All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 32
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Sameh Alaa director (Egypt)
Egypt’s Sameh Alaa made history this year as the only filmmaker to clinch a Palme d’Or at Cannes.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Tara Abboud, actress (Palestine-Jordan)
Next year Abboud will star in Egyptian director Mohamed Diab’s drama Amira.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Hana Al Omair, director (Saudi Arabia)
Hana Al Omair’s thriller Whispers became one of Saudi Arabia’s first TV dramas to launch on Netflix.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Stephanie Atala, actress (Lebanon)
Actress and singer Atala is soon to hit international screens in Hassiba Freiha and Kenton Oxley’s upcoming English- and Arabic-language psychological thriller Farah.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Brice Bexter El Glaoui, actor (Morocco)
Bexter will hit the big and small screen in the US this January in Hicham Hajji’s action thriller Redemption Day.
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Screen unveils Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020
Arab Stars of Tomorrow spotlights six talents from the Middle East and North Africa who are making their mark on the global stage.
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Cairo kicks off with support of Berlinale, Cannes and Venice directors
Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton feted with CIFF’s Golden Pyramid Lifetime Achievement prize.
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UDI sells North American rights for hybrid animation ‘Coppelia’
Sierra Leone-born ballerina Michaela DePrince stars as the titular heroine.
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’Spring Blossom’ secures US, international deals for Luxbox (exclusive)
Spring Blossom was one of 15 first features selected by the Cannes Film Festival for its 56-title special 2020 Official Selection.
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France TV boards Sandrine Kiberlain’s ’A Radiant Girl’, releases first image (exclusive)
The project marks French actress Sandrine Kiberlain’s feature directorial debut.
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Abu Dhabi’s Yas Creative Hub set to open in late 2021
Campus will house emirate’s burgeoning media, gaming and entertainment sectors.
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French cinemas can reopen December 15 as Covid measures ease
A time-stamp system means cinemas will be able to run early evening screenings in spite of a curfew.
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SND unveils raft of AFM deals on ‘Pil’s Adventures’, ‘Kompromat’ (exclusive)
French company launched a trio of upcoming titles at AFM’s virtual edition.
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France selects ‘Two Of Us’ for 2021 Oscars
Magnolia has US rights for the film which premiered in Toronto in 2019.
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Alpha Violet unveils Japanese deals on ‘Apples’, ‘Identifying Features’ out of Tokyo (exclusive)
Christos Nikou’s feature is Greece’s Oscar submission.
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Doha’s 2020 Ajyal festival kicks off in theatres, online and its first drive-in
Majid Majidi’s Venice prize winner Sun Children opened the festival on Wednesday evening.
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France’s Series Mania 2021 to move to late May, early June
Event was forced to cancel the physical festival component of the 2020 edition earlier this year.
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UK’s Claire Oakley, Greece’s Myrsini Aristidou head to Israel’s Sam Spiegel Lab
Past participants have included ‘Son Of Saul’, ‘The Death Of Cinema and My Father Too’ and ‘Beginning’.
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How France's "robust and ingenious" production industry rebounded this summer
Production in France was up year-on-year from July to September.
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European sellers discuss AFM, hybrid realities and a brighter 2021
From tying up deals during AFM to looking ahead to a brighter 2021, European sellers are adapting to a new hybrid world.