media Skills Institute.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea film festival backs Maiwenn's period drama ‘Jeanne Du Barry’, starring Johnny Depp
Marks the Red Sea Film Foundation’s first international co-production with France.
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NewsCercamon boards Berlin-bound Iranian women’s rights documentary ‘Seven Winters In Tehran’ (exclusive)
Retraces the life of Reyhaneh Jabbari, who fatally stabbed a man who was trying to rape her.
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FeaturesThe industry takeaways from the 2022 Red Sea film festival
The event itself was well organised, well attended and, above all, well-funded.
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NewsTop Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after condemning execution
Alidoosti was detained a week after protesting execution on Instagram.
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NewsBanksy inspired project receives Red Sea Fund’s first VR investment
The move signals Saudi Arabia’s growing ambitions in virtual reality.