Insights
Box office by year
Cinema ticket sales as published by each market's official body or the tracker it cites. Each market in its own currency; nothing is converted or estimated.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia SAR
Source: Saudi Film Commission, Saudi Film Commission annual box office report 2025
🇦🇪 UAE AED
🇲🇦 Morocco MAD
Awards won, 2026
Productions and people from the region, as each cited source states them. A country is shown only where the source states it.
Productions
- A Sad and Beautiful WorldFilm · LebanonBest Film (and two more awards) — Amman International Film Festival 2026
- Once Upon a Time in GazaFilm · PalestineLed the 10th Critics Awards for Arab Films — Critics Awards for Arab Films
People
- Hussein FahmiPresident, Cairo International Film FestivalArab Cinema Personality of the Year — Cannes 2026
Money and selections announced in 2026
Read from each fund's and festival's own announcement. A total is shown only where the announcement states one; a per-project ceiling is marked as such. Amounts in other currencies are not converted.
| Date | Announcement | Projects | Money |
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Filming incentives
Cash rebates and credits for productions, from each film commission's own page. Checked 2026-09-18.
| Market | Programme | Rate | Cap | Minimum spend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | Egypt Film Commission (EFC) production incentives | up to 30% | — | — | Official page |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | Royal Film Commission Jordan Cash Rebate | 25% up to 45% | USD 5.25M per project | USD 250,000 eligible spend (Jordanian films/series: above USD 500K for 30%) | Official page |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | Soutien a la production etrangere (CCM, Arrete conjoint n 2948-17 as amended) | 30% | — | Eligible spend of at least 10 million dirhams | Official page |
| 🇶🇦 Qatar | Qatar Screen Production Incentive (QSPI) | up to 50% (40% base + up to 10% uplift) | — | — | Official page |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | Incentive Program (Saudi Film Commission cash rebate) | up to 60% | — | SAR 750,000 eligible spend (feature films); SAR 187,000 (feature documentaries and feature animation) | Official page |
| 🇹🇷 Türkiye | Yabanci film yapim destegi (foreign film production support), Sinema Sektorunun Desteklenmesi Hakkinda Yonetmelik as amended | not exceeding 30% | — | — | Official page |
Industry news by country, 2026
Screen, sound and theatre industry stories naming each country, from every source we read.