All Middle East articles – Page 26
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2019: Wisam Al Jafari, filmmaker (Palestine)
He made it into official selection at Cannes Film Festival this year with his short film Ambience.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf criticises “shameful” UK government over passport row
The wife and daughter of the London-based filmmaker have been denied passports.
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Features“Jeddah has come alive,” says rising Saudi talent Shahad Ameen
Her debut film ‘Scales’ is screening at the Cairo International Film Festival.
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FeaturesThe Centrepiece interview: Cairo chief Mohamed Hefzy talks indie cinema, upcoming projects
Egyptian producer and Cairo International Film Festival director Mohamed Hefzy tells Screen about his journey from metallurgical engineer undergraduate in London to A-list festival habitué.
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NewsArab Critics’ Awards for European Films announces three-strong shortlist
Winner will be announced at the Cairo International Film Festival.
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News‘It Must Be Heaven’ kicks off seventh Ajyal Film Festival in Doha
The youth-focused festival has recruited 400 young jurors from 41 countries.
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FeaturesInternational feature film Oscar: Middle East contenders
Haifaa Al-Mansour is up with ‘The Perfect Candidate’
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NewsWarner Bros, Paramount, Sony execs to speak at Istanbul emerging cinema markets conference
The conference runs from November 19 to 21.
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Reviews‘Just 6.5’: Tokyo Review
Iranian police play a never-ending cat-and-mouse game with the country’s drug dealers in this gripping crime thriller
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News‘Africa’ and ‘Reborn’ share top prize at Haifa film festival
Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘While at War’ wins international award.
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Reviews‘Coup 53’: London Review
’A sharp-eyed history lesson that unfolds with the pace and fascination of thriller’
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Reviews‘The Cave’: London Review
Feras Fayyad’s award-winning documentary follows a female doctor in an underground hospital in Damascus
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NewsCairo becomes first Arab film festival to sign gender equality charter
The 5050×2020 gender equality charter was launched at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018.
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NewsYalla Yalla plots Arabic-language ‘Intouchables’ remake
The original film is still France’s third-biggest box office hit.
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NewsSaudi's Red Sea International Film Festival unveils debut lab selection
New initiative is organised in collaboration with the TorinoFilmLab.
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NewsWarner Bros names former Disney exec as new senior vice president, marketing EMEA
Charlie Coleman starts in his role this week.
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NewsSudanese drama ‘You Will Die At Twenty’ wins top award at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
Festival chief Intishal Al Tamimi says El Gouna Film Festival has built solid foundations.
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival hands out $15,000 industry prizes to two Lebanese projects
El Gouna Film Festival’s co-financing platform meted out $250,000 in prizes.
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News‘Incitement’ wins top prize at Ophir awards, becomes Israel’s Oscar submission
Six years in the making, the title had been rejected by all Israeli film funds because of its subject matter.
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NewsAlix Benezech, Adam Budron join indie US drama ‘Juliet’ (exclusive)
The film will shoot for four weeks in New York and Paris from October.