The festival will showcase films from a diverse range of countries, including Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, France, Brazil, Japan, Sudan, Palestine, Oman and India, among others.
Local content is booming in the Arab world and the opening up of Saudi Arabia’s media landscape has especially seen an unprecedented rise in creative and local productions. At a ...
The awards are completely free-to-enter and open to filmmakers from around the world.
The Fund provides support for developing projects from the Arab and African region – whether they are features, short films or series.
Two governors will represent the Animation Branch, comprising roughly 700 Academy members, while the Short Films Branch, with around 200 members, will have a single representative.
Cinema Akil will be screening a lineup of 10 feature films and five shorts, offering a diverse array of genres including drama, adventure, documentary, and animation.
The deal is the latest expansion for Manga Productions, which focuses on the production and distribution of animations and games, having recently co-produced films with Japan’s Toei Animation.
The Originals is a creative house that specialises in creating original interdisciplinary experiences and content around art, culture and technology to inspire positive change in society.
Over the last few years, generative AI has gained a lot of attention in the film industry. But now we are ready for the next big leap, with various deep ...
This event will examine issues such as the ethics of film production and media's role in shaping awareness of communities and culture.
In addition to the workshops, the SAC will provide attendees with the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and exchange ideas with animation enthusiasts and professionals from around the world.
The animation festival will be held on the sidelines of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, from May 3 - 5, in Expo Centre Sharjah.
Under the experimental films category, the film competed against seven other productions at the final stage.
Producing and distributing children’s content has been their forte for the last decade. Now the founders of Jordan’s PG Studios have launched a MENA streaming service for kids, aiming to ...
IO Industries will present its new Volucam 245D60 model at CABSAT 2021.
The production house which specialises in creating Arabic animated digital content in 2D, 3D and VE formats, aims to build a safe online space for kids, one of its kind ...
Senior executives at Spacetoon Family and Kids TV, Bidaya Media and Majid TV, as well as Emirati animation expert Mohammad Ahmed Fikree, talk to Shifa Naseer about their experience in ...
The content included live and dubbed shows featuring the characters, 'Basal Wo Filfil' and ‘Zakiya’.
Famous YouTube stars to feature on Cartoon Network Arabic, bringing their fresh and fun takes on their favourite CN characters and shows
With the rise in popularity of the global animation industry, Saudi Arabia is gearing up to develop local animated content, which showcases the region’s culture. Vision Entertainment CEO Robert Knežević, ...
Short videos will offer tips from experienced professionals on topics such as photography, screenplay writing, and 2D and 3D animation on FUNN’s social media platforms.
The content is available in both English and Arabic.
"Raya and the Last Dragon", which was originally set for a November 25 release, is now scheduled to come out March 12, 2021.
The series, which consists of 13 episodes, is set in the year 2050 with a flexible timeline which revisits the past via stories being narrated by a grandmother to the ...
The Manga Production will document historical figures and important events in Saudi history.
Children aged six to 19 can submit 10-second animation videos to participate in the competition. The winner receives a FUJI camera and a chance to participate in an animation workshop ...
Viacom International Media Networks is expanding its digital footprint across Europe and Africa. The media company has hannounced new distributions deals with key multiplatform players abroad. New partnerships include the launch ...
Universal Pictures International and Universal 1440 Entertainment are launching new Woody Woodpecker episodes, created for the dedicated English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish YouTube channels.In 2017, NBCUniversals global distribution team launched ...
Boomerang TV's characters will come together with Cartoon Networks blend of comedy and adventure in a special day-time block that will be featured on Cartoon Network. From 28 October and ...
Discop Johannesburg is slated to have more than 1500 delegates attending the event at the Sandton Convention Centre from 14-16 November. Visitors will include more than 400 acquisition and development ...
The sixth edition of SICFF shared its floor with child animation coach and stop motion artist, Diaa Malaeb, from Lebanon, who has formerly worked with Save the Children, and now ...
DHX Media and Mattels new animated childrens series Polly Pocket has been picked up by 16 broadcasters across the globe. Turner has picked up the series for Italy, the Middle ...
On the 95th anniversary of Disney, the ongoing Sharjah International Childrens Film Festival (SICFF) conducted two Disney-related sessions. One session was a workshop titled, 'Disneys A Wrinkle in Time,' with Sebastian ...
During the opening ceremony, The Giraffe, a feature film that was shot in Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany will be screened.Thirty-four films will be making their Middle ...
