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All articles by Mona Sheded
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NewsIraq’s Oscar entry ‘The President’s Cake’ lands MENA distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The film premiered at Cannes where it won the Camera d’Or.
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FeaturesPalestine’s Kamal Aljafari talks Locarno competitor ‘With Hasan In Gaza’
The Palestinian filmmaker pieced together the documentary from footage shot in 2001.
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NewsAflamuna Connection reveals 18 Arab filmmaker projects for ninth edition
EXCLUSIVE: The projects span fiction, documentary, docu-fiction and animation.
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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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NewsTunisia's Dhafer L’Abidine wraps ‘Sophia’ with cast including Jessica Brown Findlay (exclusive)
L’Abidine wrote, directed and also stars in drama about cultural crossover between the Middle East and the west
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Essam Omar, actor (Egypt)
Omar starred in Venice Horizons title ’Seeking Haven For Mr Rambo’.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Mohsen Alkhalifi, producer (Yemen)
Alkhalfi’s two features have been the only two to ever represent his country at the Academy Awards.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Maria Bahrawi, actress (Saudi Arabia)
In the AlUla-shot Norah, Bahrawi plays an illiterate orphan from a remote Saudi Arabian village in the 1990s.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Oumaima Barid, actress (Morocco)
Barid is enjoing a breakout moment after landing four lead roles in quick succession.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Zain Duraie, writer/director (Jordan)
Duarie has just shot her first feature Sink in Amman and is currently in post-production.
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FeaturesIn focus: The 2024 Red Sea Lodge projects
Twelve rising filmmakers are vying to be among the four picked to share Red Sea Lodge’s $180,000 prize pool, including two submissions from Asia for the first time.
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Features“I like a challenge”: director Karim Elshenawy on telling ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’
The inspirations behind family drama ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’, which opens the 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsCairo Film Connection’s funding platform spotlights 18 projects by Arab filmmakers
Rodrigo Brum, director of the Cairo Film Festival’s funding platform, on the selected projects for its 10th anniversary edition.
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FeaturesCairo film festival returns with fresh leadership and a renewed vision after 2023 cancellation
In October 2023, less than a month before the opening of the 45th edition, the festival and market were cancelled following the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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NewsWorld premiere of ‘Passing Dreams’ to open Cairo International Film Festival; full line-up revealed
The festival will feature a programme of Palestinian cinema.
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News‘Ghost Trail’ leads winners at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
The festival ran October 24-November 1.
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NewsEgyptian magical realism drama, Libyan doc win top prizes at CineGouna industry platform
Running October 25-31, the industry platform of El Gouna Film Festival showcased 21 projects in development and post-production.
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News“It’s a tough and uneven competition”: Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy on the challenges facing Arab cinema
Hefzy, producer of Egyptian Oscar submission Flight 404, was speaking at the El Gouna Film Festival
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News“We are planting a seed”: CineGouna’s Ahmed Shawky on increased support for Arab filmmakers
El Gouna Film Festival’s industry platform aims to compensate for lack of national funding
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival opens 2024 edition with star power and calls for peace
The night also saw an honorary award presented to actor and producer Mahmoud Hemida.