When she approached Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera 13 years ago with a proposal for a market event devoted to films from Africa and the Middle East, industry veteran Alessandra Speciale says the festival chief “immediately understood the importance of the program.” At the time Speciale, who’d been running a similar program at […]
Venice’s Final Cut Boosts Emerging African, Arab Talents and Offers ‘Window’ Into Underrepresented Regions
