Morocco a film mecca for Hollywood productions
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At this time of year, Morocco resembles Los Angeles with its pleasant days and cool nights. But when it comes to filming, the country is hotter than ever.
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With more tax incentives  trying to lure production away from Hollywood, and with  globalization influencing filmmaking in terms of story and  talent, film production reached well beyond the backlot in  2006.
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A product named Egyptian Magic, sold mainly by word of mouth, attracts celebrities.
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Reflecting revitalized box offices in  home markets and a newfound confidence to stand up to  Hollywood, European films will command the spotlight at  Germany's Berlinale film festival for the first time in years.
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LOS ANGELES  - Mel Gibson's "The  Passion of the Christ," filmed in Latin and Aramaic, is among  the 49 films deemed eligible for a foreign-language Golden  Globe.
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With a reported asset base of 10.98 billion dollars, Sahara India is now hugely and fully into the movie business.
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Hollywood's take on "conflict diamonds" has brought attention back in a big way to how gems associated with wealth and glamour have too often meant war and suffering in Africa.
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Arts & entertainment: Check out Shehani Fernando's pictures of all the excitement from the shindig in Mali
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The first Oscar nomination for a  South African film will boost the burgeoning industry and grab  the attention of Hollywood, the film's director said on  Tuesday.
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Bollywood may still go for foreign locales but a film in English to be released in Hollywood has settled for the idyllic settings of Ooty in southern India for its entire shoot.
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OUARZAZATE, Morocco  - With sand dunes, oases and  snow-capped peaks so beloved of epic filmmakers, not to mention  an army willing to provide thousands of extras, Morocco can now  boast one of the world's largest film studios.  Veteran Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis and Rome's famed  Cinecitta Studios have teamed up to create CLA Studios, which  stretches over 371 acres with two shooting stages of 19,380  square feet each.
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Dubai, a swiftly rising city on the Persian Gulf that recently sponsored a weeklong film festival, has highly ambitious plans for the silver screen.
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An increasingly organised film industry is seeing the benefits of organisation.
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No bombs. No bloodshed. No bin Laden.  Belly dancing is the theme Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch says  can best communicate the Arab world to the West and reconcile  cultural differences.
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Filmmakers seeking new venues for their work are being sought out by the wireless industry as it looks west to Hollywood and east to Bollywood for ideas to keep subscribers entertained and their revenue flowing.
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This is one instance of Bollywood outdoing Hollywood.
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India, home to the world's most prolific popular film industry, will pin its hopes for an Oscar this year on a short film about life in a village straddling the tense border with Pakistan.