With 22 projects from the MENA region, two from the GCC, and seven from Qatar, the programme amplifies emerging creative voices in the development of original and compelling content.
OTT and pay-TV companies are reported to have lost around $9.1bn in revenue due to piracy and account sharing in 2019 alone. Experts convened for a virtual meet last month ...
Senior executives at Spacetoon Family and Kids TV, Bidaya Media and Majid TV, as well as Emirati animation expert Mohammad Ahmed Fikree, talk to Shifa Naseer about their experience in ...
The session saw Emirati actor and producer Samira Ahmed, and Kuwaiti actor Ahmed Iraj discussing the fundamentals of acting with a focus on acting techniques.
Saimanish Prabhakar, a recent high-school graduate from GEMS Metropole School, Dubai, whose latest film 'Metanoia' won several awards at film festivals, talks to Shifa Naseer about the success of his ...
The film festival, which is scheduled to take place from September 10 to 20, comprises a lineup of 50 new feature films, five programmes of short films, and Q&As with ...
In a chat with Shifa Naseer, filmmaker Yassmina Karajah discusses her passion for filmmaking, as well as the stories and people that inspire her to make films.
The theatre officially opened on August 13 with a screening of the Saudi feature film 'Shams Al Maaref'.
Star-studded cast from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines takes centre stage.
Costa Brava, Lebanon, directed by Mounia Akl with producer Abbout Productions, received a larger grant of 550,000 NOK ($56,000).
Senior market executives and analysts from various facets of the media industry share their insights with BroadcastPro ME.
Just 15 months after taking the helm at OSN, CEO Patrick Tillieux has not just steered the media company into a more positive direction, he has also helped renew market ...
Nigerian filmmakers Saheed Apanpa and Tchidi Chikere and production house PUE Pictures CEO Phina Egbuchu speak with Shifa Naseer about the evolution of the cultural identity of Nigerian cinema.
Facebook and Netflix have come forward with USD 100m each for those financially affected by the lockdown triggered by the pandemic.
The fund aims to help Saudi filmmakers who have sustained a financial loss resulting from cancelled/postponed events related to the coronavirus precautionary measures.
At the premiere of his newest short film 'Amber' in Dubai last month, BroadcastPro ME caught up with Faisal Hashmi to explore his journey as a filmmaker, his proclivity for ...
It is 2003. Saddam has fallen and an American-led coalition has taken over Iraq. For millennials resident in the Arab world during the noughties, 'Baghdad Central' recreates an old scenario ...
There’s no doubt that the media industry is going through tumultuous change, but good content continues to be sought-after by both media houses and viewers alike.
The film festival, which will open in Jeddah on March 12, 2020, will see the film compete in the festival’s IN COMPETITION category.
Produced and funded by the Red Sea International Film Festival, the anthology film furthers the Festival’s commitment to daring new work by Saudi directors.
The Saudi-based festival, will select a Cairo Film Connection project from the fiction projects to attend the inaugural Project Market of the Red Sea Souk from March 13-16, 2020.
The Golden Yusr Trophy for best feature carries a $100,000 cash prize and the Silver Yusr Trophy for best director is worth $50,000. There will also be an audience award carrying a cash prize of $50,000.
The initiative will support filmmakers Fares Qodus and Mohammad Alhelail to produce feature-length films, "The Book of Sun" and "Forty Years and a Night".
With 3,000 hours of footage from across the seven continents, the BBC hopes to release one of its most ambitious natural history productions in late 2019, in the run-up to ...
Filmquip Media will supply the equipment for The Shadow, which is supported by the Dubai Film and TV Commission. This project will also see ARRIs latest signature prime lenses used ...
Our legal panel brought together high-profile lawyers representing media houses from the UAE, Egypt, India and the UK to address some of the key issues that plague the industry.
Titled Fighting Back: Using Technology to Shield Media Assets, the second panel discussion, moderated by Ahmed Abbas of DigiSay, addressed the need to shield media assets using technology.
Four-time Emmy-winning producer and five-time PromaxBDA Gold award-winner, Nicole Hendrix shares the art of creating the perfect pitch and the power of crowdfunding in the MENA market.
A creative directorial approach and powerful performances from non-actors are at the heart of Capernaums hard-hitting narrative. Read our interview with the director-producer couple Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar.
Rima Mismar, Executive Director, The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.Lebanon-based Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) has announced that it will open its annual ...
From left: Khulud Abu Homos, CEO and co-founder of Arab Format Lab with Chief Operating Officer Mustafa Alaidaroos.Khulud Abu Homos and Mustafa Alaidaroos are geared to experiment ...
