All Middle East articles – Page 8
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NewsToni Collette talks upcoming projects as actor, producer and director in Qumra
Acting and directing makes ”one less person you have to communicate with” says Collette.
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NewsJim Sheridan: “The whole film industry is in the emergency room”
Irish director Sheridan updates on multiple projects; talks Daniel Day-Lewis, streamers, Israel-Hamas conflict.
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NewsDoha Film Institute execs call for ceasefire to “genocide in Gaza” at Qumra opening
DFI CEO Fatma Al-Remaihi and artistic advisor Elia Suleiman spoke on the ongoing conflict.
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Features"A champion of under-represented voices": Doha Film Institute’s Qumra celebrates its 10th edition
The Qatari project incubator has become an indicator of films that will launch at major festivals.
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NewsToni Collette joins Qumra Masters programme as full project selection revealed
Qumra projects from Alaa Eddine Aljem, Ana Naomi de Sousa.
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NewsElad Samorzik to depart as Jerusalem Film Festival artistic director; Orr Sigoli to take over
Samorzik and Sigoli will work together on the 2024 edition of the festival.
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NewsClaire Denis, Leos Carax, Jim Sheridan among Qumra Masters for 10th edition
Atom Egoyan, Martin Hernandez will also be Masters at the event.
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NewsJordan’s Mohannad Al-Bakri to receive Arab honour during Berlinale
The Jordanian Royal Film Commission executive will receive the Arab Cinema Personality of the Year award.
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Reviews‘Voy! Voy! Voy!’: Rotterdam Review
A desperate man fakes his way onto a Europe-bound blind football team in this Egyptian adventure based on real events
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FeaturesEight films from the Middle East and Africa to tempt festival directors in 2024
Which films could follow last year’s ‘Banel & Adama’?
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 44 projects in latest funding round, including ‘Naseem, Fight With Grace’
Three UK co-production features among the 44 titles.
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NewsTribeca award-winning documentary ‘Q’ lands MENA distribution (exclusive)
Jude Chehab’s feature directorial debut explores a secretive religious sect in Syria.
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FeaturesSix talking points for the international film industry in 2024
Government funding cuts, AI and potential sales company consolidation are in the spotlight this year.
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NewsCannes drama ‘Goodbye Julia’ records box office success in Gulf
Mohamed Kordofani’s Sudanese title previously opened strongly in Egypt.
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NewsSaudi thriller ‘Mandoob’ beats ‘Wonka’ and breaks local box office record
Ali Kalthami’s feature debut received its premiere at Toronto.
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Features‘The Burdened’ team reveal the struggles of shooting Yemeni Oscar submission
Director Amr Gamal and producer Mohsen Alkhalifi speak to Screen.
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NewsGwyneth Paltrow on whether she will return to acting and why she’s never watched ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Oscar winner was speaking at an In Coversation event at the Red Sea International Film Festival
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NewsRed Sea Fund lauds seven-strong Oscar tilt
Seven films backed by Fund have been submitted to the Academy Awards’ international feature category
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NewsMBC Studios to offer production services for international film and TV shoots in Saudi
“This really is soup to nuts - everything when it comes to doing a production on the ground,” says MBC Studios’s Christina Wayne.
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NewsRed Sea Competition title ‘Six Feet Over’ secures sales representation (exclusive)
The Algerian-French drama had its world premiere in Montpellier in October.