The Indians and the Arabs are the current source of financing for films.
Of the Arabs, Abu Dhabi continues to vie with Dubai with Qatar quiet now that Tribeca is over. Dubai Film Festival is hosting smaller more targeted events and seems to be taking the lead of the three new Arab Emirates Film Festivals while Abu Dhabi is announcing itself on all the trade papers' covers and grabbing headlines with its new film fund and with the Abu Dhabi Film Commission presenting a $100,000 Shasha Grant Screenwriting and Pitch Competition.
The $250 million movie fund created by Imagenation Abu Dhabi, owned by Abu Dhabi Media Co. and Participant Media will back "The Crazies" a movie based on George A. Romero's 1974 cult classic which Overture will partner on financing and with North American distribution and which Paramount Vantage will sell internationally, and a Brendan Fraser family comedy "Furry Vengeance" which Summit...
Of the Arabs, Abu Dhabi continues to vie with Dubai with Qatar quiet now that Tribeca is over. Dubai Film Festival is hosting smaller more targeted events and seems to be taking the lead of the three new Arab Emirates Film Festivals while Abu Dhabi is announcing itself on all the trade papers' covers and grabbing headlines with its new film fund and with the Abu Dhabi Film Commission presenting a $100,000 Shasha Grant Screenwriting and Pitch Competition.
The $250 million movie fund created by Imagenation Abu Dhabi, owned by Abu Dhabi Media Co. and Participant Media will back "The Crazies" a movie based on George A. Romero's 1974 cult classic which Overture will partner on financing and with North American distribution and which Paramount Vantage will sell internationally, and a Brendan Fraser family comedy "Furry Vengeance" which Summit...
- 5/17/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
by indieWIRE (January 4, 2009) Editors Note: This is part of a series of interviews, conducted via email, profiling dramatic and documentary competition and American Spectrum directors who have films screening at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card. Reluctant to leave her homeland, but realizing it may be the only way to secure a future for Fadi, her teenage son, Muna decides to quit her job at the bank and visit her relatives in Illinois to see about a new life in a land that gives newcomers a run for their money.
Amreeka
Director: Cherien Dabis...
Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card. Reluctant to leave her homeland, but realizing it may be the only way to secure a future for Fadi, her teenage son, Muna decides to quit her job at the bank and visit her relatives in Illinois to see about a new life in a land that gives newcomers a run for their money.
Amreeka
Director: Cherien Dabis...
- 1/5/2009
- by brian
- indieWIRE - People
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