Arab Marketing and Distribution Outfit MAD Solutions Launches MAD Rising Celebrity Unit (EXCLUSIVE)
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentCairo-based film marketing and distribution outfit MAD Solutions is launching MAD Rising Celebrity, a new unit dedicated to launching up-and-coming film and TV acting talents from across the Arab world.The new MAD Solutions subsidiary has recruited a rich roster of rising Arab actors comprising Saudi Arabia’s Fatima AlBanawi (pictured) – who starred in groundbreaking Saudi comedy “Barakah Meets Barakah,” and more recently landed a small role in new Netflix Arabic original “Paranormal” – and Tunisian thesp Farès Landoulsi, featured in Netflix drama “Messiah,” among other rising celebrities.“Nobody has been working on new Arab talents,” noted MAD Solutions co-founder Alaa Karkouti, speaking to