Middle East entertainment brand
MDLBEAST is continuing to develop as it launches a brand new record label that will become the exciting new home for musical talent across the Arab region. The first release is a carefully curated showcase album of forward thinking music from global superstars named
Soundstorm Volume 1 as a nod to the brand’s own game changing festival, Soundstorm. The first single from it,
‘Ringtone’ by R3HAB
, comes with its own unique video and will be released on February 26 while the full album arrives in April with tracks by superstars like
Salvatore Ganacci, BUTCH and Afrojack and local rising talents like
After the success of the first virtual Arab film festival held last year, the organisers are all set for the second such event this year, to be held in May.
Titled Cinemana Arab Film Festival, the virtual film festival is being organised by the General Union of Arab Artists through its chapter in Oman.
The festival will feature a competition in three categories of films, namely documentary, short fiction and animation with a call for entries now open.
Dr Khaled Al Zadjali, Vice President of the General Union of Arab Artists and Director of the second Cinemana Festival for Arab Film, announced that the juries have been selected for the three categories of film competition.