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"I think Lotfy did a great, great job," said Adam Bessa says of U.S. director Lotfy Nathan about his newest title Harka, which is playing in competition at the Red Sea International Film Festival this week. "He comes from documentary, and I could feel in this film that it was really, really rich in terms…

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has started in Tunisia on contemporary drama Contra, set in the aftermath of the powerful anti-government protests that provoked a wave of change in the region, known as the Arab spring. The film (previously known as Before Spring) is being directed by Egyptian-British filmmaker Lotfy…

EXCLUSIVE: There has been a continuing sense of unease and high alert from the stars and filmmakers behind Mosul, the Iraqi-language thriller based on the true tale of an Iraqi SWAT police squad that took to the streets to wipe out ISIS members to avenge the love ones that unit members lost at the hands of the terror…

EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Mosul, the Matthew Michael Carnahan-directed drama that is the among the first films generated by AGBO, the monied production company launched by Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo. AGBO financed the film, and produced with Condé Nast…