All Middle East articles – Page 82
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NewsDIFF strengthens Venice ties
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) teams with Venice for a second year to showcase new directors and producers from the Middle East.
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NewsDFI plans Kiarostami retrospective
The Doha Film Institute will organise a retrospective devoted to Abbas Kiarostami at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.
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NewsSarajevo and Doha festivals link up
Sarajevo and QumraFilm festivals to share films, delegates.
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NewsMakhmalbaf to shoot first English-language feature
EXCLUSIVE: F&ME to produce The President, set to shoot in Georgia in early 2014.
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NewsWadjda wins at Durban film festival
First Saudi Arabian film to be shot by a woman wins alongside the previously banned and controversial Of Good Report.
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FeaturesAharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, Big Bad Wolves
Ian Sandwell talks to the filmmaking duo behind Israel’s first horror film Rabies about their latest feature, Big Bad Wolves.
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NewsDoha extends partnership with Giffoni
The Doha Film Institute is broadening the scope of its partnership with Italy-based Giffoni Film Festival, Europe’s largest film festival for children.
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NewsYouth triumphs in Jerusalem
Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf speaks about Iran-Israel relationship.
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NewsDoha confirms first youth festival dates
The Doha Film Institute has now opened submissions for its Ajyal Film Festival for the Young, which will run Nov 26-30.
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NewsEclair Group recapitalises to tune of €12.4m
Cash injection will help fund move into other parts of Europe.
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FeaturesGulf's growth pattern
Gulf Film, the Middle East’s leading distributor and exhibitor, has even more growth plans for the near future. Wendy Mitchell talks to its CEO, Selim El Azar, and Jaber Al Ansari of new parent company q.media.
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NewsPepperland's Saleem planning epic
EXCLUSIVE: Iraqi-Kurdish director Hiner Saleem is in Cannes with Un Certain Regard title My Sweet Pepperland [pictured].
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NewsTanweer in buying spree
EXCLUSIVE: Ambitious Tanweer has closed a slew of acquisitions led by Big Eyes and St. Vincent from The Weinstein Company for India and Turkey and Laggies and The Forger from The Solution for India and Greece.
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NewsPepperland among Sanad recipients
Un Certain Regard title My Sweet Pepperland and Mohammed Al Daradji’s In The Sands Of Babylon are among the 16 films to receive grants from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Sanad fund.
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DIFF to host Cinematic Innovation Summit
The inaugural Cinematic Innovation Summit will be held December 5-6 in conjunction with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).