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All Middle East articles – Page 67
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NewsKarim Hanafy pushes boundaries with Departure
Likened to audacious filmmaker Bela Tarr, Egyptian director Karim Hanafy wowed audiences at the Cairo International Film Festival with his striking feature debut The Gate of Departure.
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NewsMelbourne wins best picture in Cairo
The Cairo International Film Festival ended its 36th year with a glitzy ceremony [pictured] below the ancient pyramids on Tuesday.
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NewsCairo festival helping to drive change in Egypt
Despite the cancellation of last year’s Cairo International Film Festival due to continued political unrest, this year’s festival, now in its 36th year, possesses an optimistic energy that change is happening within Egypt’s film industry.
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NewsSyria project wins CPH:Forum pitch prize
On Screen Off Record from The Act of Killing producer Signe Byrge Sørensen.
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NewsAjyal youth festival unveils line-up
Second edition of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Doha to include 90 films from 43 countries.
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NewsDubai unveils Muhr Feature Awards contenders
Titles include the world premiere of thriller I’m Dead and the new feature from Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed.
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NewsAbu Dhabi honours best short, Emirates films
Abu Dhabi Film Festival announces winners of Emirates Film Competition and International Short Film Competition
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NewsScript contest to highlight UAE social issues
Twofour54 and the Family Development Foundation launch films screenplay contest.
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NewsImage Nation ramps up local doc production
Image Nation has revealed plans to create more locally-produced documentaries following the premiere of its first factual feature at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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FeaturesAlessandra Priante on Emirati cinema scene
Former Italian cultural attaché says cinema scene has evolved considerably in the last five years.
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FeaturesNujoom Alghanem, Sounds of the Sea
Emirati filmmaker and poet Nujoom Alghanem talks about her feature-length documentary Sounds of the Sea capturing a way of Emirati life that is dying out.
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NewsBaboudjian signs Ahd to direct Sandfish
EXCLUSIVE: Feature is an adaptation of Emirati bestseller about girl growing up in the region in the 1960s.
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NewsGulf film industry ponders progress
Cinema professionals debate whether the cinema investment drive of past decade has achieved anything for local industry.
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FeaturesHip-hop's Narcicyst on short film Rise
Iraqi-Canadian hip-hop and musician Yassin Alsalman, better known as The Narcicyst, is at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival with the short film Rise.
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CommentVIDEO: Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2014
Highlights from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, updated daily.
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NewsHefzy, Abdalla reteam on Black Tea adaptation
EXCLUSIVE: Film Clinic’s Hefzy also co-producing Mohamed Khan’s new film Before the Summer Crowds.
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FeaturesGALLERY: As One Autism Project, Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Red carpet photos from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival premiere of As One, a documentary that tells the story of 10 children from the UAE aged 4-17 as they participate in the The Autism Project by taking music and theatre workshops.