Category: MIDDLE EAST

News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)

Egypt / The El Gouna Film Festival pushed back to 2023

El Gouna Film Festival

The 6th El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) in Egypt, originally scheduled for October 13th – 22nd has been postponed until next year. Created in 2017, the festival has been described as one of the Middle East’s premier art and film events. The organizers announced the news in a press release on June 19th. “Given the …

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Jordan / The Selection for the Amman International Film Festival now available

Amman International Film Festival

The Amman International Film Festival celebrates its third year from July 20th to 27th. It is exclusively for first films, describing itself as “the first international festival of this scale to focus entirely on first-time achievements in film-making.” This year 52 films, feature-length and short films combined, from 29 countries are on the programme. The …

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North Africa – South West Asia / Close-Up workshops: registration open until July 28th

Close-Up

Close-up has launched its project call for the 4th session of its workshops. Registration is open until July 28th on this link. Close-Up is an international NGO based in Brussels. It offers annual training and mentorship for documentary film-makers from South West Asia and North Africa. The programme is for film-makers working on a feature-length …

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Egypt / Lynda Belkhiria directs the 9th Cairo Film Connection

Cairo International Film Festival

Lynda Belkhiria will direct the 9th Cairo Film Connection (CFC) which will run during the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) from November 13th to 22nd. The Cairo Film Connection is part of Cairo Industry Days, a programme of meetings for professionals. A Tunisian event organiser, Lynda Belkhiria has coordinated several events for professionals, including the …

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Egypt / MAD Solutions expands into North America

Mad Solutions

The Egyptian distribution company MAD Solutions has joined the board of directors of a New York distributor – D Street Releasing – as an equal partner. On hold for several years, this move was finalised during a meeting between the heads of the two companies at the Red Sea International Film Festival. It means MAD …

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The Arab World / The Lebanese streaming platform Aflamuna presents 15 films financed by AFAC

Aflamuna

Since April 28th and until June 1st 2022, 15 films financed by AFAC (Arab Fund for Arts and Culture) are being shown on the video-on-demand platform Aflamuna: 15 years of Arab cinema. Created in 2007, AFAC is an independent foundation helping artists, writers, researchers and intellectuals from the Arab world working on artistic or cultural …

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France / June 9th launch for YEMA, a VOD platform for films from North-Africa and the Middle-East

YEMA

A new video-on-demand platform for North African and Middle-Eastern films, YEMA, has  announced its official launch on June 9th. YEMA describes itself as “the first VOD platform for North African and Middle-Eastern films.”To promote films from these countries the platform carefully selects content: “Every month, in addition to a rich and eclectic catalogue, our team …

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