All The Gulf articles
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NewsDoha Film Festival to launch in November 2025
Full details will be revealed at next year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsUAE thriller ‘Three’ lands Middle East distribution ahead of Red Sea premiere (exclusive)
UK actor Jefferson Hall, whose credits include ’House Of The Dragon’, among the cast.
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NewsSaudi’s Red Sea Film Festival appoints producer Mohammed Al Turki as CEO
New position will see Saudi producer step up involvement in festival to spearhead its growth and that of local film and TV industry.
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FeaturesQumra mentor Ghassan Salhab talks about his early career and his new Beirut vampire film
Senegalese-born, Lebanese-French director talks about his hands-off mentoring approach.
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Features“We wanted to make a punk film,” Ariel Escalante Meza talks ‘Domingo And The Mist’
Second feature revolves around a man refusing to leave land frequented by the ghost of dead wife.
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FeaturesWhy personal stories dominate Qumra’s TV selection
Six Doha Film Insitute-backed TV projects are being showcased in Qumra this year.
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News“Don’t lose hope” - Qumra mentors Talal Derki, Tala Hadid, Annemarie Jacir offer words of wisdom
Award-winning filmmakers are helpin filmmakers develop their projects at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event.
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FeaturesFive Qatari talents to watch
The initiatives of the Doha Film Institute are helping to inspire a wealth of new voices.
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FeaturesHow Qumra is adapting to support burgeoning talent from the MENA region
This year’s edition will support the development of 45 projects across short, feature and series formats.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 45 projects to be showcased at Qumra 2022
The eighth edition of the annual talent incubator takes place online from March 18-23.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival sets 2022 dates
The inaugural edition in December 2021 welcomed 30,000 spectators and some 3,000 press and industry guests.
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NewsMounia Meddour’s ‘Délit de Solidarité’ among 35 projects to receive Doha Film Institute grants
Syrian filmmaker Anas Khalaf, French-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui and Egypt’s Ahmed Fawzi Saleh have also received backing.
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NewsQumra 2022 forced to move online for third year due to rise in Covid cases in Qatar
Popular project and talent development focused on Arab filmmakers will run virtually for third year running.
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NewsFilm Clinic acquires non-theatrical MENA rights for Emirati hit ‘The Ambush’
United Arab Emirates’s first-ever local action picture has sold 300,000 tickets at home.
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News‘Contra’, ‘Akashinga’, ‘Aïcha’ scoop Red Sea project prizes
The inaugural edition of the Red Souk project market handed out $355,000 worth of prizes and other collateral awards.
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News‘Captains Of Zaatari’ scoops top prize at Doha’s Ajyal Film Festival
The ninth edition of Doha Film Institute’s youth and family-focused festival ran November 7-13.
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NewsMarvel’s ‘Eternals’ pulled in Saudi Arabia over same-sex kiss – reports
Superhero adventure was due to launch in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf territories on November 11.
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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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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival moves 2021 dates
The inaugural edition is being moved back by two weeks to December 6-15.
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NewsEdouard Waintrop appointed artistic director of Red Sea International Film Festival
Festival also unveils new programmers and festival sections.