With growing expert crews, eye-watering tax incentives and staggering locations, the Middle East is currently a bubbling cauldron of activity for film shoots. Some of them have now gone on to produce their films and work on other sets, which is incredible,” Ghanem adds. Combining the expertise of more experienced national industries with the funding and desire for rapid growth of emerging countries has proven a solid approach for Arab producers. “If films can show Jordan for Jordan as part of their narrative, there is an additional rebate,” the director of the Jordanian Royal Film Commission Mohannad Al-Bakri says. “At the credits of [‘Dune: Part Two’], you’ll see a Jordanian crew unit and the name of the Jordanian people who worked in the film.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 16, 2024 18:19 UTC