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Saudi Arabia — a country without cinemas — holds film festival

                   
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May 21, 2008
        
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It was a far cry from the glamour of Cannes' film festival: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience quenching its thirst with coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any women spectators showed up, well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate... [read full story]                    

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Saudi Holds First Film Festival

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May 23, 2008
        

Atef al-Ghanem, head of the first Saudi Film festival's cultural committee, makes preparations in front of a poster for the event, in Dammam, Saudi Arabia Monday, May 19, 2008. For a film festival, the event was a far cry from the glitzy competition in Cannes but in this devout Muslim country...

                   

Excitement, hope at Saudi film festival

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May 23, 2008
        

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia - It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall,...

                   

Film festival lets Saudis take some tentative steps into world of movies

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May 23, 2008
        

By Donna Abu-nasr Associated Press DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia -- Still, there was an undercurrent of excitement at the cultural club in this eastern Saudi city. The four-day film festival that kicked off Tuesday night was the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia -- one that many hope will boost the...

                   

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Managing a Muslim Film Festival

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May 22, 2008
        

Unlike say Cannes or Sundance, organizers of the first ever Saudi Film Competition have to deal with the fact that audiences must be of a single gender. The most notable thing about the inaugural Saudi Film Competition, which kicked off Tuesday in Jeddah, is that per strict Muslim customs, the...

                   

Saudi holds first film festival

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May 22, 2008
        

It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male organizer

                   

Saudi holds first film festival

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May 22, 2008
        

It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up _ well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male...

Saudia Arabia: Film Festival in Dammam

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May 22, 2008
        

Saudi holds first film festival Donna Abu-Nasr (Associated Press) It’s a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up — well, no one knew. They came in through...

                   

Saudi holds first film festival

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May 21, 2008
        

It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male...

                   

Saudi holds first film festival

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May 21, 2008
        

It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male...

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