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Arab Producers & Distributors Debate Festival Quotas & Distribution Challenges — Berlin Film Festival

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a "quota system" at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in conjunction with Berlinale Talents.

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a “quota system” at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in conjunction with Berlinale Talents. Sound designer Rana Eid, from Lebanon, who worked on Berlin competition title Hot Milk, also echoed similar sentiments on festival quotas in programming. Karkouti added that he sees the theatrical business as a “100 percent” kind of endeavor, where cinemas have extremely limited appetite for risk in the Arab region and rely heavily on American content.

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