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News‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ to open inaugural Doha Film Festival
Kaouther Ben Hania’s film won the Silver Lion at Venice.
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NewsSaudi’s delayed $150m historical epic ‘Desert Warrior’ to premiere at Zurich
The drama is led by ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie alongside Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley.
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NewsOlivia Colman, Yorgos Lanthimos among 1,300 signatories of pledge against working with Israeli film institutions “complicit in genocide”
These institutions include film festivals, broadcasters, and production, sales and distribution companies.
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Reviews‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire
Charming performances carry Asgari’s fifth feature about a fictional director attempting to screen his latest film in Tehran
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NewsJim Jarmusch “disappointed and disconcerted” by Mubi Sequoia Capital funding
Jarmusch said Mubi CCO Jason Ropell called him “immediately” about the issue.
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NewsRed Sea film festival boosts programming team
Toronto film curator Giovanna Fulvi, former MAMI Mumbai Film Festival artistic director Deepti D’Cunha and Good Chaos CEO Mike Goodridge are among the appointments.
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FeaturesWhy Sepideh Farsi’s childhood in Iran compelled her to make Gaza doc ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’
The Cannes ACID premiere is now screening at the Edinburgh film festival.
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FeaturesPalestine’s Kamal Aljafari talks Locarno competitor ‘With Hasan In Gaza’
The Palestinian filmmaker pieced together the documentary from footage shot in 2001.
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NewsAflamuna Connection reveals 18 Arab filmmaker projects for ninth edition
EXCLUSIVE: The projects span fiction, documentary, docu-fiction and animation.
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NewsPalestinian ‘No Other Land’ contributor Awdah Hathaleen killed in West Bank
Israeli settler Yinon Levi has been arrested following the death of Hathaleen.
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NewsNetflix partners with MBC Group on groundbreaking subscription deal for MENA
Streaming service Shahid will play alongside Netflix on the recently launched MBCNOW.
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NewsKorea’s CJ ENM launches Saudi subsidiary to accelerate Middle East expansion
The base in Riyadh will oversee production and distribution for the South Korean entertainment giant in the MENA region.
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NewsVenice-bound ‘Cotton Queen’ lands MENA distribution deal
EXCLUSIVE: Marks the feature directorial debut of Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani.
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NewsSaeed Taji Farouky project among eight Final Cut in Venice titles
Farouky will present Egypt-UK co-production ‘Standing At The Ruins’.
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Reviews‘Bidad’ review: A female singer fights to be heard in potent Tehran-set drama
Iranian filmmaker Soheil Beiraghi’s fourth feature premieres in Karlovy Vary competition
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NewsAhmed Yassin Al-Daradji, Cyril Aris projects among Doha Film Institute spring selection
A total of 45 projects will benefit from the latest round of grants.
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NewsDocaviv artistic director Michal Weits recovering after missile hits Tel Aviv home
Weits was sheltering with her husband and two children in the safe room of their Tel Aviv house when it was hit on Sunday.
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NewsJafar Panahi’s Cannes-winner ‘It Was Just An Accident’ scoops Sydney Film Prize
The 72nd Sydney Film Festival broke attendance records.
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NewsMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 91
The Algerian filmmaker won the in 1975 for ’Chronicle Of The Years Of Fire’.
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NewsFirst Iraqi film to play at Cannes wins Directors’ Fortnight audience award
‘The President’s Cake’ takes the only audience award on offer across the whole festival.