48th Cannes Résidence programme names participants
French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui is among selected filmmakers.
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French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui is among selected filmmakers.
The documentary chronicles the journey of a group of young Coptic women as they establish their own theater ensemble.
The Women in Cinema gala highlighted the contributions of these female talents, showcasing their significant impact on the film industry across various regions.
The selection acknowledges a diverse array of projects from both Arab and international talent, including established auteurs and emerging creatives who have received support from the Institute.
The film has already been licensed into Korea, with deals in progress for Taiwan, Japan, India and more.
The ACC's programme for this year will include four distinct panel sessions, alongside the traditional beach-side ceremony for the Critics Awards for Arab Films.
The Marché du Film will host film commission representatives worldwide to discuss location selection and scouting for productions.
'East of Noon' is one of eight films directed or co-directed by women among the 21 films selected this year.
The film premiered locally at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah last December.
ARTE Distribution's catalog features a plethora of top-tier entertainment programmes, documentaries, and wildlife shows.
The film is produced by Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda under Station Films.
This year's winners were picked from 24 nominees from 27 countries.
Shihan Shoukath, who made headlines with his directorial debut ‘Deadline’ at various film festivals including Cannes, talks about the making of his short film and the role that Blackmagic RAW ...
The summit, put together by Disguise and Film Soho, included free training, hands-on access to tech solutions, talks and demos.
Neom currently has a pipeline of 16 productions with up to 40 likely to take place over the next couple of years, according to the head of its media arm, ...
The 2023 Un Certain Regard selection included 20 feature films.
The film focuses on a dejected school teacher frustrated with his life in a remote Anatolian village.
Winning the L’Oeil d’or honor automatically qualifies both films for Oscar consideration.
Amjad Al Rasheed's debut feature made history as the country's first-ever film selected for Cannes.
The open call closes on August 4, 2023, and a panel of Arab filmmakers will select the final projects to receive funding.
This marks the second participation of actor Amir El-Masry in the Cannes Film Festival.
This year’s edition of the awards focused on Arab-language films that premiered on the festival circuit outside of the Arab world in 2022.
The film is a co-production between Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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 Arab Cinema Magazine is available on the Cannes' Marche du Film website.
This selection features diverse projects by Arab and global talent, auteurs, and emerging voices supported by the institute.
The film's director, actors, producers, and co-founders of MAD Solutions will attend the screening.
It is a story about two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between Northern and Southern Sudanese communities.
It is a story about two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between Northern and Southern Sudanese communities.
Two short films, 'Her Perfect Life' and 'Iyawo Mi', will mark the first titles on the Mo Abudu Films slate.
A Moroccan film will compete in the La Cinef category for the first time ever.
Cannes has also announced that Hungarian screenwriter and director Ildikó Enyedi will serve as the jury president.
These two films will compete under the Competition category at the Cannes Film Festival.
Five films backed by the Red Sea Film Fund are also a part of the lineup.
Diwan won the Golden Lion at Venice for her second feature 'Happening' in 2021.
With this partnership, Epic will help bring authentic, contemporary Arabic series to the global market.
The investment through the Red Sea Film Foundation will see RedSeaIFF serve as an executive producer on the feature, which was shot in France.
Östlund is the first Swedish Cannes jury president since Ingrid Bergman in 1973.
In addition to its selection at TIFF, the DFI-supported films have also been screened at Cannes, Venice, Locarno, and Sarajevo earlier this summer.
Ithra, which is one of the leading supporters of the film industry in Saudi Arabia, is credited with more than 20 films as well as training and other initiatives to ...
Their projects are among 15 others selected to apply for funding at Cannes 2022.
In Cineum Cannes, the immersive DTS:X audio system is combined with Flexound Augmented Audio technology that creates natural vibrations and equal sound in every seat regardless of the location.
Produced by Yochanan Kredo for Israeli broadcaster Kan 11, ‘The Lesson’ is set around a social media confrontation.
Knobloch will succeed Pierre Lescure, who was re-elected for a third time in June 2020 and is planning to step down after the upcoming edition.
The guild will soon start the recruiting process for the next artistic director of Directors’ Fortnight.
MIPCOM and Canneseries will present the screening of 'Around The World in 80 Days' on October 10.
'Feathers' is an Egyptian-French-Dutch-Greek production and Al-Zuhairi’s first feature-length work.
Tahar will be joined by US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and 'Parasite' lead Song Kang-Ho.
The organiser hopes to welcome industry professionals back at the Palais des Festivals for MIPCOM, MIPJunior and CANNESERIES in October this year.
The festival underwent multiple reschedules last year and an eventual cancellation due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
The festival will take place outdoors and will last three days, with only four competition titles being screened.
Reed MIDEM said it will work with its event partners to “have in place rigorous guidelines and advanced safety measures throughout the Palais des Festivals”.
Although MIPDoc and MIPFormats will now only take place in 2021, CanneSeries, a TV festival that was scheduled to run parallel to MIPTV has been moved to run alongside MIPCOM ...
The winning productions will be awarded the prestigious Gold, Silver and Black Dolphin Trophies for the 10th time.
Early this year, we made a conscious decision to ferret out women leaders in media from across the Middle East and Africa and write their stories.
The acquired film that won the Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival this year, will be making its North American debut at TIFF next month.
Creative teams over the age of 50 who work or have worked in agencies, media, photography, design, publishing and production are eligible to take part in the competition and each ...
The inaugural award will be announced at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival in November.
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.
