All Middle East articles – Page 91
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Doha's industry talks include conversations with Robert De Niro, Mira Nair
Also, MENA premiere of Argo added to DTFF programme.
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NewsDoha selects 21 films for Contemporary World Cinema and 12 for Special Screenings
Festival will close with Rise of the Guardians 3D [pictured].
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NewsDoha's Made in Qatar Showcase includes 15 world premieres
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), which runs Nov 17-24, has selected 19 films by local filmmakers for its Made in Qatar programme.
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NewsAraf, Hidden Beauties among winners at Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Araf/Somewhere in Between, directed by Turkey’s Yesim Ustaglu, won the Black Pearl Award for best narrative film at the close of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 11-20). Nouri Bouzid took best director from the Arab world for Hidden Beauties, about two Tunisian women demanding their rights during the revolution.
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FeaturesAnnemarie Jacir
The Palestinian filmmaker talks about the refugee stories in When I Saw You.
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FeaturesHala Alabdalla
Paris-based filmmaker Hala Alabdalla was in the middle of making her documentary, As If We Were Catching A Cobra, about cartoonists and caricature artists in Syria and Egypt, when revolution swept the region.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Local start-ups unveil projects including Sira interactive storybook
Tech entrepreneurs including Ayham Gorani of AlphaApps and May Habib of Qordoba [pictured] unveiled their latest offerings.
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FeaturesAli Al Jabri, Abu Dhabi Film Festival
With increasing international clout, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 11-20) is also a key backer of international films.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: 83% of Arab Digital Generation uses web daily
Groundbreaking new research from global management consulting firm Booz & Company, in partnership with Google, has provided the most illuminating snapshot yet of the habits and aspirations of the Arab Digital Generation (ADG).
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: How TV has transformed Afghanistan
There are a lot of opportunities for media concerns willing to take risks in emerging markets.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: eMarketer's Ramsey says a third of planet is on web
Geoff Ramsey, (Founder & CEO, eMarketer) dazzled the Abu Dhabi Media Summit audience with an 18-minute presentation that allowed them at least to peer into the digital future.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Bill Gates says media can be 'conscience of the world'
Bill Gates discusses the media’s role in eradicating poverty and disease, Microsoft as a platform for the creation and distribution of filmed entertainment, his “friend” and “competitor” Steve Jobs, and says he won’t be running for president any time soon.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Media growth seen in region
Al Mubarak says 3000 new jobs in media sector have been created in last four years.