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NewsDid the Lumière Summit deliver on its lofty ambitions?
Attendees reflect on what was actually achieved.
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NewsIsrael’s Sam Spiegel lab awards $70,000 in prizes at Venice Production Bridge
Lab saw 10 projects pitched to jury including Christian J. Vesper, Gabor Greiner.
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Reviews‘No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman’ review: Tense, blunt-edged Kurdish war thriller follows a female sniper in Iraq
Halkawt Mustafa’s female-led action drama brings glossy genre mechanics to a story of Kurdish resistance
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Reviews‘Conversation With The Sea’ review: Kamel El Basha anchors Muayad Alayan’s uneven Palestinian drama
A Jerusalem-set mystery turns one man’s private reckoning into a pointed portrait of Palestinian life in Israel
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Reviews‘Citizen Osama’ review: A Palestinian journalist balances war reportage with family life in harrowing Gaza doc
Ahmed Hassouna’s Venice out of competition title has been selected as Palestine’s official Oscar submission
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NewsMad Solutions partners with Haitham Dabbour’s Irth to develop Arab films and series
The alliance will develop films, TV series and other formats.
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Reviews‘Furies’ review: George Clooney exec-produces this propulsive female-led Beirut bank-heist caper
Two sisters take on Lebanon’s broken economy in Rami Kodeih’s messy but hugely enjoyable Venice Spotlight title
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Reviews‘Falling House’ review: Unsubtle Iranian family drama turns a condemned home into a symbol of patriarchal control
A Tehran family is pushed to breaking point in Mohsen Gharaei’s Venice Horizons premiere
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NewsMAD World boards Toronto title ‘Thirteen In Gaza’, first fiction feature shot in Gaza in 12 years
EXCLUSIVE: The drama marks the feature directorial debut of Gaza-based filmmaker Hosam Abu Dan.
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NewsYuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s Venice title ‘NAZA’ boarded for sales
The documentary is directed by the two Israeli filmmakers behind ‘No Other Land’.
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NewsVenice completes Competition lineup with Gaza war documentary from Israeli ‘No Other Land’ duo
Film is produced by UK publication The Guardian and James Wilson.
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Reviews‘Concrete Land’ review: Sensitive observational doc follows an exiled Afro-Palestinian-Bedouin family in Jordan
Asmahan Bkerat’s intimate feature was filmed over eight years and premieres at Locarno
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NewsCyril Aris’ ‘A Sad And Beautiful World’ wins three including best film at Amman 2026
Syrian documentary ‘The Other Side Of The Sun’ also scooped three prizes.
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NewsVenice, Toronto title ‘Conversation With The Sea’ acquired for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: Muayad Alayan’s film plays in Spotlight at Venice before Centrepiece at Toronto.
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News‘Hush, Hush’, ‘I Am Coming Imam’, ‘After Three Years of Green’ lead Amman industry winners
Amman Film Industry Days handed out 32 cash and in-kind prizes.
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News“Social media more important than a portfolio”: what filmmakers can learn from ‘creators’
The growing number of social media creators moving into filmmaking is opening a new conversation about audience-building.
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NewsHend Sabry calls for fresh approach to Arab cinema financing and storytelling
The Tunisian Egyptian actress has called for a deeper look at the challenges facing Arab cinema.
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FeaturesAmman Film Industry Days showcasing fresh projects from Cannes award-winners
The industry platform has selected upcoming features from some of the biggest filmmakers emerging from the Arab region and its wider diaspora.
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FeaturesAmman International Film Festival returns to champion rising Arab talent
This year’s edition will feature a spotlight on Tunisian cinema.
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NewsAlgeria’s Sofia Djama, UK-Jordanian Bassel Ghandour selected for Final Cut in Venice lab
The work-in-progress lab runs from September 6-8.