All Middle East articles – Page 61
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NewsHany Abu-Assad set to move 'Mountain Between Us'
Double Oscar nominee has been in Rotterdam with his new feature, The Idol, a biopic of Palestinian singer Mohammad Assaf.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Babak Jalali, 'Radio Dreams'
Iranian film-maker Babak Jalali talks about working with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Iranian singer-songwriter Mohsen Namjoo on the set of comedy Radio Dreams, set to world premiere in the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s competition on Monday (Feb 1).
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NewsIslamic extremist doc 'Salafists' sparks controversy in France
Films tackling Islamic extremism get limited theatrical release in France following November attacks.
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NewsDFI names Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Alexander Sokurov Qumra Masters
They join Naomi Kawase and Lucrecia Martel for the second edition of the Doha event.
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Reviews'The Settlers': Sundance Review
Dir. Shimon Dotan. France, Canada, Israel, Germany, 2015. 110 min.
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FeaturesSundance 2016: Babak Anvari talks 'Under The Shadow'
Screen sat down with first-time feature director Babak Anvari and Lucan Toh of production company Wigwam Films to discuss Farsi-language horror Under The Shadow, which has been acquired by Netflix.
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NewsBeta Cinema picks up Sundance-Berlinale title 'Sand Storm'
Israeli drama centres on two Bedouin women.
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NewsHaifaa Al Mansour among Doha grantees
Wadjda director among 30 awarded grants in the Doha Film Institute’s latest round of funding.
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NewsBouzid, Soliman win top prizes at DIFF
Leyla Bouzid’s As I Open My Eyes won best fiction film in the Muhr Feature competition at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), while Mahmood Soliman’s We Have Never Been Kids scooped best non-fiction film and best director.
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Reviews'Halal Love (And Sex)': Sundance Review
Dir/scr. Assad Fouladkar. Ger/Lebanon, 2015, 94 mins.
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News'Very Big Shot' trumps competition at Marrakech Film Festival
Francis Ford Coppola’s jury awards all other competition entries a jury prize.
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FeaturesNasser Al Dhaheri, A Tale of Water, Palm Trees and Family
The Emirati director talks about his feature documentary on the importance of water and date palms to life in Dubai.
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FeaturesJoyce Nashawati, Blind Sun
Nightmarish thriller Blind Sun, the debut film by the Lebanon-born director, is one of the festival hits of the year.
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FeaturesDesert heat: shooting in the UAE
The UAE is fast becoming one of the most popular shooting destinations in the Middle East.
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NewsDIFF: Zawya plots arthouse expansion
Egypt’s Zawya Cinema is expanding outside Cairo to other Egyptian cities as it taps into the country’s small but growing audience for arthouse films.
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NewsDIFF: Image Nation sneak previews The Worthy
Abu Dhabi film company Image Nation gave a sneak peak of Emirati director Ali Mostafa’s upcoming feature The Worthy, set in a dystopian future in chaos following a chronic water shortage, at DIFF on Sunday.
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DIFF: Jacir scoops top prize at DFC
Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s Nazareth-set dark comedy Wajib scooped the top prize at DIFF’s co-financing event the Dubai Film Connection on Sunday.