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Middle East & Africa
Film business news from Middle East & Africa: deals, box office, festivals and markets, distribution and policy.
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Who is actually taking films to audiences?
A film finds a buyer and everyone shares the headline. Then it gets harder to follow. Five cases from recent weeks, the companies doing the work, and what is still only promised.
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Durban FilmMart widens into animation, impact and natural history
The programme looks beyond a narrow live-action definition of the African screen business.
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MKO: a documentary gets a national release built around Independence Day
Ose Oyamendan’s film about M.K.O. Abiola premieres on 1 October and opens in cinemas through Nile the next day.
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Red Sea Fund backs 30 projects from 916 submissions
The Saudi fund selected 30 of 916 applicants across two cycles. Its earlier picks are already winning at Cannes and Toronto, even as the 2026 festival is postponed.
