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NewsDIFF: Sean McAllister plans UK narrative feature
Award-winning British filmmaker Sean McAllister, whose documentary feature A Syrian Love Story plays here at the Dubai International Film Festival, is working on a story about the UK housing crisis.
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NewsDIFF: Front Row, VOX team on Very Big Shot
Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and regional exhibitor VOX Cinemas have co-acquired Lebanese thriller Very Big Shot (Kteer Kbeer) for a Gulf release.
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NewsEFAs 2015: full list of winners
Youth proved the big winner of the night scoring a hat-trick; Amy Winehouse documentary, The Lobster and Mustang among other winners.
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NewsAcademy declares 74 original songs eligible for Oscars
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced on Friday the titles that proceed to the next elimination round in the original song category.
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NewsUS Briefs: Latest buys from FilmRise, Gravitas Ventures
Plus: STX Entertainment dates three films for 2016
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NewsStrand acquires US rights to 'Closet Monster'
Stephen Dunn’s drama starring Connor Jessup and featuring the voice of Isabella Rossellini premiered in Toronto where it won Best Canadian Feature Film.
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NewsEuropean Film Awards full of political resonance
Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth was among the big winners on an evening of political messages.
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News'Mockingjay 2' reclaims int'l on $17.4m
DECEMBER 14 UPDATE: Lionsgate’s YA adaptation was confirmed on Monday as the box office champion.
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News'Mockingjay 2' holds on to US crown with $11.4m
DECEMBER 14 UPDATE: In a tight contest with new arrival In The Heart Of The Sea, Lionsgate’s enduring champion The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 retained the title by the slimmest of margins.
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News'Mad Max' tops online critics poll
George Miller was named Best Director and his film earned Best Picture and two other prizes from the Online Film Critics Society on Sunday, while Taiwan’s The Assassin took foreign-language honours.
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DIFF: Jacir scoops top prize at DFC
Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s Nazareth-set dark comedy Wajib scooped the top prize at DIFF’s co-financing event the Dubai Film Connection on Sunday.
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NewsDIFF: Image Nation sneak previews The Worthy
Abu Dhabi film company Image Nation gave a sneak peak of Emirati director Ali Mostafa’s upcoming feature The Worthy, set in a dystopian future in chaos following a chronic water shortage, at DIFF on Sunday.
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NewsDIFF: Zawya plots arthouse expansion
Egypt’s Zawya Cinema is expanding outside Cairo to other Egyptian cities as it taps into the country’s small but growing audience for arthouse films.
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NewsDIFF: Iran’s Soureh launches ISIS rape documentary
Iran’s Soureh Pictures Company has launched sales on powerful documentary A157, which follows three Kurdish girls who fell pregnant after been raped by members of extremist group Islamic State (ISIS).
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FeaturesDesert heat: shooting in the UAE
The UAE is fast becoming one of the most popular shooting destinations in the Middle East.
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FeaturesJoyce Nashawati, Blind Sun
Nightmarish thriller Blind Sun, the debut film by the Lebanon-born director, is one of the festival hits of the year.
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FeaturesNasser Al Dhaheri, A Tale of Water, Palm Trees and Family
The Emirati director talks about his feature documentary on the importance of water and date palms to life in Dubai.
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FeaturesMohamed Ouzine, Samir in the Dust
Burying his father in Algeria prompted the French-Algerian director to make a documentary film that explores his own identity.
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FeaturesDeniz Gamze Ergüven, Mustang
The Turkish-French director says the production of her debut feature Mustang is itself a tale of female emancipation.