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Tag: babylon movie

A find from the the 1980 Cannes Film Festival

12/01/2022 Sherief M Hassan

Archive invitations for the 1980 Cannes Film Festival Press Screening of Babylon.

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Posted in: Archive articles, Production Filed under: babylon, Babylon 1980, babylon movie, Cannes Film Festival, Franco Rosso, Mamoun, Mamoun Hassan, National Film Finance Corporation

An article from the archive.

24/12/2021 Sherief M Hassan

Philip French sets the record straight on Mamoun Hassan’s commitment and importance to diversity in cinema based on the merits of the projects and not ticking boxes.

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Posted in: New articles, News, News - Masterclasses Filed under: babylon, Babylon 1980, babylon movie, British Film Institute, horace ove, Mamoun, Mamoun Hassan, Movie, National Film Finance Corporation, NFFC, Philip French, Pressure movie

Babylon screens at the BFI – An introduction

31/07/2019 Sherief M Hassan

 Following Mamoun’s introduction to Babylon in Calgary, he was invited to introduce it again at the BFI Southbank in…

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Posted in: Lecturing, News, News - Masterclasses Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, aswad, babylon, babylon movie, BFI Southbank, brinsley forde, british cinema, British Film Institute, Franco Rosso, Mamoun Hassan, Masterclass, Movie Masterclass, NFFC

Babylon Premieres in Calgary – with an introduction from Mamoun Hassan

14/06/2019 Sherief M Hassan

During a visit to family in Alberta, Canada, Mamoun’s elder son in England sent the barely credible news that Babylon…

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Posted in: Lecturing, News, News - Masterclasses Filed under: aswad, babylon, babylon movie, brinsley forde, calgary, calgary reggaefest, Franco Rosso, Mamoun Hassan, Masterclass, Movie Masterclass, NFFC, reggaefest

Babylon at 40 – Restored and Reborn in the USA

02/06/2019 Sherief M Hassan

The days of white western hauteur, sense of superiority and entitlement to speak with authority about and on behalf of…

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Posted in: New articles, News, News - Masterclasses, Production Filed under: babylon, babylon movie, brinsley ford, Chris Menges, Dennis Bovell, Franco Rosso, Gavrik Losey, Martin Stellman, National Film Finance Corporation, NFFC

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