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Yemeni filmmaker Khadija Al-Salami won the top prize at the Dubai International Film Festival for her powerful I Am Nujoom, Age 10 And Divorced, about Yemeni child brides. Adapted from the book of the same name, the film won a rave review from Jury President Lee Daniels. “I love this film so much,” he commented at the…

The Royal Television Society has announced its shortlist for the RTS Craft & Design Awards. The prizes are spread across 25 categories, recognizing the variety of skills and processes involved in program production. Among the most-nominated are Channel 4 series Utopia (not to be confused with the recently cancelled Fox…

‘The Extra Mile’ Headed To Spain For First Adaptation Outside Israel  Reality format The Extra Mile is getting its first international adaptation. Created by Ami Glam, CEO of Israel's Studio Glam, the show challenges divorced couples to work together for prize money for their kid. It will be produced by Endemol Spain…

The Dubai International Film Festival is celebrating its 10th edition next month, and is upping its profile this year via a new partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A delegation from the Academy including former president Sid Ganis and directors Ava DuVernay and Shekhar Kapur will attend…

Cineworld Founder and CEO Steve Wiener To Retire In March More than 18 years after founding the UK's leading cinema chain, Cineworld CEO Steve Wiener is retiring. The company said today that the 44-year industry veteran will step away on March 31. “In 1995 my wife Jenny and I wrote a business plan to start a cinema…

Sun News Network Pulls Plug On Toronto Mayor Reality Show Controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, will not be returning to Sun News Network with their newly launched reality show. The hourlong Ford Nation aired one episode on Monday night before getting the axe, despite notching a record…

Girls Impact the World And Dubai Fests Team On Film Prize The Girls Impact the World Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival have partnered to offer a new prize, the DIFF Prize for Advancing Women and Girls. The prize will be awarded to an aspiring student filmmaker from the Middle East and North…

Dubai, UAE; November 14, 2011: Adrenaline, ambition and A-list star power will converge in one of the world's fastest-rising cities next month, when the highly anticipated blockbuster Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol debuts to the world as the opening film of the 8th Dubai International Film Festival on December…

Imax Expanding In China With Revenue-Sharing Deal China will get 15 more Imax theaters under a revenue-sharing agreement between Imax and Korea’s CJ CGV Holdings. The first of the theaters will be installed this year, with the other 14 set for completion between 2013 and 2017. The agreement makes CJ CGV the…