All Middle East articles – Page 33
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NewsHaifa Film Festival determined to host 2020 edition
The 36th edition is set to run October 1-10.
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NewsFilmmakers react to Qumra Online: “It was beautiful this happened in such hard times”
“People wanted to be productive and help the filmmaking community.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Lebanese producer Georges Schoucair
“We finished the shoot for Ely Dagher’s Harvest just as the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Lebanon.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Palestinian director Muayad Alayan
”I believe it’s a strong reminder to everyone of the importance of audiovisual artists and creators.”
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NewsDoha Film Institute moves Qumra online
Rithy Panh, Karim Ainouz, Annemarie Jacir, Tala Hadid, Ghassan Salhab join efforts to continue key project development activities.
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NewsAmman International Film Festival postponed, tentatively rescheduled for late August
Inaugural edition was to have taken place in Jordanian capital April 13 to 18.
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NewsRed Sea International Film Festival postponed over coronavirus fears
Saudi festival was scheduled to launch in Jeddah next week.
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NewsDoha Film Institute cancels Qumra over coronavirus concerns
Sixth edition was due to run March 20-25.
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Reviews‘There Is No Evil’: Berlin Review
From Iran, director Mohammad Rasoulof orchestrates a cautionary tale in four chapters
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NewsCinemas and T-Joy board Saudi animation ‘The Journey’
Ground-breaking animation combines tells Middle Eastern folkloric story using a Japanese anime art style.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Annemarie Jacir on not selling out and the perils of plastic surgery
Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir is on the main Competition jury at the Berlinale this year.
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NewsClaire Denis, Phedon Papamichael named Qumra Masters as 47 participant projects revealed
They join previously announced directors James Gray, Jessica Hausner and sound editor Mark Mangini.
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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