All Dubai articles – Page 6
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NewsSix selected for Indian film-makers residency
The film-makers will each receive an expert mentor to help develop their feature projects.
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NewsDubai fest to immerse audience in VR
Growth of virtual reality filmmaking to be discussed at DIFF.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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NewsDubai 2015: Screen's dailies
Browse Screen International’s daily magazines from the Dubai International Film Festival here.
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NewsDIFF: Nasser seeks shelter with Kharsa debut
Jordanian producer Rula Nasser has boarded Egyptian filmmaker Kasem Kharsa’s feature debut Shelter.
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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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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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NewsDubai restructures distribution programme
The DFM’s fledgling Dubai Distribution Programme (DDP), aimed at supporting the theatrical release of Arabic-language cinema, has been restructured to include more local distributors as well as companies from outside the region.
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NewsDIFF: Netflix plots move into Arabic-language content
Netflix is hoping to produce a scripted series set in the Middle East as the streaming giant gears up to launch across the region next year, said content chief Ted Sarandos in a live link-up to the Dubai Film Market (DFM).
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NewsDIFF: Palestinian producers build global platform
Palestinian producers have teamed up to create a new platform to represent their national cinema at market and festivals, which has its first outing at the Dubai Film Market.
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NewsDIFF: Film Bureau maps out Gulf strategy
Former Doha Film Institute director of film financing Paul Miller and development producer Stephen Strachan are launching Abu Dhabi-based company, The Film Bureau, aimed at supporting the development and financing of projects by Gulf region directors.