All Dubai articles – Page 7
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NewsDIFF: US studios eye Iranian market
Iran could become a major market for the US studios, surpassing even the UAE, if sanctions are lifted as planned under a long-negotiated nuclear deal between the country and major world powers, according to 20th Century Fox executive vice president, EMEA, Paul Higginson.
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NewsDIFF: Drishyam to make Arabic debut
Indian producer-distributor Drishyam Films is in pre-production on its first Arabic-language project, Triangle, to be directed by Iranian filmmaker Shahram Alidi.
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NewsDIFF: MAD's ACC expands footprint
MAD Solutions’ Arab Cinema Center (ACC) is expanding its activity in 2016 by attending 15 international film festivals and markets to promote Arab cinema.
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NewsDIFF: Kaylif’s Letter Writer wins IWC Award
Layla Kaylif’s The Letter Writer was awarded the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at a ceremony at the One & Only Mirage in Dubai on Thursday night.
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FeaturesNoura Kevorkian, '23 Kilometres'
The Lebanese director explains why a very personal film about her father’s illness is a metaphor for the state of her homeland.
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FeaturesOmar Shargawi, 'Al Medina'
The Danish-Palestinian film-maker was inspired by dark days — with echoes of the Dogme movement — for his latest film Al Medina.
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FeaturesDubai Film Connection: up close and personal
Dubai Film Connection is dominated by intimate, character-driven tales from voices that are often ignored or marginalised, DFC artistic director Jane Williams says.
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FeaturesLarry Yang, Mountain Cry
Larry Yang talks about how he adapted a rural Chinese story set in the 1980s for contemporary audiences in China and overseas.
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FeaturesAnu Menon, Waiting
London-based director Anu Menon talks about her second feature Waiting, which is receiving its world premiere in Dubai
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FeaturesSean McAllister, A Syrian Love Story
The film-maker says he wanted to make a film about the ‘hidden gem’ of the Middle East, but then events made Syria anything but.
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FeaturesHany Abu-Assad, The Idol
The prize-winning director talks about why he was unable to resist making The Idol, the story of the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol
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NewsDIFF: Egyptian indies unite on The Bridge
Egyptian producer Mohamed Samir has boarded compatriot film-maker Hala Lotfy’s Cairo-set drama The Bridge, ahead of its presentation at the Dubai Film Connection co-financing event, which kicks off today (Dec 11).
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NewsDIFF: Fortress ramps up Egyptian zom-com
Dubai-based investment fund Fortress Film Clinic has boarded Zombie Gozombie, Egypt’s first zombie comedy, which is set to be directed by award-winning filmmaker Ahmad Abdalla.
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NewsDIFF: Bankers make case for film investment
Arab filmmakers hoping to unlock the vast reservoir of regional money need to equip themselves with proper business plans that explain their projects’ audience appeal and how financiers should hope to make their money back.
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NewsDIFF: Kevorkian wraps Syrian refugee doc
Lebanese film-maker Noura Kevorkian has wrapped shooting on her feature-length documentary Batata capturing the lives of Syrian migrant potato pickers turned refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
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FeaturesDubai: Meet the jury
DIFF has assembled an eclectic group of international film-makers to take a seat on the festival juries, Screen meets Deepa Mehta [pictured], Nujoom Alganem, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Ali F Mostafa and Kim Magnusson.
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FeaturesRifqi Assaf, The Curve
The film-maker who hails from Jordan and Palestine talks about his debut feature, road movie The Curve.