All Middle East articles – Page 4
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Toni Collette joins Qumra Masters programme as full project selection revealed
Qumra projects from Alaa Eddine Aljem, Ana Naomi de Sousa.
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Elad Samorzik to depart as Jerusalem Film Festival artistic director; Orr Sigoli to take over
Samorzik and Sigoli will work together on the 2024 edition of the festival.
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Claire Denis, Leos Carax, Jim Sheridan among Qumra Masters for 10th edition
Atom Egoyan, Martin Hernandez will also be Masters at the event.
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Jordan’s Mohannad Al-Bakri to receive Arab honour during Berlinale
The Jordanian Royal Film Commission executive will receive the Arab Cinema Personality of the Year award.
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Reviews
‘Voy! Voy! Voy!’: Rotterdam Review
A desperate man fakes his way onto a Europe-bound blind football team in this Egyptian adventure based on real events
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Features
Eight films from the Middle East and Africa to tempt festival directors in 2024
Which films could follow last year’s ‘Banel & Adama’?
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Doha Film Institute unveils 44 projects in latest funding round, including ‘Naseem, Fight With Grace’
Three UK co-production features among the 44 titles.
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Tribeca award-winning documentary ‘Q’ lands MENA distribution (exclusive)
Jude Chehab’s feature directorial debut explores a secretive religious sect in Syria.
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Features
Six talking points for the international film industry in 2024
Government funding cuts, AI and potential sales company consolidation are in the spotlight this year.
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Cannes drama ‘Goodbye Julia’ records box office success in Gulf
Mohamed Kordofani’s Sudanese title previously opened strongly in Egypt.
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Saudi thriller ‘Mandoob’ beats ‘Wonka’ and breaks local box office record
Ali Kalthami’s feature debut received its premiere at Toronto.
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‘The Burdened’ team reveal the struggles of shooting Yemeni Oscar submission
Director Amr Gamal and producer Mohsen Alkhalifi speak to Screen.
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Gwyneth Paltrow on whether she will return to acting and why she’s never watched ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Oscar winner was speaking at an In Coversation event at the Red Sea International Film Festival
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Red Sea Fund lauds seven-strong Oscar tilt
Seven films backed by Fund have been submitted to the Academy Awards’ international feature category
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MBC Studios to offer production services for international film and TV shoots in Saudi
“This really is soup to nuts - everything when it comes to doing a production on the ground,” says MBC Studios’s Christina Wayne.
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Red Sea Competition title ‘Six Feet Over’ secures sales representation (exclusive)
The Algerian-French drama had its world premiere in Montpellier in October.
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‘Tiger Stripes’ director shares fears over exposing Malaysian censorship
“I told myself that I had to stand up for my work,” says Amanda Nell Eu
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Buzzy Red Sea Souk firms up reputation as meeting place for Saudi, international industry
International execs note the quality of projects on offer and growth potential of Saudi industry
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Tarak Ben Ammar: Saudi film industry is like "California in the 1920s"
Eagle Pictures and Studios de Paris owner says he is looking to partner with Saudi executives on film industry investments in the country
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Saudi project ‘By Hasnaa’s Side’ leads Red Sea Souk industry winners with three prizes
The film will be the feature debut of Jeddah-born filmmaker Amaal Youssif.