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Countryfile star Hamza Yassin, 32, has revealed he found his own “Scottish parents” and “Scottish” sister in the highlands, where he now lives.The Strictly Come Dancing favourite moved from Sudan to the UK when he was eight years old. Hamza is one of the most popular contestants on Strictly this year, after winning over the public with his warm personality. The wildlife cameraman and presenter has impressed the judges week after week along with his dance partner Jowita Przystał, 28.Speaking about dancing, he admitted he enjoys the activity “whenever I get the chance, really”, before discussing the tiny village in Ardnamurchan, a peninsula on Scotland’s west coast, that his been his home for the last 12 years. Mentioning his nextdoor neighbour, Gail, he said: “She’s amazing, I call her my Scottish sister.”According to the BBC star, Gail texts him whenever she can hear his music blaring to wish him a good morning. “I’m always dancing and playing music.

Sudan documentary maker Hajooj Kuka, a new member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and one of five artists recently jailed in Khartoum, has received a call for an immediate release by the Toronto Film Festival. "Hajooj Kuka is an exceptional filmmaker.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, the global film community calls for the release of Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka, Jana Bennett is announced as Congress ’20 closing speaker, PBS Masterpiece heads to Amazon in Canada, Leonine gets Oliver Vogel for W&B Television role, the Production Guild of Great Britain opens nominations for 2020 Innovation Awards and The Story Lab sells “Game of Clones” format in Brazil.CALL FOR RELEASESudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka, whose films “Beats of the Antonov” and “aKasha” have played the Venice and Toronto film festivals, was among five artists sentenced to two months in prison on Thursday on charges of “public annoyance.”The artists were involved in an altercation in Khartoum in August, after authorities