Burgeoning Saudi Arabian content company Arabia Pictures Group is joining forces with Greece-based audiovisual group Tanweer on a strategic partnership that will see them cooperate on production and distribution across all formats in the Middle East and North Africa.
They have kicked off the partnership with the development and production of a slate of three features to be shot in the Mena region and directed by emerging talents.
The first title on the slate is romantic comedy #Gawwezni starring U.K.-Egyptian star Amir El-Masry, which has recently wrapped filming. El-Masry, whose credits include Limbo and Industry and is soon to be seen in Netflix’s The Crown and Jessica Hausner’s Club Zero, plays a man who falls madly in love but when a spell is cast on him cannot act on his feelings, leading to a series of comic situation.
The cast also features Egyptian actress Mayan El Sayed...
They have kicked off the partnership with the development and production of a slate of three features to be shot in the Mena region and directed by emerging talents.
The first title on the slate is romantic comedy #Gawwezni starring U.K.-Egyptian star Amir El-Masry, which has recently wrapped filming. El-Masry, whose credits include Limbo and Industry and is soon to be seen in Netflix’s The Crown and Jessica Hausner’s Club Zero, plays a man who falls madly in love but when a spell is cast on him cannot act on his feelings, leading to a series of comic situation.
The cast also features Egyptian actress Mayan El Sayed...
- 9/2/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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