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49 articles available in total starting from 11/03/2015. Last article published on 06/03/2025.

Qumra announces its selected projects, inspiring Masters line-up including Walter Salles, Johnnie To and Lav Diaz

Qumra announces its selected projects, inspiring Masters line-up including Walter Salles, Johnnie To and Lav Diaz

The Qatari gathering will showcase 16 films with European involvement now progressing through various stages of development, production and post-production  

06/03 | Qumra 2025

Tarik Saleh • Director

Interview: Tarik Saleh • Director

"It’s our duty to ensure greater value is placed on film"

We met with the director behind The Nile Hilton Incident and Boy from Heaven, who’s also a member of the filmmakers’ jury at MyFrenchFilmFestival, while in Paris  

24/01 | /Sweden/France

French films grossed €250.2 million in cinemas worldwide in 2024

French films grossed €250.2 million in cinemas worldwide in 2024

Amidst enduringly unstable cinema attendance figures, the circulation of French films in cinemas around the world fell by 11% last year, with 38.1 million admissions  

13/01 | Industry | Market | France

Red Path and To a Land Unknown win big at the fourth Red Sea Film Festival

Red Path and To a Land Unknown win big at the fourth Red Sea Film Festival

Little Jaffna, Songs of Adam and My Driver and I have emerged as the other European feature-length co-productions that received accolades  

13/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024 | Awards

REPORT: Atlas Workshops 2024

REPORT: Atlas Workshops 2024

The seventh edition of Marrakech’s industry platform includes five exciting European co-productions that have begun to pique interest  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Other winners included Lina Soualem’s Alicante, Abdallah Al Khatib’s Chronicles from the Siege and Linda Lô’s Lucky Girl  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops/Awards

Ryan Ashore • Head, Red Sea Labs

Interview: Ryan Ashore • Head, Red Sea Labs

“We have a huge number of European producers and industry experts coming in throughout the year”

We sat down with the head honcho of the Red Sea Labs in order to gain an insight into what has changed this year and get an overview of some of its success stories  

04/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024 | Red Sea Souk

The Red Sea Souk gears up to present 38 projects

The Red Sea Souk gears up to present 38 projects

The industry sidebar of the Red Sea International Film Festival, unspooling from 7-11 December, will feature both film and episodic projects  

03/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024 | Red Sea Souk

The fourth Red Sea International Film Festival finalises its full programme line-up

The fourth Red Sea International Film Festival finalises its full programme line-up

Running from 5-14 December, the Saudi event taking place in Jeddah boasts 16 films in its competition line-up, a breadth of Saudi flicks and a multitude of critics’ darlings from around the world  

29/11/2024 | Red Sea 2024

The New Year That Never Came, Postmarks and Malu scoop the three main prizes at Cairo

The New Year That Never Came, Postmarks and Malu scoop the three main prizes at Cairo

Lee Kang Sheng and Maxim Stoyanov shared the Best Actor Award, while Yara de Novaes was named Best Actress  

25/11/2024 | Cairo 2024 | Awards

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