Spacetoon TV channel, a subsidiary company of Global New Age Media Group (GNAM), has partnered with Scene, an Egyptian advertising agency, in order to manage Spacetoons advertising sales in Egypt.As ...
Germany-based events organiser, Better Entertainment, has announced a collaboration with Spacetoon Event, the MENA-based entertainment company aimed at children and a subsidiary company of Dubai-based media development group, Global New Age Media ...
The Middle East premiere of the Cartoon Network Live! Heroes Unite will run in Bahrain for four days over the Eid Al Adha holidays, from 23 to 26 August 2018, ...
MENA-based pay-TV network OSN will be hosting Disney XD in Arabic. The announcement follows the release of animated television series, DuckTales and Big Hero 6, on Disney XD in April, ...
Italian producer and distributor, Mondo TV, has signed a two-year deal with MENA-based MBC3 to air an Arabic-language version of its new CGI-animated preschool series Cuby Zoo in all Arabic-speaking ...
Cartoon Network has invited African creators to submit their short-form comedy project in the first Cartoon Network creative venture run in Africa.Cartoon Network Africa has launched Cartoon Network Africa Creative ...
German media companies Studio 100 Media and m4e are joining forces with Dubai-based MBC Group for a deal that covers TV, digital media and consumer product rights for the CGI ...
Emirati director Fadel Saeed AlMuhairi.The makers of Emirati debut animation feature Catsaway are seeking funds for production. Emirati director Fadel Saeed AlMuhairi has confirmed to BroadcastPro ...
MK Distribution, a part of Ukraine-based MK Media Group, has announced the latest purchases from their content catalogue.Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi has purchased the edutainment programme Whos there? that released ...
The characters of Zone 0.Dubai-based animation house Fanar Production, which has had great success with its Ramadan programme Shaabiat Alcartoon in previous years, has found equal ...
Bidaya and the Muppets of Iftah Ya Simsim, an Arabic version of Sesame Street, have returned to twofour54 studios for a new cooking and healthy eating show for Ramadan.Bidaya, a childrens ...
TV Tokyo will broadcast the first episode of Saudi Arabian anime, The Woodcutters Treasure.The animated co-production is reportedly the first of its kind between Japans Toei Animation and Saudi Arabias ...
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has announced a Ms Marvel movie is "definitely sort of in the works".In an interview with BBC, Feige said that plans are "in the works" to ...
Season three of B100Ragl, (Be Yourself) has launched on Kharabeesh, a platform for digital creators and the B100Ragl Facebook page. The fictional series is the creation of The Womanity Foundation and ...
Production is under way at Abu Dhabi media hub twofour54 on Catsaway, an animated feature-length film by Emirati director Fadel Saeed AlMuhairi.Catsaway is being produced by Tent Pictures Productions, in ...
The animated series, Bahubali: The Lost Legends will premiere in the UAE on Colors TV ME starting Friday, 5th January.Produced by Arka Media Works and Graphic India, the series features ...
The Blink team: (l to r) Lea Badro, Creative Producer, Hani Kichi Producer and Director, Nathalie Habib, creator and Executive ProducerClaiming a global first as makers of ...
Pre-school series Go Jetters, will premiere in the Middle East on Monday 2nd May at 18.00 KSA daily exclusive to the CBeebies channel. Following the adventures of four plucky international ...
NBCUniversal has agreed to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8bn, following which the studio will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango and NBCUniversal Brand Development.The ...
Lina Younes, Founder Animation Chamber.Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has partnered with Taaleem, one of the largest education providers in the UAE, and The Animation Chamber, a ...
Ayman Jamal is the Founder of Barajoun.Bilal is the regions first attempt at a full-fledged animation film for theatrical release. Vibhuti Arora speaks to Ayman Jamal, the ...
The inaugural edition of Animate Dubai, the GCCs first international animation film festival will take place from December 3 to 5 at Dubai Design District. The three-day festival offers a weekend ...
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 ...
Julie Adair.Digimanias private equity investors have brought together Glasgow-based Muvizu and London-based Zubox to create a vertically-integrated software platform and creative production business in one.Newly appointed ...
Animated cartoon films will be screened in the upcoming Abu Dhabi International Environmental Film Festival, according to ADIEFF's administration, as preparations are underway for holding the event between April 20th ...
Abdallah El Binni.Al Jazeera Documentary has produced a new hard-hitting and innovative production, The Imam and the Colonel, using 2D and 3D animation. The documentary investigates ...
