All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 61
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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: 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: 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: 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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NewsDIFF: MENA rides digital wave
Growth in over-the-top (OTT) television services and other digital platforms is set to have a huge impact on content production in the Arab world, according to PwC report Beyond Digital, which was presented at DIFF yesterday.
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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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NewsWarner Bros’ Richard Fox to relocate to Beijing
Warner Bros executive vice president Richard Fox is relocating to Beijing to drive the studio’s activities in China and oversee its interest in Flagship Entertainment, a joint venture with China Media Capital (CMC).
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NewsDIFF: MAD ahead of The Curve, Summer Crowds
MAD Solutions has acquired pan-Arab rights to seven films in this year’s DIFF line-up, including The Curve and Before The Summer Crowds, which receive their world premieres in the Muhr feature competition today.
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NewsDIFF: Movie Pigs feasts on Arab cinema
North American audiences will soon have access to a wide range of independent Arab cinema through SVOD platform Movie Pigs, backed by US tech investor Dave McClure.
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NewsHo Yuhang’s 'Mrs K' starts kicking with Sonneratia, EMP
Malaysia’s Sonneratia Capital and Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures are financing Ho Yuhang’s action film Mrs K, which has recently started production.
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NewsChina’s box office hits $6.24bn in 2015
China’s box office has passed the $6.24bn (RMB40bn) benchmark, an increase of more than 48% compared to the same period last year, according to state news agency Xinhua.
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News'Tharlo' wins top prize at Tokyo Filmex
Tibetan director Pema Tseden’s Tharlo was awarded both the Grand Prize and the student jury prize at this year’s Tokyo Filmex, which wrapped on Sunday night (Nov 29).
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News'Gurgaon', 'Machines' win Film Bazaar awards
Shanker Raman’s Gurgaon and Rahul Jain’s Machines both picked up Prasad Digital Intermediate Awards at the close of Film Bazaar on Nov 25.
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NewsIndia's 'The New Classmate' sold to France, Germany, Austria
EXCLUSIVE: Hindi-language drama sold by Films Boutique.
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NewsBajpayee, Tambe join 'Unknown Faces'
EXCLUSIVE: Manoj Bajpayee [pictured] and Smita Tambe will star in Atanu Mukherjee’s Unknown Faces, produced by Drishyam Films, which is scheduled to start shooting on December 11.
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NewsAnti-corruption doc gets Sundance grant
Proposition For A Revolution, directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Sundance Documentary Film Programme.
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NewsNetflix creates series from 'Gangs of Wasseypur'
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix will stream Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur as an eight-part mini-series in the US and Canada in the first week of December.
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NewsJar Pictures climbs 'Mountain' with Arriaga
Mumbai-based Jar Pictures is attending Film Bazaar with a busy, multiple-language slate, including Ajitpal Singh’s The Man Who Broke The Mountain, to be co-produced by Mexican writer-producer Guillermo Arriaga [pictured].