All Middle East articles – Page 4
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NewsKorean ‘Concrete Utopia’ director Um Tae Hwa set to train Saudi talent
The filmmaker will conduct an intensive workshop in the region next year.
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Features“I like a challenge”: director Karim Elshenawy on telling ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’
The inspirations behind family drama ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’, which opens the 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival.
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FeaturesRed Sea Souk director Holly Daniel outlines the market’s changes and ambition
Red Sea’s international film market, the Souk, has a new location this year and now encompasses Asia as well as the Arab world and Africa.
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Features“Tolerance and ambition”: Red Sea film programmers reveal goals for the festival
Red Sea programmers programmers Antoine Khalife and Kaleem Aftab discuss how they are growing the festival to become a major international platform.
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NewsSpike Lee talks heading Red Sea’s jury and Cannes hopes for ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
The Oscar-winning US filmmaker outlined his approach to presiding over the jury at the festival in Saudi Arabia.
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FeaturesArab studio MAD Solutions looks back on 15 years of growth and readies its next chapter
After 15 years in business, Arab entertainment studio MAD Solutions is entering its next phase.
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Reviews‘The Fourth Wall’: Marrakech Review
Laurent Lafitte stars in this period literary drama set against the backdrop of the Lebanon conflict
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FeaturesRed Sea returns for 2024 edition with new purpose-built venue in heart of Jeddah
Red Sea International Film Festival moves into Al-Balad district for fourth edition, which runs from December 5-12
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Reviews‘Pink Lady’: Tallinn Review
Sensitive portrait of a marriage under strain in Jerusalem’s Hasidic Jewish community
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2025 guide: the contenders from Africa and the Middle East
Two spots on the Oscars shortlist of 15 last year for African and Middle East countries represented a modest improvement on recent years — but entries this year are down. Screen surveys a region that has made halting progress.
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NewsSpike Lee to head jury of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea film festival
The Oscar-winning director will also take part in an on-stage discussion.
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Reviews‘Writing Hawa’: IDFA Review
IDFA breakout charts one Afghan mother’s quest to educate herself - just as the Taliban rolls into Kabul
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NewsDoha Film Festival to launch in November 2025
Full details will be revealed at next year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Reviews‘Passing Dreams’: Cairo Review
Cairo opens with a defiantly upbeat Palestinian road movie about a young boy and his missing pigeon
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NewsRed Sea Souk market includes Asmae El Moudir, CJ Obasi projects
Moudir’s ‘Holy Cow’ follows a truck driver transporting cattle in Morocco.
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Reviews‘Reading Lolita In Tehran’: Tallinn Review
Golshifteh Farahani plays a literary professor trying to stem the tide of repression in revolutionary Iran
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News“It’s a tough and uneven competition”: Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy on the challenges facing Arab cinema
Hefzy, producer of Egyptian Oscar submission Flight 404, was speaking at the El Gouna Film Festival
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News“We are planting a seed”: CineGouna’s Ahmed Shawky on increased support for Arab filmmakers
El Gouna Film Festival’s industry platform aims to compensate for lack of national funding
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival opens 2024 edition with star power and calls for peace
The night also saw an honorary award presented to actor and producer Mahmoud Hemida.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival pulls opening film ‘The Last Miracle’ hours before screening
The festival in Egypt will instead open with Palme d’Or-winning short ‘The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent’.