All Middle East articles – Page 17
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival opens fifth edition against the odds
Unfolding in the Red Sea resort of El Gouna, the festival will showcase 52 features this year.
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NewsFire breaks out at El Gouna Film Festival main venue
The fire at the festival plaza has now been extinguished.
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NewsCairo Film Connection unveils 2021 project selection
Project incubator will take place during Cairo International Film Festival.
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Reviews‘The Alleys’: London Review
Bassel Ghandour’s debut juggles tones and storylines for a labyrinthine portrait of a Jordanian neighbourhood
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Reviews‘The Absent Director’: Busan Review
An audacious single-shot drama that follows an Iranian theater company staging an experimental ‘Macbeth’
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Reviews‘Asteroid’: Busan Review
Mehdi Hoseinivand Aalipour’s affectionate first film observes the tender bonds of one Iranian family
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea Souk unveils inaugural project line-up and jury
Five works in progress and 11 films in development due to be showcased at event running December 8-11.
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NewsNew projects from Sofia Djama, Ala Eddine Slim head to Egypt's CineGouna Platform
The fifth edition of project incubator event will showcase 20 projects in development and post-production.
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Reviews‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’: Venice Review
A terrific debut from Mounia Akl set in a Lebanese mountain idyll – until the landfill arrives next door
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Reviews‘Huda’s Salon’: Toronto Review
Hany Abu-Assad sets the stage for his political thriller in a Bethelem beauty parlour
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Reviews‘You Resemble Me’: Venice Review
Spike Lee and Jonze produce this debut, hybrid feature about the the French radical Islamist Hasna Ait Boulahcen
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NewsUK’s Caspian Films, Corniche Media team on Saudi feature ‘My Driver & I’ (exclusive)
MAD Solutions has acquired sales and distribution rights for Arab territories.
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Reviews‘Republic Of Silence’: Venice Review
A vivid, emotionally-charged insider view of conflict and displacement from Syria’s Diana El Jeiroudi
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NewsRed Sea International Film Festival unveils first recipients of $14m fund
The new fund gives production and post-production support to Arab world cinema projects.
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Reviews‘Amira’: Venice Review
Mohamed Diab’s film interrogates the status of a Palestinian teenager whose identity is suddenly thrown into question
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Features“Don’t forget about Afghanistan,” Afghan filmmakers tell Venice Film Festival
Directors Sahraa Karimi and Sahra Mani recount final days in Kabul as Taliban approached.
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FeaturesEgypt’s Mohamed Diab talks Palestinian drama ‘Amira’, working with Marvel and US projects
Diab is currently directing Marvel series Moon Knight after a trio of Arab-language features, 678, Clash and Amira.
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FeaturesCan Saudi Arabia’s fledgling film industry overcome global concerns to defy expectations?
It’s gearing up for a high-profile few months, culminating in the Red Sea International Film Festival (December 6-15).
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NewsIndustry returns to Venice Production Bridge in force with attendance up 50% on 2020
Venice Film Festival’s industry programme runs September 2-10.
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NewsFront Row takes MENA rights for documentary ‘ENOUGH! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour’
The film is directed by Australian filmmaker Daizy Gedeon.