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Doha Film Festival selects five features for Ajyal competition including ‘Ben’Imana’
Section also includes 12 short films.
‘The Debut’ to open Marrakech International Film Festival as 2026 lineup unveiled
Ten world premieres are in the programme, including ‘Leila Et La Nuit’ and ‘His Weakest Creatures’.
‘Paper Tiger’, ‘Red Rocks’ among Doha Film Festival Gala screenings
New Special Screenings include ‘52 Blue’, about a young man desperate to meet his idol Lionel Messi.
Atlas Workshops selects 30 projects including Sofia Alaoui, Alaa Eddine Aljem films
Kleber Mendonca Filho to be patron for the African lab.
Doha Film Festival selects four Qatari feature world premieres including ’Jodari Meno’
Three of the features are supported by Media City Qatar, with an original series also programmed.
UK selects best international feature Oscar entry
Film won the L’Oeil d’or at Cannes for best documentary across all sections.
Rwanda enters first ever film to Oscars with Cannes prize winner ‘Ben’Imana’
Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo’s debut won the Caméra d’Or and the Fipresci prize at Cannes
Doha Film Festival’s International Feature Competition includes four Palestinian films
Titles include Muayad Alayan’s ‘Conversation With The Sea’ and UK co-production ‘Filipiñana’.
Saudi Arabia enters ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ to Oscars
Anas Ba Tahaf’s romantic comedy stars Sarah Taibah and Yaqoub Al Farhan.
MBC Studios thriller ‘Traveller’s Hell’ readies long-awaited release
The film is based on a bestselling novel by Osamah Almuslim and directed by Hana Alomair.
Syria’s ‘The Other Side Of The Sun’ submitted to Oscars, lands US distribution
Syria submits first Oscar entry since fall of Assad.
“It’s been eye-opening,” say African distributors participating in EFM Toolbox Distribution Academy
The training and networking programme is aimed at empowering a generation of film distributors across Africa.
Red Sea Fund reveals 30 grant winners, including Cannes and Toronto titles
Directors of ‘Ben’Imana’ and ‘Angh’ among those receiving production and post-production funding.
Africa’s Realness Institute selects four screenwriters for AuthenticA Series Lab
EXCLUSIVE: Participants hail from Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Cameroon.
Doha Film Festival 2026 to open with Yemeni feature ‘The Station’
Festival will run from November 19-27.
Red Sea International Film Festival postponed until 2027
Organisers said it would return to a “renewed vision” and that year-round programming in Jeddah would be introduced from November.
Dubai International Film Festival set to return in 2027
The first revived edition will spotlight Arab cinema and filmmakers from across the Middle East.
‘NAZA’ producers talk protecting whistleblowers, journalism as cinema at Venice
‘NAZA’ was selected late for Venice so the film team could finish anonymising its sources.
African cinema ramps up presence at Toronto film festival
Ten African films play in festival programme, while Global African hub provides a market base for continent’s filmmakers.
Did the Lumière Summit deliver on its lofty ambitions?
Attendees reflect on what was actually achieved.
