40% of Arab films at DIFF 2013 made by women filmmakers
Some of the women filmmakers who brought their films to DIFF 2013.Programmers at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced that 40% of the films in...
Some of the women filmmakers who brought their films to DIFF 2013.Programmers at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced that 40% of the films in...
Dubai-based Navigation Films recently installed a Facilis TerraBlock shared storage system to help manage post production on its 4K projects. Since its debut in 2010, Navigation Films has handled several...
Muhr Awards winners at the awards ceremony.The coveted Muhr Awards were presented by His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to dozens of the...
As a special Christmas gift to our customers BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH now offers a professional training program even online.The spectrum of the training offer covers the area...
Jamal Al Sharif.Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC), in partnership with Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, released a white paper examining key areas for...
The series Beyond Border is showing on MBC1.The Beyond Borders TV series sees six young Emirati nationals travel to the Philippines to live and work alongside...
State broadcaster Qatar Media Corporation (QMC) will be upgrading its broadcast network for the 2022 soccer world cup using Rohde & Schwarzs DVB-T2 technology. The main contractor for the project...
From left to right, Producer Mohamed Samir, Actors Hany Adel, Yasmin Raees, Director Mohamed Khan and Screenwriter Wessam Soliman attend The Factory Girl premiere during day...
Five of the Palestinian directors showcasing films at this years Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) take a break from their busy schedules to congregate at the DIFF Film Market Forum....
Said Bacho, Senior Vice President of EMEA, Grass Valley.WRN Broadcast, the UK-based global managed services company, has installed Grass Valleys GV Edge integrated playout system with...
Sony Professional Solutions MEA (Sony PSMEA) has announced the signing of a landmark US $143 million project with Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN).The project involves building state of the art...
Cinema of Passion.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) celebrated the release of its encyclopedia of Arab Cinema titled Cinema of Passion, the first of its kind,...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) honoured ten Arab Cinema talents including directors, actors and directors of photography, for their distinguished contributions in the top 100 films of Arab Cinema. This...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced that Dubai Film Market this year has exceeded all records set in previous years in terms of requested meetings between attending film professionals.The...
The IWC Filmmaker Award went to Waleed Al Shehhi for his film Dolphins. The award was presented by Academy Award winner and IWC Friend of the Brand Cate Blanchett on...
Al Jazeera America (AJAM) has now been made officially available on Time Warner Cable (TWC). The newly launched news channel will reach almost 55 million homes in America in both...
Hany Abu Assad with the cast of Omar at DIFF opening night.The landmark 10th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) got off to a...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has added a distinctive programming segment this year called Iraqi Legacy: Children of the Future to shine the spotlight on films from the countrys burgeoning...
Day two of the summit kicked off with a keynote presentation by two-time technical Academy Award winner and co-founder of Pixar, Alvy Ray Smith, who highlighted his aim to recreate...
Noura Al Kaabi, CEO of Twofour54.Twofour54s creative lab is involved in a total of ten films, which are being screened at DIFF 2013, five of which...
Production is expected to commence on the biographical film The Man Who Knew Infinity on the life of Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Jeremy Irons is set to co-star in the Edward R. Pressman...
Future of animation was one of the main themes of the opening day of the two-day Cinematic Innovation Summit, held in association with DIFF at Atlantis, The Palm. The topic...
Qatar's Jeem TV (formerly Al Jazeera Childrens Channel) has acquired the first season of the preschool animated series Ella Bella Bingo from Singapore-based August Media Holdings. The deal gives Jeem...
Canon Middle East and Attitude Enterprises have announced that Serenity Now, the first Sci-Fi short film produced entirely through leveraging the local talent pool and resources available in UAE, will...
The curtain opens on the landmark tenth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) tomorrow night, celebrating a decade of bringing the best of cinema and prominent film personalities...
Charlie Vogt, CEO, Harris Broadcast.Harris Broadcast has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Imagine Communications. The transaction, subject to customary approvals and closing conditions, is expected...
CABSAT 2013.NAB Show and the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) will partner to produce 2014 CABSAT Conference. The two-day conference, to be held on March 11-12,...
Arab Advisors Groups latest research has revealed that 246 local government-owned FM radio stations broadcast in 18 Arab countries by August 2013, while there are 220 private radio stations. The...
Discovery Networks recently acquired Middle Eastern food channel, Fatafeat, has announced that Advertising Sales agency IMS as its sole media partner in the region.Now part of Discoverys global programming strategy,...
