News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
After four award-winning short films, the Belgian-Kurdish director Sahim Omar Kalifa began shooting his first feature film, “Zagros” in early May. For Kalifa it’s a long-standing project: in late 2013 he received the prize for best pitch when he presented the story of “Zagros” at the Arras International Film Festival, giving him funding to develop …
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Her short film “Sunflower” was selected for the 2014 PriMed, now Turkish director Nejla Demirci is using crowd-funding to complete the her new documentary, “Confrontation” (Yüzleşme). Over three years she has interviewed more than 400 women with breast cancer, many of whom agreed to talk every day to her about their illness, its treatment, their …
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The Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar told the UAE newspaper The National that he is currently writing a sequel to his first film, “Theeb”. “We’ve finished the research”, he said “and I’ve started writing, hoping to get funding. The film takes place roughly 10 years after “Theeb”, and it’s my tribute to Kurosawa’s “The Seven …
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Abdelhatif Belhaj and Lolita Bourdet are appealing for crowd-funding to finance the post-production of their documentary “La pêche et l’olive”, filmed in Seine-Saint-Denis and Palestine. The film follows nine teenagers living in a district of Montreuil (a “difficult” suburb of Paris), who go to the village of Beit Sira, near Ramallah in Palestine as part …
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The 35th Istanbul International Film Festival ended with an awards ceremony on April 17th. In the National Competition most of the awards went to just two films: Ahu Öztürk’s “Dust Cloth”, about two Kurdish cleaning ladies in Istanbul, won the Golden Tulip for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and the Cineuropa Award. Mustafa Kara’s …
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The Israeli actress and director Ronit Elkabetz died on April 19th at the age of 51, after a long struggle with cancer. During her 25-year career, she played many roles, mainly for Israeli (Amos Gitai, Keren Yedaya) and French directors (André Téchine, Fanny Ardant). Her international career was launched when she won the Best Actress …
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The Greenhouse Film Centre has opened the 2016/2017 call for applications for its documentary development assistance programme for Middle East and North Africa film-makers. Each year 12 to 15 candidates are selected to take part in the three-stage workshop which allows young film-makers to showcase their projects and pitch them to professional buyers, producers and …
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