AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoFilm Honors: Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass will receive the European Film Academy’s World Cinema Achievement Award in January, recognizing a career spanning Paradise Now, Blade Runner 2049 and Succession. Documentary Spotlight: Neon has taken US distribution of NAZA, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s Gaza documentary, expanding its theatrical and awards-season push after a strong festival run. Literary Freedom: More than 150 writers and performers, including Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Kneecap, backed Sally Rooney after her UK publisher stopped supplying her books over her support for Palestine Action. Regional Cinema: Doha Film Festival’s Made in Qatar competition will showcase eight local films, with Palestinian Belgian filmmaker Naël Khleifi among the jury. Art and Resistance: The Gaza Biennale’s Sarajevo pavilion brought work by Gazan artists facing siege and displacement into conversation with Bosnia’s history of wartime art. Palestinian artists Fawzi and Smokaholic are also set to join Kneecap on tour.
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