• New Jordanian Film School Ranked As One of the World’s Best

    New Jordanian Film School Ranked As One of the World’s Best

    Wednesday, 25 August - Just two years after its opening, the Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts (RSICA) in Jordan has been declared one of the world’s top film schools by the leading international film and television trade magazine.

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  • Our Films, Their Films: A World of Cinema

    Our Films, Their Films: A World of Cinema

    Thursday, July 22 – In addition to posting photos and video from the Abu Dhabi Pavilion at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, we have compiled the reports filed by Abu Dhabi Film Festival programmer Mohammad Khawaja.
    - Part 1
    - Part 2
    - Part 3
    - Part 4

  • Son of Babylon: Oscar Contender?

    Son of Babylon: Oscar Contender?

    Monday, July 12 –The Abu Dhabi Film Festival Is delighted that following great success and acclaim, Son of Babylon has been chosen as Iraq’s official entry in the run up to the nominations for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Academy Awards. We had the privilege and honor of presenting the film in Abu Dhabi during the festival last year.
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Six UAE Screenwriters on Shasha Grant Shortlist

Monday, August 30 – The Abu Dhabi Film Commission’s annual screenwriting competition, the Shasha Grant, received 123 submissions, with nearly a quarter of the qualifying entries coming from the UAE. The shortlist of twenty scripts includes six from the UAE. Saudi-born filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour is preparing to go into production on her first feature, Wajda, the winning script for 2009.
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Rescue the Hitchcock 9

The Lodger 1926

The Lodger (Source: BFI)

Monday, August 30 – Recently, we posted about the film preservation battle in Egypt, where the cinema heritage is in danger for many reasons, including studio fires and inadequate resources for modern conservation. However, even the world’s top archives face the loss of their most precious treasures. Now, you can help save the early works of one of the most famous names in motion pictures.
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The Number of Films Submitted to ADFF Doubled Within a Year

Sunday, 29 August – ADFF has received more than 2,000 submissions this year – a 100 per cent increase over last year. This good news is a welcome reflection of the Festival’s increased international profile, as well as a continuing surge in filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Back-to-School Reading

Be Calm and Count to Seven

Be Calm and Count to Seven (source: Jump Cut)

Saturday, August 28 – Summer vacation is almost over, which means the 2010 Abu Dhabi Film Festival is almost here! Before immersing yourself in the School of Moving Images, brush up your cinema smarts by checking out these articles related to Palestinian, Iranian and Egyptian cinema!
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25 New Faces of Independent Film

Sultan Sharrief

Sultan Sharrief

Saturday, August 28 – Filmmaker, the quarterly magazine of the Independent Film Project (IFP), unveiled the twelfth edition of its annual survey of new film talent. According to Scott Macaulay, the publication’s editor, these “inventive and industrious” artists were selected because they “are making exciting work while breaking free of old models of independent film.”
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Scorsese Helps Egyptian Film Preservation Catch a Break

Al Momia

Al Momia (source: World Cinema Foundation)

Tuesday, August 24 – The Egyptian entertainment industry, in operation since 1897, is arguably the most prolific of all the Middle Eastern countries producing films today. Sadly, due to obstacles ranging from political to temporal, the output’s survival rate is estimated at 50 per cent, meaning a great deal of the country’s cultural heritage could disappear.
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