Middle East and north Africa distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has hired former Director, Sales Liaison at NBCUniversal MENA Carine Chaiban as its Senior Director of Non-Theatrical Sales. Chaiban’s primary mandate will be to bolster TV sales whilst also overseeing the post-theatrical process for the company. She will report directly to COO Nicolas Torloting and CEO Gianluca Chakra.

Middle East distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment and production, IFD, finance and sales company Rocket Sciencehave entered...

A game-changing new partnership between a production house in Dubaiand another in Cairohas wrapped up its first big-budget film shoot. Luxor, a film by director Zeina Durra, which stars British actress Andrea Riseborough and French-­Lebanese actor Karim Saleh, has now completed filming in Egypt.

Dubai-based Middle Eastdistributor Front Row Filmed Entertainmentis expanding into production to capitalize on the potential of the nascent Saudi market and has hired former Disneyexec Nicolas Torlotingto handle its day-to-day operations as COO.