Karlovy Vary film festival nominates ‘Goodbye Julia’ for Pravo Audience Award
'Goodbye Julia' tells the story of two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities.
'Goodbye Julia' tells the story of two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities.
The film is an international co-production between France, Tunisia, Germany and Saudi Arabia.
Cannes 2023 awarded 'Four Daughters' the L'Oeil d'Or or "Golden Eye" Award, and it is now preparing to travel internationally.
First time a woman has won the Transilvania festival's top award, marking a historic night in Cluj.
It is a story about two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between Northern and Southern Sudanese communities.
Aiming to support films from Saudi, the Arab world and Africa, Film AlUla will finance 10 Fund-selected and Fund-winning projects, alongside the opportunity to shoot the film partially or entirely ...
The film, directed by Walid Messnaoui, has won nine awards to date.
SRMG will host a series of discussions, immersive activations and experiences, and live performances that represent the transforming media landscape in the MENA region.
All the films will be screened at Dendy Newton Cinema from June 2 to 4.
‘I Promise You Paradise’, Morad Mostafa’s refugee drama has made history at the Cannes Film Festival.
Written by Mostafa and Sawsan Yusuf, the film features Kenyi Marcellino and Kenzy Mohamed.
Under the filmmaking mentoring programme, Holmes will team up with Film AlUla to identify three emerging female Saudi filmmakers, who she will then mentor throughout the year.
The aim of the pavilion is to create a space for dialogue and discussion with film industry leaders from around the world.
The submission is exclusively open to films and projects directed by Arab and African nationalities/origin.
Directed and written by Salma Murad, the short film stars Naif AlDaferi and Nawwaf AlDaferi.
The film will premiere at the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival.
This new partnership aims to foster the next generation of film industry professionals and help strengthen international collaboration and ties with the film industry.
The 57th edition, which will run from June 30-July 8, has selected nine Iranian films to screen this year.
Red Sea International Film Festival has provided post-production support for the period drama.
MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab World, while Elle Driver (France) handles the international sales.
The festival will open with 'Daughters of Abdulrahman' by Zaid Abu Hamdan on April 20.
The investment through the Red Sea Film Foundation will see RedSeaIFF serve as an executive producer on the feature, which was shot in France.
Based on the short film 'The Last Baron', the film is a crowd-funded feature documentary about Burger Baron.
CDF's Film Sector Financing Programme aims to empower local and international companies in the Saudi film sector.
Winning projects will receive a share of $200,000 in awards at the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in December.
With a career spanning 58 years and more than 40 films, Chahine is considered as one of the most prolific and relevant film directors of the MENA region.
Intishal Al Timimi, who has led the festival from the start, returns as festival director.
Later this year, 'Rebel' and 'Saint Omer' will be released across the Middle East and North Africa.
In AlUla and across Saudi Arabia, the emerging screen sector is lifted by the ambition and potential of young Saudi nationals.
Last year’s edition featured 143 films from 66 countries to 39,410 filmgoers and 4,345 film professionals, media and students, with an overall percentage capacity increase of 12%.
The film will release on around 10 UK screens in London and other major cities, including Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Leeds.
Written and directed by Firas Khoury, 'Alam' follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.
The film is produced by Telfaz11, the same production company behind the original series 'Alkhallat'.
As broadcasters look beyond the seismic shifts of the past couple of years, continued investment and new types of partnerships will be essential to assuring business continuity, industry CEOs said ...
Reel Palestine will run from January 27 to February 5, 2023, at Cinema Akil.
Female filmmakers to receive awards include Saudi Arabia’s Haifaa Al-Mansour, Palestine’s Annemarie Jacir, Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania and Palestinian-American Cherien Dabis.
RedSeaIFF will provide post-production support for the period drama, marking the first time the foundation is co-producing a French movie.
Muvi Studios and Saudi Tefaz11's new production arm, AlShimaisi Films, have produced the film.
Khaled Marei directed the screenplay written by Amin Gamal and Mohamed Mehrez.
The deadline for the submission of applications is January 21.
The drama is Saudi filmmaker Moe Alatawi’s debut feature and features an all-Saudi cast led by Ra’ed Alshammari, Adwa Fahd, Muhand Alsaleh, Fatima Alsharif and Obaid Alwadaani.
Muvi Studios and Saudi Tefaz11's new production arm, AlShimaisi Films, have produced the film.
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to keep “Celebrating Every Story” rolling throughout 2023, emphasizing special programming around the event.
The film was supported by CNC, Corsica Region, Doha Film Institute, Red Sea Fund, Italy’s Ministry of Culture, Fonds Image de la Francophonie and MEDIA.
The award was handed out by Red Sea Festival execs Mohammed Al Turki, Jomana Al-Rashid, and Egyptian actress Yousra.
The new edition will offer financial grants for Saudi-based production companies looking to produce short films or feature films.
The companies have signed a deal to create a feature film set in ancient Arabia.
The 11th edition of MEFCC will take place in Abu Dhabi from March 3 to 5, 2022.
MAD Solutions represented the short film at the New Cinema/New Saudi Section.
The film will be produced as an OSN Original, demonstrating a growing commitment to investing in local premium talent-led productions.
A total of $830,000 in cash prizes and $126,000 in-kind prizes were awarded to Saudi, Arab and African projects in the development and work-in-progress stages.
Youssef Chahine’s films will be screened on various dates throughout December, with the opening film screening on December 6 at 8 PM.
As part of the event, 'Chink: the Tailed Detective', the first full-length animated film built entirely on computer game engines, premiered.
The complex will also be near 12 square kilometres of dedicated outdoor shooting locations that showcase the landscape and ancient heritage sites of AlUla.
Each filmmaker has a dedicated corner recounting milestones from their careers, their passion for filmmaking, the ups and downs they’ve faced, and advice to young women embarking on careers in ...
Neom has hosted about 26 productions in the past 18 months, including 'Desert Warrior'.
Egyptian dramedy is a collaboration between Vox Cinemas, Film Clinic and Image Nation Abu Dhabi and is due for theatrical release in 2023.
The fourth edition of the Cairo Shorts Film Festival will be held from December 17 to 22.
Adaptation of Ibraheem Abbas’s bestselling Saudi novel is directed by Yasir Al Yasiri and features cast including Baraa Alem, Nour Alkhadra, Nayef Althifery, Alanoud Saud and Mohsen Mansour.
A diverse line-up of movies features local stories from new and established storytellers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon and UAE.