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NewsSiddiqui to star in Beautiful Bay’s Sultana Daku
Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has joined the cast of The Confession Of Sultana Daku, produced by London-based Beautiful Bay Entertainment.
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NewsKorean president implicated in CJ chief’s exit
South Korean prosecutors today named president Park Geun-hye as a suspected accomplice in pressuring CJ Group vice chairwoman Miky Lee to step down in 2013.
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NewsRaheb, Haffaf clinch top DFC prize
Lebanese filmmaker Eliane Raheb’s The Great Family and Algeria Is Still Far Away, from Algerian-French filmmaker Omar Haffaf, shared the $25,000 top prize at Dubai Film Connection (DFC) yesterday.
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NewsArab Film Institute launched in Dubai
Non-profit cultural body aims to promote Arab cinema and launch an Oscars-style awards ceremony.
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News'La La Land' wins eight Critics Choice Awards
Lionsgate’s musical romance earned best film and director for Damien Chazelle from The Broadcast Film Critics Association on Sunday night.
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NewsMacau: Fruit Chan shoots new action-thriller 'Made in Kowloon'
EXCLUSIVE SET VISIT: Cop thriller stars The Grandmaster’s Zhang Jin.
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NewsDFM finance panel: Do your homework before approaching investors
FilmNation COO Milan Popelka tells Arab producers that there’s more money out there than good projects, but that capital is very specific in what it’s looking for.
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NewsSaudi director unveils soccer drama Shoot
Saudi director Aymen Khoja is unveiling his upcoming US-set, soccer-themed work Shoot at the inaugural edition of the Arab Cinema Lab at DIFF.
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NewsPhoenicia scores an ace with Borg vs McEnroe
Lebanon-based distributor Phoenicia Pictures has acquired MENA rights to Borg vs McEnroe, about the famous rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe, at Dubai Film Market.
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NewsZawya powers up Egyptian indies
Zawya Distribution is ramping up its 2017 slate of Egyptian independent features with titles including Tamer El Said’s In The Last Days Of The City and Mohamed Rashad’s DIFF competition title Little Eagles.
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News'Toni Erdmann' takes top prizes at the European Film Awards
Germany’s Oscar hopeful wins five major awards in Wroclaw at politically charged ceremony.
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NewsKen Loach: "The barbarians are at the door"
Speaking at the European Film Awards, UK director calls for “collective voice” among European industry.
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NewsFarhadi, Dumont, Panh named as Qumra masters
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French auteur Bruno Dumont and Cambodian creative documentarian Rithy Panh have been confirmed as the first ‘masters’ at the Doha Film Institute’s talent development event Qumra.
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NewsHuppert makes Arab bow in Taia’s Treasure
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed French actress Isabelle Huppert is in line to make her starring debut in an Arab film, playing a Morocco-born French woman in Abdellah Taïa’s The Treasure.
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NewsSaba Mubarak joins Inshallah It’s A Boy
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak has signed for the lead role in up-and-coming director Amjad Al-Rasheed’s debut feature Inshallah It’s A Boy – A Chapter From The Fabled Life Of Nawal.
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NewsFront Row courts Lady Macbeth
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based pan-Arab distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment picked up 31 titles at the recent American Film Market, including critically-acclaimed drama Lady Macbeth.
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News'An Inconvenient Truth' follow-up to premiere at Sundance
Paramount will release the eco doc that reunites former US vice president Al Gore with Participant Media and will premiere on the festival’s opening night under inaugural programme The New Climate.
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NewsUS Briefs: Palm Springs to honour Amy Adams
The star of Arrival will collect the Chairman’s Award at the awards gala of the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 2.
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NewsUniversal titles eighth 'Fast & Furious' film
Studio brass on Friday unveiled the new title of the next entry in the $3bn-plus global franchise and unveiled a teaser trailer ahead of the April 14 release.
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News'O.J.: Made In America' triumphs at IDA Awards
The International Documentary Association (IDA) hailed its own at Friday’s 32nd Annual IDA Documentary Awards and launched a $5m journalism project.