During the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1 - 11),  an open call for Arab and African film projects was announced, at its Final Cut in Venice workshop (September 5-7). The call aims to support Arab films in the post-production stage. MAD Solutions and El Gouna Film Festival, partners of the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), will present prizes for Arab film projects participating in the Final Cut.

For the seventh year, MAD Solutions offers its award in terms of  promotion and distribution services in the Arab World. As for El Gouna Film Festival, for the fifth year, presents its monetary award of 5000 USD  in addition to an invitation to participate in CineGouna Platform. Applications are open until 12 June, 2020.

The award offered by MAD Solutions comes as part of the company's strategy to support the Arab film industry through its different production stages regionally, internationally as well as to promote them in the long run. The company previously offered similar awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, where the award was handed to films from the Maghreb region, the MAFF Market Forum (MMF) of the Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the Palestine Cinema Days, and the Festival National du Film Professional Meetings in Tangier, Morocco.

As for El Gouna Film Festival, it offers monetary prizes for Arab film projects in international platforms, such as the MAFF Market Forum (MMF) of the Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Latin Arab Co-Production Forum, Beirut Cinema Platform, CineGouna Platform, in addition to Final Cut in Venice.

The 9th Final Cut in Venice workshop supports films in the post-production stage from Africa, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. The film selections are screened to an audience of producers, distributors and programmers of international film festivals. The workshop concludes with an award ceremony to celebrate the winners. 

The Final Cut in Venice aims to develop the role of the Venice International Film Festival to become a bridge that supports independent filmmaking in these countries by providing effective production support and promoting films in the international market. 

The Arab Cinema Center (ACC), founded in 2015 by MAD Solutions, is a non-profit organization incorporated in Amsterdam. The ACC also provides networking opportunities with representatives of companies and institutions specialized in co-production and international distribution, among others. The ACC's activities vary between film markets, stands,pavilions, networking sessions, one-on-one meetings bringing together Arab and foreign filmmakers, welcome parties, meetings with international organizations and festivals.  The activities include the publication of Arab Cinema Magazine to be distributed at the leading international film festivals and markets.

Furthermore, newsletter subscription is now available on the ACC's website, allowing users to obtain digital copies of the Arab Cinema Magazine, as well as news on the ACC's activities, notifications of application dates for grants, festivals and offers from educational and training institutions, updates on Arab films participating at festivals, exclusive news on the Arab Cinema LAB, and highlights from the ACC's partners and their future projects.

Arab Cinema Center has launched the Arab Cinema Directory in English on its website, which is a comprehensive cinema directory based on a collection of tools that are being provided together for the first time. It aims to provide knowledge on Arab cinema to filmmakers both inside and outside the Arab world and allow access to Arab filmmakers and cinematographers. It also makes it easier for representatives of the world film business to recognise Arab cinema projects.