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All Middle East articles – Page 30
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NewsMemento boards Hany Abu-Assad’s spy thriller ‘Huda’s Salon’ (exclusive)
It is the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated director’s first feature shot in Palestine since his 2015 Gaza-set drama The Idol.
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NewsMad Solutions strikes distribution deal on Saudi Rotana Media Group’s library (exclusive)
Rotana’s catalogue of 2,000 titles is one of the biggest in the Arab cinema in the world.
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NewsVersatile unveils fresh details of Arab and Tarzan Nasser’s Gaza-set love story ‘Apollo’ (exclusive)
The film is inspired by the true story of an Ancient Greek statue that was fished out of the sea off Gaza and then disappeared.
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NewsAurit Zamir appointed new director of Israel’s Sam Spiegel International Film Lab
Zamir, who is a producer and graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School, replaces Renen Schorr.
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NewsDoha supports new film and TV projects by Hicham Lasri, Soudade Kaadan and Karim Aïnouz
Qatari institute supports a record 42 projects in autumn funding round.
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FeaturesIran’s Massoud Bakhshi talks Sundance drama ‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’
Blacklisted in Iran, the director talks about the challenges of making his second feature.
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Reviews‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’: Sundance Review
Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi focuses on one woman to highlight wider issues within a patriarchal society
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NewsEmbattled ‘The Cave’ director Feras Fayyad reapplies for US entry visa
Oscar-nominated Syrian director released after detainment by Copenhagen immigration authorities.
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Features12 Asian, Middle Eastern and African titles to tempt festival directors in 2020
Includes new films from Ann Hui, Mohamed Diab and Kaouther Ben Hania.
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Reviews‘Chronology’: Review
Striking second feature from Turkey’s Ali Aydin is mid-way through a successful festival run
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NewsPyramide International boards Mohamed Diab’s ‘Amira’ (exclusive)
It is the third feature by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab after ’678’ and ’Clash’.
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NewsNetflix reveals giant subscriber surge in Asia-Pacific region
Streaming titan reports 158.3m members worldwide.
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NewsWhy Arab and African indie filmmakers are embracing genre cinema
Mati Diop, Talal Selhami and Larissa Sansour discuss their different routes to genre at Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops.
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NewsMarrakech’s Atlas Workshops awards 2019 prizes to Ethiopian, Rwandan filmmakers
Emerging African filmmakers triumph at project development event.
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NewsNajwa Najjar talks about her middle-class Palestinian divorce drama ‘Between Heaven And Earth’
The film received a 10-minute standing ovation at its world premiere.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s ‘Scales’ wins best film at Singapore Film Festival
The film is directed by Saudi Arabian filmmaker Shahad Ameen.
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NewsMexico’s ‘I Am No Longer Here,’ Tunisia’s ‘A Son’ win at Cairo Film Festival
Other winners include ’Ghost Tropic’, ‘The Fourth Wall’ and ’A Certain Kind of Silence’.
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NewsNetflix-backed Atlas Workshops to showcase rare films from Comoro Islands, Tanzania and Djibouti
Second edition of project platform will showcase 28 feature projects.
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NewsSudan’s ‘You Will Die At Twenty’ wins audience award at Ajyal Film Festival
Amjad Abu Alala’s film previously won the Lion of the Future prize at Venice.