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Writer-director Tarik Saleh’s latest film Cairo Conspiracy follows Adam, the son of a fisherman, who is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power in Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university's highest religious leader, the Grand Imam…

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has taken North American rights on Tarik Saleh's Cairo Conspiracy, which formerly was known as Boy from Heaven. Sweden's submission for the Best International Feature Oscar made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, where Saleh won the Best Screenplay prize. Samuel Goldwyn…

It's early days at the Cannes Film Festival, so awards prognostication might seem a little premature, but still, it's hard to imagine that the phenomenal performance given by Swedish-Lebanese actor Fares Fares in Tarik Saleh's searing political thriller Boy from Heaven will go entirely unnoticed by this year's jury…

EXCLUSIVE: The Nile Hilton Incident director Tarik Saleh has become attached to helm The Red Circle, a remake of Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic 1970 cat-and-mouse thriller. Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, an Oscar nominee for Dirty Pretty Things, has written the script. Arthur Sarkissian Prods and Graham King’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Another hot Cannes package: Liam Neeson, starring in Charlie Johnson in the Flames. Tarik Saleh will direct an adaptation of the Michael Ignatieff thriller novel. Script is by Justin Haythe. Michael London is producing through Groundswell Productions, along with Jawal Nga and Edward Saxon. 30WEST is…