All Middle East articles – Page 3
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NewsIndonesian feature sets up rare shoot in holy city of Mecca (exclusive)
Visual Media Studio is set to shoot ‘Assalamualaikum Baitullah’.
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NewsCannes head Thierry Fremaux: “If I do bad selections two years in a row, I will leave”
”I will say I am not connected anymore with the cinema of my times,” said Fremaux at Red Sea.
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NewsSXSW award-winner ‘Oddity’ makes space in France, Germany, Spain (exclusive)
Blue Finch handles sales on Damian McCarthy’s thriller.
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News‘A Sudden Case Of Christmas’ makes major sales at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea (exclusive)
Phoenicia Pictures boss Ameer Fawaz says, ”It is a distinct choice to show a Christmas film at a festival in Saudi Arabia.”
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FeaturesIs Saudi Arabia’s box office boom over or set to rise again?
Saudi Arabia’s box office market has plateaued after enjoying huge growth when cinemas first reopened in 2018. Are the boom years over, or is this just a blip?
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NewsRed Sea title ‘The Last Ronin’ swipes key deals after premiere (exclusive)
Film heads to North America, Latin America and MENA among others.
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NewsYaqoub Alfarhan, Adwa Bader join Hana Al-Omair’s ‘Dancing On Fire’ (exclusive)
Based on bestselling Saudi novel ’Divers Of The Desert’ by Amal Al-Faran.
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NewsVisit Films sells across slate including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance titles (exclusive)
Numerous key territories sell on Sundance drama ‘Ghostlight’.
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NewsRed Sea 2024: Screen’s dailies
Click on the front covers to read Screen’s daily digital editions from this year’s Red Sea film festival, which takes place December 5-14 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Promotion“I don’t like being in the safe zone when it comes to content”: director Abdulaziz Almuzaini talks Saudi satire ‘Lail Nahar’
Muvi Cinemas financed and supported the film that is set for release on December 12.
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NewsMBC Studios, Telfaz11 forge partnership to “champion Saudi stories”
New partnership will support Saudi talent and aims to create diverse stories.
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NewsBrendan Fraser praises Saudi film industry growth: “You’ve got the hard part out the way”
Fraser gave the latest in-conversation talk at Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsOlivia Wilde: “Girls are told to be an actress; boys are told to be a director”
Wilde gave the latest in-conversation discussion at Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsSaudi rom-com ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ readies January shoot
Acclaimed Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy is on board the feature.
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NewsDoha-based Katara Studios unveils four-film slate at Red Sea
Features include a biopic of a Kuwaiti tech pioneer and a title billed as “the first commercial Qatari feature film”.
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NewsSaudi hit ‘Mandoob’ heads to India, Australia, Latin America (exclusive)
The film grossed over $7m following its Saudi release in December 2023.
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NewsSaudi-Emirati comedy ‘Al Eid Eiden’ acquired for streamer Yango Play
Front Row Filmed Entertainment closed the exclusive worldwide deal.
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NewsMichelle Yeoh makes passionate appeal to film industry gatekeepers: “Let us in!”
“Why just spoon-feed your audiences?” says ‘Wicked’ star Yeoh in Saudi Arabia.
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NewsCynthia Erivo warns of “dangerous” social media: “Be the voice that says the positive”
Erivo took part in an in conversation event at Red Sea.
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NewsRed Sea film festival opens fourth edition with star-studded ceremony
Emily Blunt, Will Smith, Vin Diesel, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Michael Douglas all in attendance.