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Anthology ‘Disorder’ about life in Lebanon acquired by Front Row ahead of El Gouna 462u67
Four shorts blend drama and dark humour to explore Lebanon’s recent tumultuous years.
- Features
He is especially ionate about Arab cinema, as well as cinema from the rest of the global south.
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MAD World takes sales on Lebanese thriller ‘In This Darkness I See You’ (exclusive) 1f3m3k
The newly launched sales company will launch the ghost story at the Cannes market.
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Front Row planning feature, series around Lebanese bank robber Sally Hafez 324hp
Front Row Productions is also exploring a documentary and podcast series.
- Reviews
‘Portrait Of A Certain Orient’: Rotterdam Review 2996s
A brother and sister depart 1940s Lebanon for a new life in Brazil in the latest from Marcelo Gomes
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Munich Film Up! mentoring programme unveils 2023 participants (exclusive) 504r16
The selected participants have all recently graduated from film school and are hoping to develop their feature debut.
- Reviews
‘In The Shadow Of Beirut’: Galway Review 4e6u29
Backed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, this Lebanon-set documentary presents a troubling portrait of life in Sabra and Shatila
- Reviews
‘Machtat’: Visions du Reel Review 4z4y1b
A trio of female wedding singers find freedom in their art in this involving Tunisian documentary
- Features
Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Ziad Jallad, actor (Lebanon) 6v1w6t
Jallad starred in Venice title ’Dirty Difficult Dangerous’.
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Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Dania Bdeir, writer/director (Lebanon) 363i3v
Bdeir’s short ‘Warsha’ has picked up over 45 festival awards.
- Reviews
‘Riverbed’: Cairo Review 4b4sj
A mother and daughter struggle to reconnect in Bassem Breche’s imagery-led feature debut
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‘Dirty Difficult Dangerous’: Hamburg Review 2l670
Two refugees find love against the odds in modern Beirut
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Reclaim the Frame x International unveils participants in Filmonomics training programme (exclusive) 3k1h1k
The Filmonomics course will be led by director of Birds’ Eye View Melanie Iredale and training manager Simone Glover,
- Reviews
‘The Dam’: Cannes Review 516ag
Ali Cherri’s Directors’ Fortnight feature debut about a Sudanese brick-maker is a striking allegorical tale
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Indie Sales boards Ali Cherri’s Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Dam’ (exclusive) 2w2o1e
Lebanese director Cherri is also a celebrated artist whose work is currently showing at The National Gallery and Venice Biennale
- Features
Qumra mentor Ghassan Salhab talks about his early career and his new Beirut vampire film 6h361x
Senegalese-born, Lebanese-French director talks about his hands-off mentoring approach.
- Reviews
‘Broken Keys’: Red Sea Review 451x
Jimmy Keyrouz’s impressive debut feature chronicles the horrors of war-torn Syria
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Front Row acquires stake in creative agency Operation Unicorn 6m2e2v
Companies are already collaborating on an Arabic-language remake of ‘Intouchables’
- Reviews
‘The Sea Ahead’: Red Sea Review 4m6p6y
Ely Dagher’s striking first feature is a poetic look at a woman who returns home, finding a city she no longer recognises
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Middle East heavyweights Cedars Art, Ritix launch theatrical label Arab Motion (exclusive) 422h5r
t venture spurred by burgeoning Saudi box office following the lifting of 35-year cinema ban.