All Middle East articles – Page 10
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Reviews‘The Siren’: Berlin Review
Sepideh Farsi’s arresting animation, set during the Iran-Iraq War, opens the Panorama section at Berlin
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NewsCercamon boards world sales on Berlinale Panorama title ‘Green Night’ (exclusive)
Director Han Shuai previously won the Generation KPlus Grand Prix for ‘Summer Blur’.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi “temporarily” released from prison
Panahi was on the third day of a hunger strike in protest at his detention.
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NewsFormer Amazon Studios exec Christina Wayne joins Saudi’s MBC Studios
US producer previously helped develop ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Breaking Bad’.
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News‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ producer joins UK-Saudi training scheme
Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla has partnered with the UK’s Creative Media Skills Institute.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea film festival backs Maiwenn's period drama ‘Jeanne Du Barry’, starring Johnny Depp
Marks the Red Sea Film Foundation’s first international co-production with France.
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NewsCercamon boards Berlin-bound Iranian women’s rights documentary ‘Seven Winters In Tehran’ (exclusive)
Retraces the life of Reyhaneh Jabbari, who fatally stabbed a man who was trying to rape her.
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FeaturesThe industry takeaways from the 2022 Red Sea film festival
The event itself was well organised, well attended and, above all, well-funded.
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NewsTop Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after condemning execution
Alidoosti was detained a week after protesting execution on Instagram.
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NewsBanksy inspired project receives Red Sea Fund’s first VR investment
The move signals Saudi Arabia’s growing ambitions in virtual reality.
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News‘Within Sand’ director Moe Alatawi: from a family camcorder to winning a Red Sea award
Saudi Arabian director talks filming a tale of survival in Neom.
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NewsSaudi Arabia aims to boost local industry with $234m Film Sector Financing Programme
Cultural Development Fund’s film financing initiative will open for business early next year.
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NewsBaghdad sex doll feature ‘Hanging Gardens’ wins top prize at Red Sea film festival
Lotfy Nathan receives best director award for ‘Harka’.
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NewsJackie Chan confirms ‘Rush Hour 4’ in the works with Mike Tyson; talks next film ‘Never Let The Rain Stop’
The Hong Kong actor gave an in-conversation talk at Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsRed Sea Souk industry winners include Saudi dark comedy ‘Scapegoat’
Prizes for ‘A Trip To Jerusalem’, ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away Any More’.
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FeaturesFrom YouTube to Netflix: the rise of Saudi producer Telfaz11
Company has three features at this year’s Red Sea film festival.
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News’Godfather of Saudi cinema’ Ahmed Almulla on the country’s social revolution
Almulla has played an important part in the development of the local industry.
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NewsInside the opening of Saudi Arabia’s first independent cinema
“This explosion in enthusiasm renews your hope in the future of cinema.”
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Film AlUla begins studio complex construction
First phase includes two studios, support buildings, workshops and backlot.