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May 01, 2008
16:59
Human rights film festival opens
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Bahrain's first Human Rights International Film Festival opens today with free screenings at various venues across the country. The films cover topics such as Middle East conflicts, torture, Aids and other human rights issues. More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the film screenings until Sunday. The festival is the first event of its kind [...]

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April 25, 2008
6:48
Film exposes wives’ plight
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A Bahraini film broke new ground at a major regional film festival last night in Doha, Qatar. The four-day Fourth Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival included films from all over the GCC and ended yesterday. Although, the 15-minute Bahraini documentary, called Foreigners In Their Country, didn't make the winners' list, yet it brought into international [...]

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April 13, 2008
13:59
Boomerang and Turner programming goes Arabic
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Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe today formally announces the launch of Boomerang in Arabic and Arabic subtitled movies on TCM (Turner Classic Movies). Predominantly aimed at 4-9 year olds, Boomerang is dedicated to some of the greatest classic animations ever made, including Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, Popeye, The Flintstones and Sylvester & Tweety amongst [...]

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April 12, 2008
8:29
New 3D era starts
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One of the Gulf's first 3D animation studios has opened for business in Manama, with the hope of turning out locally made equivalents to box office hits like Toy Story. Media Reloaded specialises in producing animation and special effects using Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) for both television and film. Eventually, the company hopes to produce the region's [...]

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April 07, 2008
17:02
Gulf Film Festival ‘bytes’ into filmmaking
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Organizers of the Gulf Film Festival announced today that they will host a ground-breaking two-hour panel on Digital Filmmaking in the Gulf during their first edition. On 15 April 2008 at 11 am, filmmakers will hear three industry guests' viewpoints on digital video, a platform that allows emerging filmmakers unprecedented advantages. The panel will cover the budgetary [...]

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December 06, 2007
15:46
MINI Film Festival 2007 winners announced
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Iranian animator takes first place for the second year running Dubai, UAE. BMW Group Middle East announced the winners of the MINI Film Festival 2007 during an exclusive gala event held in Dubai Media City. Omid Khoshnazar from Iran was the winner with his short animation film Labryinth. This is the second year running Omid has [...]

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November 07, 2007
10:20
Finishing touches to island drama
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The final scenes of Bahrain's latest feature film 4 Girls was being captured today on location in the kingdom. Despite facing innumerable challenges such as filming at different sites, gaining permission from governmental departments, a change of cast and a tight budget, the crew wrapped up shooting in less than 20 days. Complete with humour, romance [...]

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November 06, 2007
16:39
Submissions now closed for MINI Film Festival 2007
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Ten finalists to be announced later this month Dubai, UAE. Submissions are now closed for the MINI Film Festival 2007, this year’s most anticipated short film festival. Ten finalists will now be selected by a panel of industry experts, with winners announced at an exclusive invitation-only Gala Screening on 29th November 2007. “Our judges are looking [...]

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15:22
Persian Gulf getting into filmmaking
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Oil-rich region starting to show cinematic side ABU DHABI -- While much has been made of the competition between the two emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to establish themselves as regional and international film hubs, the rest of the Persian Gulf has stepped up its own cinematic activities. The likes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait [...]

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November 02, 2007
16:27
MTV’s Arab Prizefight
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It's just after sundown and a sweltering 104º (40ºC) at a racetrack in the middle of the desert outside Dubai, and Joseph Hobeika, 24, from Lebanon, wants to live Al Helm (The Dream). He's trying to become a race-car driver, and he's got two experts to help him: Khaled al-Mutawe, winner of the Dubai Racing [...]

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