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Organized and founded in 2012 by the Arab British Centre, SAFAR Film Festival is the only UK film festival dedicated to the Arab world. This year’s hybrid edition, running from July 11th to 17th, is organized around the theme of “generational encounters in Arab cinema”, through contemporary and classic films about the emerging generation, family disparities …
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MAD Solutions, the independent Cairo-based pan-Arab studio, has announced it has acquired 50 film projects in various stages of production from 13 countries across the Arab world: Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar and Syria. They include “The Legend of Zeinab and Noah”, first feature by Egyptian director …
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Netflix Turkey recently announced that a documentary about a legendary figure in Turkish football, Fatih Terim, will soon be available on its platform. Terim, manager of Galatasaray, said on his Twitter account: “Prepare the cameras, the lights, we are starting Netflix Turkey”. Fatih Terim is the most successful manager in the history of the Turkish Süper …
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The kingdom’s film industry saw a steep decline in the number of foreign productions in 2020. The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) annual report reveals that last year only 8 foreign feature films and 9 foreign TV series were filmed in Morocco. Compared to 2019 that represents 77.5% less income from feature film productions and 74.2% less from …
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Tunisia is the guest of honour at the first Alexandria Francophone Film Festival (FAFF), organized from June 18th to 23rd. The Festival will be held in the famous “Bibliotheca Alexandrina” in partnership with the French Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the Fondation des Arts de la Culture et des médias and the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image (CNCI). The …
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The documentary “The Life and Times of Omar Sharif” traces the life of actor Omar Sharif, a true cinema icon in Egypt and “one of the few Arab actors to have been successful in Hollywood”. Presented at the Copenhagen DOX: CPH Festival, the documentary traces how President Nasser’s policies in the 1950’s shaped Sharif’s career. …
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The 16th Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy is scheduled for August 30th to September 8th 2021. The Global Campus for Human Rights launched the programme in 2005; this year’s theme is “delivering social change to children and young people” within the broader framework of Human Rights protection and promotion. The Summer School in Cinema Human Rights …
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