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Ramped up Middle East presence at AFM


November 06, 2008 Sweet treats from Jordan and Dubai and coffee from Turkey were being gobbled down by AFM attendees, who have discovered a noticeably ramped up presence from the Middle East at the market this year. Hoisting perhaps the biggest flag from the Middle East is Dubai Studio City, whose executive director Jamal Al Sharif was in wall-to-wall meetings with Hollywood studio execs and a host of indie producers looking to do business there. Dubai Studio City, launched in 2005 to foster the growth of broadcast and film production in the region, has now, of course, become a world-renowned billion dollar-plus production and media hub.

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