All Middle East articles – Page 31
-
FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Nadine Labaki on how the Beirut explosion shaped her pandemic year
The writer, director and actress reveals how the devastating Beirut explosion pushed her back into filmmaking
-
NewsNadine Labaki joins Arabic-language ‘Perfect Strangers’ remake as shoot dates set
Production, which was postponed twice in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, to shoot in early 2021.
-
Reviews‘Lift Like A Girl’: Review
Behind the scenes at Egypt’s unorthodox training camp for champion female weightlifters
-
NewsAnnemarie Jacir’s first TV series among 39 projects to secure Doha grants
Qatari institution continues support for filmmakers in the Arab world.
-
News‘Limbo’ wins Golden Pyramid at Cairo film festival
Other winners included Russian drama ‘Conference’ and Egyptian documentary ‘Lift Like A Girl’.
-
NewsChristian Petzold’s ‘Undine’ wins second Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films
The prize is a joint initiative of the European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Centre (ACC).
-
NewsMasks and mummies: How the Cairo film festival navigated the pandemic
The festival is one of the last physical film events to take place in 2020.
-
NewsTIFF Industry Selects title ‘Falling For Figaro’ seals international deals (exclusive)
Ben Lewin’s romantic comedy headed across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Mehdi Ramdani, actor (Algeria)
Ramdani is the co-lead in historical drama Héliopolis, which is Algeria’s submission to the Oscars.
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Sameh Alaa director (Egypt)
Egypt’s Sameh Alaa made history this year as the only filmmaker to clinch a Palme d’Or at Cannes.
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Tara Abboud, actress (Palestine-Jordan)
Next year Abboud will star in Egyptian director Mohamed Diab’s drama Amira.
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Hana Al Omair, director (Saudi Arabia)
Hana Al Omair’s thriller Whispers became one of Saudi Arabia’s first TV dramas to launch on Netflix.
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Stephanie Atala, actress (Lebanon)
Actress and singer Atala is soon to hit international screens in Hassiba Freiha and Kenton Oxley’s upcoming English- and Arabic-language psychological thriller Farah.
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Brice Bexter El Glaoui, actor (Morocco)
Bexter will hit the big and small screen in the US this January in Hicham Hajji’s action thriller Redemption Day.
-
NewsScreen unveils Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2020
Arab Stars of Tomorrow spotlights six talents from the Middle East and North Africa who are making their mark on the global stage.
-
Reviews‘Here We Are’: Macao Review
Nir Bergman’s road trip across Israel is a loving portrait of a father and his autistic son
-
NewsCairo kicks off with support of Berlinale, Cannes and Venice directors
Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton feted with CIFF’s Golden Pyramid Lifetime Achievement prize.
-
Reviews‘Radiograph Of A Family’: IDFA Review
What led Firouzeh Khosrovani’s mother to embrace revolutionary Islam so fervently?
-
NewsDoha’s 2020 Ajyal festival kicks off in theatres, online and its first drive-in
Majid Majidi’s Venice prize winner Sun Children opened the festival on Wednesday evening.
-
Reviews‘Til Kingdom Come’: IDFA Review
A provocative look at the links between Israel and American evangelical Christian groups