Screen Institute Beirut will take part in various events to be held as part of Dubai International Film Festival.Three films funded by Screen Institute Beirut are part of the prestigious Muhr Arab DocumentaryCompetition, including Sarah...
The inaugural Cinematic Innovation Summit will be held on December 5 and 6 at the Atlantis, The Palm. The summit is being jointly hosted by Dubai International Film Festival, Centre...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will host an exclusive panel discussion on Dubais position as an international film production location. The event also marks the completion of one year of...
Aflamnah, the MENA region's first crowdfunding platform for creative ideas, has announced that two films that crowdfunded on its platform are part of the official competition within the 10th Dubai International...
Shoufi Mafi in Arabic airs weekly on on Physique TV.Health and fitness channel Physique TV announced its official launch today. The channel is available on the...
Moving Images brings together DIFF, Sharjah Art Foundation and Art Dubai for screenings and talks, as well as the sharing of expertise and ideas. It marks the first such initiative in the...
Video streaming and recording appliance, H.264 encoders/decoders, video wall controller boards and fiber-optic KVM extenders to be showcasedMONTREAL Dec. 3, 2013 Matrox® Video and Matrox Graphics Inc. will...
Grass Valley has deployed its first set of GV STRATUS non-linear media production tools to the Hong Kong region at OneTV, a new 24/7 television station that delivers news, sports,...
Sky News Arabia and FP7 MENA were awarded a silver Effie for their joint work on the 24-hour Arabic news channels Now and From Everywhere campaign at the 2013 GEMAS...
A scene from the film 'Don't Judge a Subject'.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has revealed its line-up of short films for the Muhr Emirati prize...
The Al Arabiya News Channel is set to launch a state-of-the-art subtitling service via its English-language website (www.alarabiya.net/English) that will allow its English-speaking audiences to follow its Arabic news bulletins...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has revealed its roster of 15 short films vying for the coveted Muhr Arab Short Film Award, which offers thousands of dollars in cash...
From left: Wayne Borg, President International and Chief Commercial Officer at twofour54; Abdul Hadi Al Sheikh, Executive Director of Digital Media Services at Abu Dhabi Media;...
Sweden-based Voddler will build a global service for streaming of Zees content. The new over-the-top (OTT) service will be branded and marketed by Zee globally, with India, USA and Indonesia...
As part of an on-going commitment to generate further momentum and growth within its customer base in France and North Africa, Grass Valley has announced a strategic reseller agreement with...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) today announced a partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that will involve a delegation from the Academy attending the 10th...
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair (l) of Mashreq with Faisal Al Ayyar (r), Chairman of OSN.OSN has successfully closed its first syndicated five-year financing facility for US$200...
Yahoo Maktoob and CNBC Arabia have entered a partnership to provide the latest in the regions finance, business, and corporate news. Through a dedicated CNBC Arabia Finance News sub section...
Alister Chapman with the Sony FS700 camera.Advanced Media and Sony Professional Solutions MEA hosted a seminar focusing on the 4K super 35mm camcorder, NEX-FS700R with its...
The tenth Dubai International Film Festival has revealed a rich and diverse selection of world and international premieres with a total of 174 feature films, shorts and documentaries from around...
Ben Kinealy, CEO, Intigral.Intigral, a digital media solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Ben Kinealy as the companys Chief Executive Officer. Ben will assume responsibilities...
Documentary Voices, a non-profit film education initiative along with educational partner International Horizons College, Dubai will host a series of workshop lectures at the Total Arts (Courtyard) Gallery and AM...
twofour54 in partnership with Abu Dhabi Media (ADM) and Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA) presents Ishy Biladi A Film For National Day. The film which is rich in contemporary...
Mid-year, ING-DiBa moved to its new headquarters in Theodor-Heuss-Allee 2, in Frankfurt and has chosen BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH to replace the media technology.All 63 rooms, which are...
OASYS Automated Playout has been chosen to provide an automated playout solution for Physique TV, MENAs first 24 hour HD television channel dedicated to fitness, healthy living, nutrition and action...
The shortlist of films that will vie for the prestigious Muhr AsiaAfrica Short Film awards at this years Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) were announced today, unveiling a lineup of...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), Dubai Cares and Oxfam are joining forces for the third year to host the One Night to Change Lives fundraising gala. Colin...
Dubai filmmakers made 47 films in 48 hours for the 48-Hour Film Project (48HFP) this year.The films were submitted on November 9 and the first screening of the selected films...
Amr Diab.In celebration of the 10th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) Rolling Stone Middle East and Lucid Events proudly present Amr Diab live...