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Sky is rolling out its new series The Last Panthers simultaneously to its 21 million subscribers in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria. The move, while not quite as impactful as the binge viewing pioneered by SVOD giant Netflix, does at least show the benefits of being a multi-territory operation following…

Cannes Critics’ Week has unveiled its lineup for the 2015 edition. Elie Wajeman’s The Anarchists, starring Adele Exarchopolous (La Vie d’Adele) and Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) star in the director’s follow-up to Aliyah. The film is set in 1899 Paris and tells the story of a poor and orphan brigadier who is selected to…

Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications has brought the Doha Film Institute aboard as a co-producer of Black Gold, the Jean-Jacques Annaud-directed feature that began production in Tunisia on October 18. DFI, making its first foray into a major international feature production, will provide a mix of equity, services…

Warner Bros and Universal are sharing territories on Tunisian entrepreneur Tarak Ben Ammar's next feature Black Gold. The story revolves around the rivalry between Arabian rulers in the 1930s just as oil is being discovered, and the rise of a young, dynamic leader who unites the various tribes of the desert kingdoms…