All Middle East articles – Page 22
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NewsIndustry returns to Venice Production Bridge in force with attendance up 50% on 2020
Venice Film Festival’s industry programme runs September 2-10.
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NewsFront Row takes MENA rights for documentary ‘ENOUGH! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour’
The film is directed by Australian filmmaker Daizy Gedeon.
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NewsCairo 2021 moves forward to avoid Red Sea overlap
It will now not overlap with the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.
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NewsGareth Ellis-Unwin’s UK conservation thriller ‘Cheetah’ attaches director (exclusive)
The film will shoot early next year, having completed a crowdfunding campaign.
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NewsJerusalem Film Festival to open with ‘Where Is Anne Frank’, unveils Israeli titles
13 feature-length films will participate in the two Israeli Film Competitions.
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Reviews‘Feathers’: Cannes Review
Unsettling, wry drama/comedy from Egypt is the winner of the 2021 Critics’ Week top prize at Cannes
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Reviews‘Europa’: Cannes Review
An Iraqi refugee desperate for a new life attempts to outrun bloodthirsty Turkish ‘migrant hunters’
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NewsSister, Krasnoff/Foster to partner on Mahsa Rahmani Noble adaptation ‘Raya’
Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari will adapt and direct the film.
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Reviews‘A Hero’: Cannes Review
Asghar Farhadi returns to Competition with the story of an unlinkely man caught in a social media storm
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News‘Gaza Mon Amour’ wins best film at Critics Awards for Arab Films
Annual award voted on by 160 critics from 63 territories.
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Reviews‘Let It Be Morning’: Cannes Review
An Israeli Arab visiting his hometown finds himself under military seige
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Reviews‘Hit The Road’: Cannes Review
Panah Panahi raises the roof with his Directors’ Fortnight triumph
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NewsFlanders Audiovisual Fund sets co-production treaty with Jordan (exclusive)
Fund CEO Koen Van Bockstal divulges details of new treaty.
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Reviews‘Ahed’s Knee’: Cannes Review
Nadav Lapid plays in Competition with a caustic story about an Israeli film-maker forced into a cultural compromise
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2021: Eli Touma (UAE)
Touma is head of marketing and acquisitions at Front Row Filmed Entertainment.
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NewsStreaming drove 16.4% rise in 2020 global production, licensing spend to $220bn (report)
Walt Disney Company remains world’s biggest spender on $28.6bn.
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NewsMemento International boards sales on Orit Fouks Rotem’s 'Cinema Sabaya' (exclusive)
Film revolves around woman from either side of the Middle East conflict who come together at a filmmaking workshop.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival Foundation announces $10 million film fund
Fund will be available to both emerging and established directors with projects in development, production or post-production.
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FeaturesEdouard Waintrop on why he has taken the role as artistic director of Saudi’s Red Sea
“I feel if you open the door, you need to step inside.”
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NewsEdouard Waintrop appointed artistic director of Red Sea International Film Festival
Festival also unveils new programmers and festival sections.