All Features articles – Page 115
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FeaturesRed Sea Souk sets sights on becoming MENA region’s biggest market
Market component of Red Sea International Film Festival’s market runs December 8 to 11.
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FeaturesFive Saudi acting and directing talents to watch
Screen profiles five rising Saudi talents, whose work is being showcased at the Red Sea Film Festival.
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FeaturesMaan and Yaser B on how ‘The Blair Witch Project’ inspired their feature debut ‘Junoon’
“Any style you choose is going to be new in Saudi,” says Maan B.
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Features"My secret is, just obey your crazy": Jeymes Samuel on directing ‘The Harder They Fall’
‘The Harder They Fall’ director details his journey from self-funded shorts to $90m Netflix budgets.
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FeaturesCelebrity biographical documentaries take centre stage this awards season
This year’s documentary category sees a rich field of films taking a celebrity individual as their subject.
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Features‘Titane’ director Julia Ducournau talks nudity, car culture and subverting masculinity
Titane struck gold — in the form of Cannes’ Palme d’Or — for Julia Ducournau with just her second feature.
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FeaturesHow a group of firms owned by US media giants have shaken up the feature documentary space
Discovery+, National Geographic and CNN Films are making and buying relatively commercial documentaries.
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FeaturesMBC Studios KSA head Zeinab Abu Alsamh on Saudi Arabia’s rising film and TV scene
The company is in development on an adaptation of Arabistan Orchards.
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FeaturesPathé president talks financing ‘Coda’, making pragmatic choices during pandemic, 2022 slate
French mini-major Pathé is keen to be recognised for fully financing awards hopeful Coda.
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FeaturesAndrea Arnold on her first documentary ‘Cow’: “It makes me want to take risks”
”Sometimes the more the audience have to work, the more cinematic it is.”
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2021: Zbeida Belhajamor, actress (Tunisia)
Tunis-born actress made her feature film debut this year in Cannes Critics’ Week closing film A Tale Of Love And Desire.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2021: Bassant Ahmed, actress (Egypt)
The Egyptian actress shared Tribeca’s best actress prize with Basmala Elghaeish for their performances in Souad.
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FeaturesArab Stars Of Tomorrow 2021: Khalifa Al-Jassem, actor (United Arab Emirates)
Emirati actor made his big-screen debut in French director Pierre Morel’s action drama The Ambush.
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FeaturesArab Stars Of Tomorrow 2021: Maysaa Almumin, director (Kuwait)
The Doha-based filmmaker’s short film J’ai Le Cafard is making waves on the international festival circuit.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2021: Sara Mesfer, director (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi director and screenwriter Sara Mesfer is a rising star in the independent filmmaking scene.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2021: Mustafa Shehata, actor (Sudan)
Sudandese actor Mustafa Shehata made his acting debut in Amjad Abu Alala’s debut feature You Will Die At 20.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Maria Schrader, Dan Stevens talk sci-fi romance ‘I’m Your Man’
Director Schrader looked to the UK’s Stevens — in his first lead role in German — to play a lifelike robot. The pair discuss classic screwball comedies and the collision of human and machine.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Sebastian Meise and Franz Rogowski on the "unbelievable" true story behind ‘Great Freedom’
Director Meise had lead actor Rogowski in mind when writing ’Great Freedom’. The two men talk about crash dieting, Covid interruptions and Germany’s notorious Paragraph 175 law.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Hidetoshi Nishijima on adapting ‘Drive My Car’ for screen
The director and lead actor speak about the challenges of adapting author Haruki Murakami for the screen and the future of the Japanese industry.
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Features‘Name Of The Game’ director on telling the story of disgraced Norwegian politician Trond Giske
“Giske was so close to becoming the prime minister in Norway and then suddenly, he loses everything after #MeToo.”