DUBAI: The Gaza Cinema Academy has been officially launched at the Venice Film Festival with the aim of creating a lasting platform for film education, training and production for Palestinians in Gaza. Film industry insiders from Ramy Youssef to Kaouther Ben Hania, whose films have earned Oscar nods, have lent their backing to the project. The initiative was unveiled on Monday by Palestinian filmmakers Ezzaldeen Shalh and Mai Masri, who co-founded the academy as a space designed to help emergin

Source: Arab News