All Middle East articles – Page 23
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NewsRed Sea Film Festival director steps down before delayed first edition
Mahmoud Sabbagh had been due to host the inaugural edition in March.
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NewsJerusalem abandons plans for physical summer edition following Covid-19 surge in Israel
Festival team hopes to run a winter edition in December if health conditions permit.
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NewsFestival chiefs, ‘Parasite’ team, Adèle Haenel among 400 new international Academy members
Berlin’s Carlo Chatrian and Venice’s Alberto Barbera have also been invited.
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NewsPalestinian Nasser brothers and late documentarian Dalila Ennadre secure Doha funding
Doha Film Institute (DFI) supports 39 projects in spring 2020 funding round.
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival announces new later festival dates
The event has pushed back the dates of its fourth edition by a month.
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NewsElia Suleiman’s ‘It Must Be Heaven’ triumphs at Critics Awards for Arab Films
Votes were cast by 141 Arab and international critics from 57 territories.
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NewsRepublic acquires Iranian refugee doc ‘Love Child’ for UK & Ireland (exclusive)
Has played festival circuit at Toronto, IDFA, CPH:DOX.
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NewsHany Abu-Assad eyeing mid-July restart for ‘Huda’s Salon’; first image unveiled (exclusive)
Palestinian director discusses dealing with lockdown and resuming shooting post-Covid-19.
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NewsTelescope, Arab Cinema Center launch Arab cinema microsite
Site help US audiences locate Arab features available on local streaming platforms.
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News‘Born A King’ producer Andrés Vicente Gómez lining up next projects (exclusive)
Saudi company Al Maha Al Arab on board as financier.
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NewsMad Solutions scoops Arab rights for 11 hot arthouse titles
Films include Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon and Mohammed Diab’s Amira.
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Reviews‘The Death of Cinema and My Father Too’: Cannes 2020 Label Review
Self-reflexive debut from Israel boasts an ambitiously labyrinthine structure
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NewsPalestinian cinema world pays tribute to sound engineer Raja Dubayah
Dubayah worked on many of the major Palestinian films of the last 15 years.
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NewsAlpha Violet boards ‘Abu Omar’ starring Kais Nashif, releases first image (exclusive)
Feature is lead produced by Israeli The Cakemaker producer Itai Tamir.
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Reviews‘The Art Of Living In Danger’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A look inside the struggle against domestic violence in Iran
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News‘It Must Be Heaven’, ‘Adam’ top Critics Awards for Arab films nominations
Fourth edition is based on votes of 142 Arab and international critics hailing from 57 countries.
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NewsDocaviv unveils “hybrid” format, Israeli Competition titles for 2020 festival (exclusive)
The Israeli Competition titles have been announced for this year’s event.
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NewsCairo’s new artistic director Ahmed Shawky resigns, publishes open letter
His resignation has come after reportedly controversial social media posts in Arabic came to light.
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NewsFront Row to offer free MENA screenings of ‘I Am Not Your Negro’
The move is out of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
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NewsCairo International Film Festival pushes on with physical 2020 edition
Advisory committee is drawing up different contingencies as well as protective measures for guests.