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“We are planting a seed”: CineGouna’s Ahmed Shawky on increased support for Arab filmmakers
El Gouna Film Festival’s industry platform aims to compensate for lack of national funding
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El Gouna Film Festival opens 2024 edition with star power and calls for peace
The night also saw an honorary award presented to actor and producer Mahmoud Hemida.
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El Gouna artistic director Marianne Khoury talks festival’s comeback edition
The festival in Egypt will screen more than 80 films during its seventh edition.
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Future Leaders 2024: Mouwafak Chourbagui (Egypt)
Chourbagui has been part of El Gouna Film Festival’s programming team since its launch in 2017.
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Future Leaders 2024: Rabih El Khoury (Lebanon & Germany)
He is especially passionate about Arab cinema, as well as cinema from the rest of the global south.
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Future Leaders 2024: Hind Mezaina (UAE)
One of her career highlights was creating a film programme titled Bayn Al Khaleej at Nyuad Art Gallery which showed films from the Gulf region.
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Aflamuna Connection selects 14 emerging Arab filmmaker projects for eighth edition (exclusive)
Karim Kassem’s ’Moondove’ and Hana Alomair’s ‘Dancing On Fire’ are among the selection.
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Nicolas Cage mulls move to TV, says ‘Dream Scenario’ has helped him process fame
Oscar-winner took part in an In Conversation event at the Red Sea Film Festival
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Zarrar Kahn’s ‘In Flames’ wins top prize at Red Sea film festival
Oscar winner Nicholas Cage received a Red Sea Honouree award
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Baz Luhrmann: I’d rather retire than add more ‘noise’ to the entertainment world
Red Sea jury president was speaking during an In Conversation event at the festival
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Gwyneth Paltrow on whether she will return to acting and why she’s never watched ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Oscar winner was speaking at an In Coversation event at the Red Sea International Film Festival
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Halle Berry scouts for locations for ‘Maude v Maude’ in Jeddah’s historic old town
Oscar winning actress was Saudi Arabia to deliver Red Sea masterclass.
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‘Goodbye Julia’ producers ready Sudanese drama ‘Specters Of AlHoot’
The film will be based on the true story of a massacre at a military camp in 1998.
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Saleh Bakri, Adam Bakri join Cherien Dabis’ Palestine drama (exclusive)
The production had to abandon plans to film in Palestine after the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war.
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UAE thriller ‘Three’ lands Middle East distribution ahead of Red Sea premiere (exclusive)
UK actor Jefferson Hall, whose credits include ’House Of The Dragon’, among the cast.
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How Mohamed Hefzy of Egypt’s Film Clinic is shepherding the next generation of Arab cinema
The latest slate of features from Egypt’s Film Clinic is being recognised on both the awards and festival circuits.
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Khaled Mansour’s ‘Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo’ set to wrap Cairo shoot
Mohamed Hefzy’s Film Clinic has boarded the production.
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Red Sea drawing up plans for animation development programme
The programme may open to filmmakers from other regions, beyond the Middle East and Africa.
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Red Sea Lodge 2023 projects: the next generation of Arab and African filmmakers
Screen profiles the 12 projects selected for the 2023 Red Sea Lodge development programme.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Morad Mostafa, writer-director (Egypt)
Mostafa is lining up to shoot his debut feature Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore in the summer of 2024.
