All Middle East articles – Page 71
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NewsIndustry gives Doha’s new Qumra event thumbs up
Doha Film Institute has hit on a winning formula says filmmakers and top industry experts.
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CommentDoha’s got talent
Doha’s new Qumra event is a career-changing event that connects experts with emerging filmmakers. Wendy Mitchell analyses what made the gathering so special.
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News'Timbuktu' director eyes 'Leo the African' adaptation
Abderrahmane Sissako considering historical novel, which captures adventures of a 15th century Arab diplomat, writer and explorer.
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NewsDégradé producers eye ambitious slate
Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand’s new French production outfit Films Du Tambour attended the Doha Film Institute’s inaugural Qumra event this week to talk about the company’s ambitious slate of international co-productions.
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NewsDanis Tanovic in Doha producer pledge
The Bosnian Oscar winner has offered his services as producer to a Middle Eastern project at the Doha Film Institute’s inaugural Qumra Masters sessions.
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NewsElia Suleiman feature to ‘cross countries’
The Palestinian film-maker is set to direct a new feature later this year or in the first half of 2016, marking his first film since 2009’s The Time That Remains.
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NewsInternational industry storms Doha for first Qumra
The Doha Film Institute’s new Qumra event kicks off today in Doha, with a focus on mentoring emerging filmmakers.
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NewsDoha’s Qumra to welcome 250 industry attendees
The Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) new Qumra event, which kicks off on Friday (March 6), will welcome more than 100 global film professionals and 150 Qatar-based industry guests.
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NewsMetrodome plunges Into The Deep
Odin’s Eye makes EFM sales on shark attack thriller to the UK, Japan, Middle East and India.
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NewsTheeb set for multi-territory release
Naji Abu Nowar’s co-production to get Middle East distribution.
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NewsIraqi Odyssey sold in Europe, MENA
Autlook’s Panorama selected Iraqi Odyssey has now gone to iWonder (Italy).
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CommentMaking a Palestinian jazzy fairytale
Muayad Alayan makes his feature debut with Love, Theft and Other Entanglements, a Palestinian feature screening in Panorama.
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ReviewsLove, Theft And Other Entanglements
Dir: Muayad Alayan. Palestinian Territories. 2015. 93mins
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NewsDoha Film Institute to fund 21 projects
Filmmakers from 24 countries, including the US and Italy, to receive funding
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NewsArab Cinema Center to launch in Berlin
A new international platform for Arab cinema, the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), will launch at this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, representing 11 Arab production companies and organisations.
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NewsJafar Panahi issues statement on film-making ban
EXCLUSIVE: Director issues statement on his reasons for defying filmmaking ban, ahead of Berlinale Taxi premiere.
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NewsIFFR: Iranian film flourishing
Iranian writer-director Reza Mirkarimi’s Today, Iran’s Oscar submission, has been screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) this week.