In a crowded marketplace, 17-year-old Arshad mocks his friend Jaspal and says: You tried to get that girl, but when she saw you, she ran away. The audience at the ...
Participants at the 2017 CineGouna Platform initiative.During the second edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, an international jury of film experts, will decide winners among ...
From left: Ben Whishaw, Chipo Chung, Talal Al-Muhanna, Maysoon Pachachi, Fatima Adoum and Laila Ali.In a show of support for London-based British-Iraqi-Emirati filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi, actors ...
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"Diamond Bou Abboud, who plays a defence lawyer in the film, has beautiful fair skin that caught bounce from everywhere," recalls Belal Hibri who used DaVinci ...
While security issues linger and the fear of job losses lurks outside boardrooms, participants at a roundtable hosted by BroadcastPro ME in conjunction with cloud specialist Amagi, agreed that cloud ...
The participants in the AFS Narrative programme for 2017Image Nation Abu Dhabi crowned the winners of its sixth annual short film programme, Arab Film Studio.Two participants ...
A new production studio for startups at Dubai Production City.TECOM Groups in5 has partnered with UTURN to offer expert guidance, industry training, and workshops focused on ...
Rehab Hany.ALTV is a community-led digital media platform launched in 2016 to bring more locally produced content to underserved areas of the world, especially the MENA. ...
Kaveh Farnam, CEO of Advanced Media at the Festival of Iranian Films in Prague.The recently concluded Festival of Iranian Films in Prague screened several new films, ...
Jonathan Ali Khan filming.Jonathan Ali Khan, well-known natural history filmmaker, is presently filming a brand new series on the UAE's wildlife. He speaks exclusively to Vibhuti ...
A cornerstone of the exhibition, the IBC Future Zone is home to exhibitors with cutting edge projects and prototypes liberated by IBC from the worlds leading R&D labs and universities.Featuring ...
"DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MAY 24: Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Colombia competes against Nick Matthew of England during day one of the PSA Dubai World ...
The worlds elite squash players descended on Burj Park, Downtown Dubai for the PSA Dubai World Series Finals last month. We go behind the scenes to find out what it takes ...
DIFF unveils lineup for 12th edition.The 12th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE ...
Mai Masris 3000 Nights has been travelling to film festivals around the world and has managed to strike a chord with audiences worldwide with its heart-rending account of life in ...
Ayman Jamal is the Founder of Barajoun.Bilal is the regions first attempt at a full-fledged animation film for theatrical release. Vibhuti Arora speaks to Ayman Jamal, the ...
The legal, technical and creative aspects of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use for broadcast applications will be explored at NAB Show in Las Vegas during the panel discussion "Unmanned Aerial ...
The OTT roundtable took place on the first day of CABSAT15.With OTT discussed throughout boardrooms this year, Brightcove and BroadcastPro ME got together with leading industry ...
CABSAT 2015 welcomes 13,911 visitors.Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has revealed 13,911 trade visitors attended last weeks CABSAT 2015, reinforcing the annual exhibitions position as the ...
Andrew Pert.Next years CABSAT will feature the all-new Content Marketplace, a co-located event designed to unite the entire commercial ecosystem for filmed entertainment content.As a dedicated ...
Nuoom Al Ghnem.Emirati filmmaker and poet Nujoom Al Ghanems latest documentary, Sounds of the Sea, opened at the Abu Dhabi Film festival to critical acclaim. The ...
Still from the film 'I am Nujoom'.Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) Muhr Feature Awards competition this year is tougher than ever, as the entries increase in ...
DaVinci Resolve 11.When Dubai-based editor, director and filmmaker Jac Mulder needed to correct a specific shot in his film Bordering on Bad Behaviour, he contacted Blackmagic ...
Bahrain-based filmmaker Saleh Nass explores the capabilities of the Lightworks Pro while editing his latest short film, Central Market. He shares his experience with BroadcastPro MEI have been using Final ...
With the ever increasing demand for mobile broadband anytime, anywhere, the explosive growth of Over-the-Top (OTT) content has accelerated rapidly with a staggering 352.4 million people expected to pay for ...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced that the 11th edition of the festival will run from December 10th through to the 17th, 2014.Over the past 10 years, each area ...
Some of the women filmmakers who brought their films to DIFF 2013.Programmers at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced that 40% of the films in ...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has added a distinctive programming segment this year called Iraqi Legacy: Children of the Future to shine the spotlight on films from the countrys burgeoning ...
Aflamnah, the MENA region's first crowdfunding platform for creative ideas, has announced that two films that crowdfunded on its platform are part of the official competition within the 10th Dubai International ...
