All Middle East articles – Page 8
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Reviews‘Cutting Through Rocks’: Sundance Review
One woman takes on the patriarchy in a small Iranian village
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NewsPalestine’s Oscar entry ‘From Ground Zero’ set for sequel (exclusive)
The film will comprise four short documentaries, shot during the war in Gaza.
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NewsCate Blanchett, Nadine Labaki support Beirut film hub launch
The venue will house screenings, industry training and efforts to preserve film heritage in the region.
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Reviews‘From Ground Zero’: Review
Oscar-shortlisted documentary presents 22 sobering shorts on everyday life in wartorn Gaza
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NewsPalestinian drama ‘Thank You For Banking With Us’ lands sales (exclusive)
Female-empowerment drama marks the feature directorial debut of Laila Abbas
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NewsMAD World takes sales on Berlin-bound drama ‘Têtes Brûlées’ (exclusive)
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Belgium’s Maja Ajmia Zellama.
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NewsTerrorism drama ‘Red Path’ takes top awards at Red Sea film festival 2024
Further winners included ‘To A Land Unknown’, ‘Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo’ and ‘Snow White’.
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NewsRed Sea Souk awards over $900,000 in industry prizes
Katia Jarjoura’s ‘Robbing Beirut’ took the largest prize, the $75,000 production award.
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Reviews‘Snow White’: Red Sea Review
Sensitive, big-hearted Cairo-set drama looks set to be a breakout crowd-pleaser
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NewsVisit Films sells across slate including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance titles (exclusive)
Numerous key territories sell on Sundance drama ‘Ghostlight’.
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NewsYaqoub Alfarhan, Adwa Bader join Hana Al-Omair’s ‘Dancing On Fire’ (exclusive)
Based on bestselling Saudi novel ’Divers Of The Desert’ by Amal Al-Faran.
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NewsRed Sea title ‘The Last Ronin’ swipes key deals after premiere (exclusive)
Film heads to North America, Latin America and MENA among others.
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FeaturesIs Saudi Arabia’s box office boom over or set to rise again?
Saudi Arabia’s box office market has plateaued after enjoying huge growth when cinemas first reopened in 2018. Are the boom years over, or is this just a blip?
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News‘A Sudden Case Of Christmas’ makes major sales at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea (exclusive)
Phoenicia Pictures boss Ameer Fawaz says, ”It is a distinct choice to show a Christmas film at a festival in Saudi Arabia.”
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NewsSXSW award-winner ‘Oddity’ makes space in France, Germany, Spain (exclusive)
Blue Finch handles sales on Damian McCarthy’s thriller.
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NewsCannes head Thierry Fremaux: “If I do bad selections two years in a row, I will leave”
”I will say I am not connected anymore with the cinema of my times,” said Fremaux at Red Sea.
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NewsIndonesian feature sets up rare shoot in holy city of Mecca (exclusive)
Visual Media Studio is set to shoot ‘Assalamualaikum Baitullah’.
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Features‘Superboys Of Malegaon’ filmmakers: “We felt it had an opportunity outside of India”
”The material lends itself to a global audience,” says director Reema Kagti.
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NewsRed Sea 2024: Screen’s dailies
Click on the front covers to read Screen’s daily digital editions from this year’s Red Sea film festival, which takes place December 5-14 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Promotion“I don’t like being in the safe zone when it comes to content”: director Abdulaziz Almuzaini talks Saudi satire ‘Lail Nahar’
Muvi Cinemas financed and supported the film that is set for release on December 12.