All articles by Tim Dams
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NewsScreen International teams with Berlinale’s EFM Startups for 2026 programme as entries open
EFM Startups will showcase 10 cutting-edge technologies aimed at the production, development and distribution sectors.
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NewsNew Europe takes on sales for Faraz Shariat’s Berlinale Panorama title ‘Prosecution’
EXCLUSIVE: Prosecution tells the story of a state prosecutor who, after surviving a racist attack, takes her own case to court.
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NewsBerlinale unveils first wave of Panorama and Generation titles
First 12 titles announced for Panorama sidebar, and another five features for Generation.
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NewsRed Sea and Annecy festivals partner to boost Saudi animation industry
Partnership aims to support talent development and build the Saudi animation industry.
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NewsGoteborg film festival CEO Mirja Wester to step down
Wester will leave next year after overseeing her tenth edition of the festival.
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NewsRotterdam unveils 2026 Tiger and Big Screen competition lineups
Festival to open with João Nicolau’s ’Providence And The Guitar’ and close with Rémi Bezançon’s ’Bazaar (Murder In The Building)’.
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NewsBeta Cinema hires The Playmaker’s Moritz Hemminger, promotes Tassilo Hallbauer
Appointments follow recent departure of veteran Beta exec Thorsten Ritter.
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News‘House Of Guinness’, ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ stars among 10 actors selected as 2026 European Shooting Stars
European Film Promotion names 10 rising actors to watch.
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NewsEmily Atef’s ‘Call Me Queen’ among 15 titles backed by Eurimages marketing programme
Programme also supported films by directors including Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Michaël R. Roskam and Tamara Kotevska.
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NewsRotterdam’s CineMart launches Safe Harbour programme for stateless and at-risk filmmakers
Four projects by filmmakers from Myanmar, Sudan, Syria and Palestine selected for new initiative.
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NewsKomplizen’s Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski win Eurimages Co-Production Award
Trio will be presented with prize at European Film Awards in January.
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NewsTop Saudi producer Telfaz11 strikes music licencing deal with MDLBeast
Telfaz11 is behind Saudi feature The Fakenapping which world premiered at Red Sea.
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FeaturesAmanda Nevill on the growing Saudi film industry: “They have done it properly”
Former British Film Institute CEO has served as non-exec board member of Saudi Film Commission since 2020.
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NewsMoscow makes Red Sea debut in bid to attract international productions
Russian pavilions have largely been absent from film festivals since the country launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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NewsJuliette Binoche champions progress of Saudi women filmmakers
Binoche is in Jeddah with documentary In-I In Motion and received an honorary award the opening night of the festival.
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NewsRed Sea Fund celebrates seven Oscar hopefuls
Seven films supported by the Fund have been put forward as their country’s selection for the 2026 Academy Awards
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NewsSaudi films on the rise at local box office
Titles such as ‘Al Zarfa’, ‘Shabab El Bomb 2’ and ‘Hobal’ have claimed a 14% share at cinemas this year.
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FeaturesLocal films continue to be a bright spot in the Saudi cinema market
The success of local productions is a bright spot in a Saudi box-office market that has levelled off after early breakneck growth
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NewsRed Sea Souk sees 20% growth as fifth edition launches
Source: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for RSIFF Red Sea Souk The Red Sea Souk has scaled up for its fifth edition, which kicks off in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today (December 6). Pitching itself as the premier film market for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), organisers ...
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NewsLFF’s Kristy Matheson and filmmaker Ariane Labed join Rotterdam’s Tiger jury
French cinematographer Yorick Le Saux to receive festival’s Robby Müller Award.