The Hollywood Reporter

Arab Cinema in Focus at Rotterdam: Filmmakers Talk Funding Hurdles, Streaming Benefits and Downsides

Malek Bensmaïl, Marie-Rose Osta, and Marwan Hamed featured on an IFFR Pro panel, discussing arthouse cinema, U.S. studios and global streamers, and the lasting impact of colonialism. By Georg Szalai ...
Yahoo

‘Capernaum’ Director Nadine Labaki on How Cinema Can Help Arab Filmmakers ‘Express Pent-Up Anger,’ ‘Not Being Faced With Agenda’ From Western Funders

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose “Capernaum” is the highest-grossing Arabic and Middle Eastern film of all time with over ...
Deadline.com

MAD Solutions & Arab Cinema Center Founders Alaa Karkouti And Maher Diab Talk 15 Years Of Promoting Arab Cinema: “People Told Us We Were Crazy”

It’s a momentous Cannes for Cairo-based film professionals Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab as they mark the 15th anniversary of the creation of marketing and distribution company MAD Solutions and the ...
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Cairo Horizons of Arab Cinema Winner ‘Dead Dog’ Director Sarah Francis on Silence, Migration and Small Stories in Arab Cinema

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lebanese director Sarah Francis brought her quietly devastating marital drama “Dead Dog” to the Cairo Film Festival’s Horizons of ...
Variety

Saudi Arabia Launches Film Fund for Arab Cinema With Slate Toplined by Biopic of Singer Umm Kulthum Played by Mona Zaki

Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has launched a new film fund called Big Time Investment to boost production of quality Arabic movies and announced a slate of Egyptian feature ...