All Middle East articles – Page 74
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FeaturesEgypt: Face forward
A new generation of Egyptian film-makers are at DIFF to showcase the films they are making despite - or perhaps thanks to - the ongoing upheaval at home. Melanie Goodfellow reports.
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FeaturesUAE box office: Riding to the rescue
Hollywood films of every stripe can take the UAE box office at a canter. But specialist titles, except for Bollywood films, tend to fall at the first hurdle and are increasingly pinning their hopes on VoD. Colin Brown reports.
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FeaturesVoD: How to triple the gross
Premium video-on-demand is beginning to help independent and local film-makers find an audience in a region dominated by free-to-air broadcasters and internet portals. Colin Brown reports.
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FeaturesDubai Docs: Let the real world in
The pilot Dubai Docs programme (Dec 10-12) is turning the spotlight on creative documentaries to help train film-makers in how to pitch and raise the finance for their projects. Louise Tutt reports.
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FeaturesPalestine: Expressions of hope
Despite huge challenges, Palestinian film-makers, led by Hany Abu-Assad and Annemarie Jacir, are taking the international festival circuit by storm. Melanie Goodfellow reports.
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FeaturesMohamed Khan, Factory Girl
Liz Shackleton talks to Mohamed Khan about his romantic drama, which received a gala screening at DIFF.
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FeaturesMostofa S. Farooki, Ant Story
After winning a special mention last year for Television, the Bangladeshi filmmaker returns to DIFF with Ant Story.
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FeaturesMahmoud Kaabour, Champ of the Camp
The Lebanese filmmaker talks to Liz Shackleton about his documentary, which premiered at DIFF.
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FeaturesOnline channels: The YouTube generation
Young Arab film-makers and audiences are turning to the web to create and watch relevant, stimulating content - bypassing television altogether. Melanie Goodfellow reports on the exciting online prospects ahead.
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FeaturesDistributors: Screen battles
Distributors throughout the MENA region face a spectacular range of challenges, including a lack of screens, curfews and soaring piracy. Melanie Goodfellow profiles the major players.
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NewsEl-Batout’s Cat heads to Paris for post
Egyptian director Ibrahim el-Batout’s human organ-trafficking thriller The Cat will go into post-production at Paris-based Knightworks in January.
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NewsFull Moon Night gets greenlight
Tunisian director Fares Naanaa’s A Full Moon Night, winner of the top Dubai Film Connection (DFC) prize last year, will start shooting in February 2014.
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NewsFront Row, KNCC take Helmy project
EXCLUSIVE: In a ground-breaking deal, the Kuwait National Cinema Company (KNCC) and Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment have jointly acquired worldwide rights to popular Egyptian comedian Ahmed Helmy’s next film.
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NewsImaginarium wraps Assaf’s Curve
Jordanian director Rifqi Assaf is in post-production on his debut feature The Curve, co-produced by Jordan’s The Imaginarium Films and Egypt’s Film Clinic.
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NewsFleifel to kick off Oscar bid on Aflamnah
Danish-Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel is set to launch a crowd-funding campaign on Dubai-based platform Aflamnah this January to finance a 2015 Oscar race bid with his award-winning documentary A World Not Ours.
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NewsDubai Film Connection hands out prizes
The Dubai Film Connection (DFC) handed out $115,000 in prize money on Thursday night, including the top three prizes of $25,000 which went to Ahmed Ibrahim’s Kharouf (Egypt), Leyla Bouzid’s God Protect My Daughter (Tunisia) and Ghada Terawi’s The Forgotten (Palestine).
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NewsBouchareb readies Enemy Way
French-Algerian filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb is close to completing post-production on his upcoming drama Enemy Way, starring Forest Whitaker and Harvey Keitel.
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NewsDFTC report: need for more incentives
The Middle East film and TV industries need more film incentives, a bigger talent pool and a reliable TV ratings system in order to be able to compete on an international level, according to a white paper released at DIFF this week.
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NewsMarking doc to probe Tamim murder
EXCLUSIVE: UK filmmaker Havana Marking is developing a new documentary about the brutal murder of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim in Dubai in 2008.
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NewsMemento picks up Aractingi’s Heritages
Memento Films International (MFI) has picked up Philippe Aractingi’s creative documentary Heritages, which is screening in DIFF’s Muhr Arab Documentary competition.