All Middle East articles – Page 36
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News'Maktub' producer plots Eurovision Song Contest-set comedy-thriller (exclusive)
‘Douze Points’ will be set against the backdrop of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
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FeaturesWhy have religion-focused films made a comeback at this year's Jerusalem Film Festival?
Traditionally a home for secular stories, films such as Zohar - The Return are taking on religious characters and communities.
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Features'The Orthodox' director Eliran Malka on how he brings his religious values to the screen
Malka’s film opened the 35th Jerusalem Film Festival on July 26.
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Features"She didn't play by the rules": Jerusalem retrospective looks at Chantal Akerman's career
Akerman first screened at the festival in 1975 with ’Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’.
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FeaturesJerusalem Film Festival: Pitch Point preview
The industry event will host its 13th edition on July 27-28.
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NewsJerusalem Film Festival doc 'Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life' scores international sales deal
Project comes from Mr Gaga filmmakers the Heymann brothers.
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NewsJerusalem kicks off with local crowd-pleaser 'The Unorthodox'
The film explores the birth of Israel’s controversial religious political party Shas in the 1980s.
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NewsSam Spiegel International Film Lab 2018 backs 'Anatolian Leopard', fetes Dieter Kosslick
Lab ran outside of the Jerusalem Film Festival this year.
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NewsJerusalem competition title 'Echo' picked up by Go2Films (exclusive)
Film premieres in the festival’s Israeli Feature Competition on Friday (July 27).
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NewsCinephil boards sales on 'Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls Of Mosul' (exclusive)
The film considers the fate of children left behind when Isis were swept out of Iraq.
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NewsMAD's Arab Cinema Center launches film and TV festival in Prague
New festival aimed at Arab films and high-end TV to launch this autumn.
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NewsJerusalem Film Festival names projects for 2018 Pitch Point showcase
Tikkun director among Israeli filmmakers presenting at 13th edition of showcase.
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News'The Unorthodox', 'Isle Of Dogs' to bookend 2018 Jerusalem Film Festival
’The Unorthodox’ is the debut feature from the director of Israeli series Shababnikim.
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NewsFirst animation feature entirely made in Iran launching at Annecy (exclusive)
Iranian animation studio Hoorakhsh will present first project ‘The Last Fiction’.
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NewsShekhar Kapur to direct biopic about UAE founding father
‘This project will tell the story of a dynamic, powerful personality who helped create historic change.’
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NewsIsrael's Docaviv film festival announces 2018 winners
Simon Lereng Wilmont’s ‘The Distant Barking Of Dogs’ took the award for best international film.
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Reviews'Capernaum': Cannes Review
Lebanese director Nadine Labaki delivers a powerful story about a 12 year-old boy who takes his parents to court
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Reviews'Sofia': Cannes Review
Debut set in Casablanca follows a young, unmarried mother as she gives birth
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NewsWhat next for the Arab film festival circuit, following Dubai's demise?
Arab cinema professionals are asking whether another Arab film festival can fill the void left by the closure of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
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NewsNew Arab Film Festival to launch in Paris this June (exclusive)
The first edition will be presided over by Palestinian actress and director Hiam Abbass