All Middle East articles – Page 65
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NewsDIFF: Sean McAllister plans UK narrative feature
Award-winning British filmmaker Sean McAllister, whose documentary feature A Syrian Love Story plays here at the Dubai International Film Festival, is working on a story about the UK housing crisis.
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NewsDubai restructures distribution programme
The DFM’s fledgling Dubai Distribution Programme (DDP), aimed at supporting the theatrical release of Arabic-language cinema, has been restructured to include more local distributors as well as companies from outside the region.
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NewsDIFF: Netflix plots move into Arabic-language content
Netflix is hoping to produce a scripted series set in the Middle East as the streaming giant gears up to launch across the region next year, said content chief Ted Sarandos in a live link-up to the Dubai Film Market (DFM).
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NewsDIFF: Palestinian producers build global platform
Palestinian producers have teamed up to create a new platform to represent their national cinema at market and festivals, which has its first outing at the Dubai Film Market.
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NewsDIFF: Film Bureau maps out Gulf strategy
Former Doha Film Institute director of film financing Paul Miller and development producer Stephen Strachan are launching Abu Dhabi-based company, The Film Bureau, aimed at supporting the development and financing of projects by Gulf region directors.
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NewsDIFF: US studios eye Iranian market
Iran could become a major market for the US studios, surpassing even the UAE, if sanctions are lifted as planned under a long-negotiated nuclear deal between the country and major world powers, according to 20th Century Fox executive vice president, EMEA, Paul Higginson.
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NewsDIFF: Drishyam to make Arabic debut
Indian producer-distributor Drishyam Films is in pre-production on its first Arabic-language project, Triangle, to be directed by Iranian filmmaker Shahram Alidi.
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NewsDIFF: Kaylif’s Letter Writer wins IWC Award
Layla Kaylif’s The Letter Writer was awarded the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at a ceremony at the One & Only Mirage in Dubai on Thursday night.
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FeaturesNoura Kevorkian, '23 Kilometres'
The Lebanese director explains why a very personal film about her father’s illness is a metaphor for the state of her homeland.
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FeaturesOmar Shargawi, 'Al Medina'
The Danish-Palestinian film-maker was inspired by dark days — with echoes of the Dogme movement — for his latest film Al Medina.
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FeaturesDubai Film Connection: up close and personal
Dubai Film Connection is dominated by intimate, character-driven tales from voices that are often ignored or marginalised, DFC artistic director Jane Williams says.
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NewsDIFF: MENA rides digital wave
Growth in over-the-top (OTT) television services and other digital platforms is set to have a huge impact on content production in the Arab world, according to PwC report Beyond Digital, which was presented at DIFF yesterday.
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FeaturesAnu Menon, Waiting
London-based director Anu Menon talks about her second feature Waiting, which is receiving its world premiere in Dubai
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FeaturesSean McAllister, A Syrian Love Story
The film-maker says he wanted to make a film about the ‘hidden gem’ of the Middle East, but then events made Syria anything but.
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FeaturesHany Abu-Assad, The Idol
The prize-winning director talks about why he was unable to resist making The Idol, the story of the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol
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NewsDIFF: Egyptian indies unite on The Bridge
Egyptian producer Mohamed Samir has boarded compatriot film-maker Hala Lotfy’s Cairo-set drama The Bridge, ahead of its presentation at the Dubai Film Connection co-financing event, which kicks off today (Dec 11).
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NewsDIFF: Fortress ramps up Egyptian zom-com
Dubai-based investment fund Fortress Film Clinic has boarded Zombie Gozombie, Egypt’s first zombie comedy, which is set to be directed by award-winning filmmaker Ahmad Abdalla.