All Middle East articles – Page 16
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NewsJafar Panahi latest Iranian filmmaker to be arrested; Mohammad Rasoulof’s producer expands on his detention
Panahi was arrested today in Tehran, following Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad’s arrests on Friday.
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NewsCannes award-winners to compete at Jerusalem Film Festival 2022
International competition titles include ‘Broker’ and ‘Decision To Leave’ from South Korea.
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News‘Triangle Of Sadness’ to open 2022 Jerusalem Film Festival
Ruben Ostlund’s satire won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May.
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NewsImax CEO talks ticket prices, cracking the Chinese market, expansion plans and ‘Avatar 2’
Ahead of this week’s CineEurope, Richard Gelfond spoke with Screen about Imax post-pandemic plans.
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival cancels 2022 edition
Previous edition was marked by a series of mishaps and controversies.
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NewsPixar’s ‘Lightyear’ banned by cinemas in the United Arab Emirates
A specific reason has not been given.
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NewsDisney+ launches in Middle East and North Africa
Streamer rolls out in 16 markets across the region.
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NewsHanWay sells Cannes award-winner ‘EO’ to North America, UK
The donkey tale has also sold across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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NewsLynda Belkhiria to head Cairo Film Connection
Project incubator is part of the Cairo International Film Festival.
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NewsSaudi Arabia launches 40% cash rebate for film productions
Film Saudi programme aims to grow the kingdom’s creative economy.
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Reviews‘Mediterranean Fever’: Cannes Review
In Haifa, an unlikely friendship between two neighbours is the basis of a muted exploration of masculinity and mental illness
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Reviews‘Leila’s Brothers’: Cannes Review
Excellent performances anchor this gripping family drama about gender and succession in Iran
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NewsDoha Film Institute expands funding focus beyond emerging talent
Qatar-based funder is adapting to needs of filmmakers, says CEO
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NewsNEOM’s Wayne Borg talks production and sustainability ambitions in Cannes
The media executive discussed the “future of filmmaking” on an exclusive panel at the film festival.
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NewsMad Solutions takes MENA rights to Soudade Kaadan’s ‘Nezouh’
It is Kaadan’s second feature after The Day I Lost My Shadow, which won Venice’s Luigi De Laurentiis Award for best first film in 2018.
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NewsOmar El Zohairy’s ‘Feathers’ sweeps Critics’ Awards for Arab Films
167 film critics from 68 countries voted on the awards organised by the Arab Cinema Centre.
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NewsDoha Film Institute awards grants to 44 international projects
Qatari organisation backs projects from 33 countries
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NewsMad Solutions moves into North America distribution, takes stake in D Street Releasing
Cairo-based Mad plans to theatrically release five to seven Arab-language films in N America a year.
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NewsMillennium horror ‘The Piper’ plays with buyers worldwide (exclusive)
Julian Sands and Charlotte Hope star in the dark retelling of a classic tale.