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The inaugural Doha Film Festival in Qatar wrapped on Friday with the award for best feature film in the International Feature Film Competition going to Guillermo Galoe’s “Sleepless City.”…
A quartet of Indonesian-Malaysian film co-productions was unveiled at the JAFF Market, signaling an uptick in collaboration between the two Southeast Asian territories. The projects —…
Last year’s inaugural JAFF Market served as an experiment – Indonesia’s first-ever film market testing whether the local industry was ready for such a platform. The answer, according to…
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The 22nd Marrakech Film Festival got off to a star-studded start on Friday night with a screening of Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man Wire” attended by Bong Joon Ho, Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor-Joy…
After Al Jazeera and the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament put Qatar on the global map, the tiny Arab state rich in oil and gas is now turning to film and TV. And Hollywood is an…
MAD World, the Arab world’s leading international film sales agent, has picked up “Sophia,” directed by and starring Dhafer L’Abidine, who also stars in “Palestine 36,” Palestine’s Oscar…
It has been a while since the “Cold War” craze and its three Academy Award nominations, but its Polish breakout star Joanna Kulig will soon reunite with director Paweł Pawlikowski once…
The French Embassy’s Institut français d’Indonésie (IFI) has launched the second edition of the Indonesia-France Film Lab, running Nov. 27 through Dec. 1 in Yogyakarta. The initiative,…
The Doha Film Institute is expanding its footprint as one of the Arab world’s most active talent incubators with new vocational training programs developed in partnership with France’s…
With “Hamnet,” costume designer Malgosia Turzanska balanced the heart of Chloé Zhao‘s latest film, an adaptation of the novel by Maggie O’Farrell, and the period piece in which the film…
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism regarding his participation in Iran‘s government-run Fajr Film Festival, saying that it should not be considered a show of…
For its inaugural edition, the Doha Film Festival marks a major expansion of the Doha Film Institute’s role in developing homegrown talent, an effort the institute has cultivated for 15…
The Singapore International Film Festival launched its 36th edition with international star Shu Qi‘s first feature as director, marking the event’s most successful opening in its history.…
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2014 for “Winter Sleep” among many other accolades, has come under fire from the Iranian Independent Filmmakers…
Ciarán Hinds, the Oscar and BAFTA nominated Northern Irish actor and star of films including “Belfast” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” has joined Oscar-qualifying short film “Three…
At the International Film Festival of India, Oscar-winning special effects supervisor Chris Corbould pulled back the curtain on four decades of big-screen engineering — from tank chases…
The National Film Development Corporation’s Screenwriters Lab at the WAVES Film Bazaar has established itself as a crucial launching pad for independent Indian filmmakers, providing rare…
Nitesh Tiwari said his upcoming “Ramayana,” described as India’s most expensive film, is being built to deliver a level of visual scale and craftsmanship that can stand alongside the…
GIJÓN, Spain — Ben Whishaw scooped best actor at this year’s Gijón Film Festival for his performance in Ira Sachs’ “Peter Hujar’s Day,” but otherwise major awards highlighted lesser known…
The toniest screening at last year’s Marrakech Film Festival happened off-site. The jury president arrived in Morocco with a rough cut of his latest film, which, as luck would have it,…
Emily Watson will be honored with the Richard Harris Award at this year’s British Independent Film Awards. The award celebrates an actor’s outstanding contribution to British film and has…
Producers Xavier Yamamoto and Simon Barrionuevo have come aboard the animated feature “Neelu,” marking a significant milestone for director Saraswathi’s four-year passion project through…
Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur delivered a stark warning to Hollywood studios and tech giants at WAVES Film Bazaar, declaring that artificial intelligence will trigger the collapse of…
