All Middle East articles – Page 73

  • Mohamed Hefzy
    News

    Ismailia to host co-production market

    2014-02-03T11:46:00Z

    Egypt’s Ismailia International Film Festival has announced plans for the second edition of projects market, Ismailia Co-production Platform, to take place from June 3-8.

  • Mahnaz Afshar
    Comment

    Mahnaz Afshar, From Tehran To Heaven

    2014-01-29T08:20:00Z

    Mahnaz Afshar, whose new feature From Tehran To Heaven, receives its European premiere at IFFR, is a movie star - Iranian-style.

  • bfi_southbank
    News

    BFI backs two feature docs

    2014-01-28T12:09:00Z

    Panel selects two documentaries for support from the BFI Film Fund.

  • The Green Prince
    Reviews

    The Green Prince

    2014-01-17T20:20:00Z

    Dir/scr: Nadav Schirman. Germany-Israel-UK. 2013. 99mins

  • Mars At Sunrise
    News

    Fajr Falestine fund launches

    2014-01-16T15:00:00Z

    Film-makers Jessica Habie and Deema Dabis have launched the Fajr Falestine Film Fund to support production of experimental films from the Middle East with particular emphasis on Palestinian films.  

  • A World Not Ours
    News

    E2 takes UK on World Not Ours

    2014-01-16T10:28:00Z

    Mahdi Fleifel’s debut feature won Best International Film at Edinburgh.

  • Web Junkie
    Features

    Shosh Shlam & Hilla Medalia, Web Junkie

    2014-01-13T17:49:00Z

    Elbert Wyche talks to the Israeli film-makers about their Sundance World Cinema Documentary selection.

  • DTFF
    News

    Doha postpones first Qumra festival

    2014-01-11T11:34:00Z

    The Doha Film Institute is cancelling the March 2014 edition of its first Qumra Doha Film Festival.

  • The Good Road
    Reviews

    The Good Road

    2013-12-18T20:10:00Z

    Dir/scr: Gyan Correa. India. 2013. 92mins

  • Traitors
    Reviews

    Traitors

    2013-12-17T20:06:00Z

    Dir/scr: Sean Gullette. Morocco. 2013. 84mins

  • Omar
    News

    Omar, Ilo Ilo win top prizes at DIFF

    2013-12-13T14:46:00Z

    Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar won best film in the Muhr Arab feature competition at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), while Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo won best film in the Muhr AsiaAfrica section.

  • Wael Omar
    News

    Middle West prepares for Madness

    2013-12-13T03:00:00Z

    Egyptian filmmaker Wael Omar is developing a sequel to his documentary, In Search Of Oil And Sand, which captured the lives of Egypt’s elite at the moment of Gamel Abdel Nasser’s coup d’état in 1952, entitled Madness At Noon.

  • Carlos Tibi
    News

    VoD player icflix targets film production

    2013-12-13T03:00:00Z

    The MENA region’s first online streaming media service, icflix, which launched last summer, has already started reading scripts with a view to producing as many as eight Arab-language movies a year intended for theatrical release.

  • Stable Unstable
    News

    Dubai Film Market enjoys growth spurt

    2013-12-13T03:00:00Z

    The Dubai Film Market (DFM) enjoyed one of its buzziest editions to date this year, with a big increase in screenings, deals and meetings.

  • The Square
    News

    DIFF: docs growing in strength

    2013-12-13T03:00:00Z

    A strong line-up of documentaries including Mahmoud Kaabour’s Champ Of The Camp and Jehane Noujaim’s The Square, about the Egyptian revolution, were attracting as much critical and public attention as the dramas at this year’s DIFF, highlighting the growing strengh of factual filmmaking in the region.

  • Laila Marrakchi
    Features

    Laila Marrakchi, Rock The Casbah

    2013-12-12T12:04:00Z

    The Moroccan filmmaker talks to Geoffrey Macnab about her new family drama, which received a gala screening at DIFF.

  • Kaouther Ben Hania
    Features

    Kaouther Ben Hania, Challat Of Tunis

    2013-12-12T12:01:00Z

    Louise Tutt talks to the Tunisian writer and director about her second feature, which screened in the Arab Muhr Feature Competition at DIFF.

  • The Mice Room directors
    Features

    Egypt: Face forward

    2013-12-12T11:56:00Z

    A new generation of Egyptian film-makers are at DIFF to showcase the films they are making despite - or perhaps thanks to - the ongoing upheaval at home. Melanie Goodfellow reports.

  • The Lone Ranger
    Features

    UAE box office: Riding to the rescue

    2013-12-12T11:36:00Z

    Hollywood films of every stripe can take the UAE box office at a canter. But specialist titles, except for Bollywood films, tend to fall at the first hurdle and are increasingly pinning their hopes on VoD. Colin Brown reports.

  • The_Imposter
    Features

    VoD: How to triple the gross

    2013-12-12T11:30:00Z

    Premium video-on-demand is beginning to help independent and local film-makers find an audience in a region dominated by free-to-air broadcasters and internet portals. Colin Brown reports.