|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
5/20/2025 2:53:59 PM
Twin Gazan filmmakers, Arab and Tarzan Nasser, said they never thought the title of their new film, "Once Upon A Time In Gaza", would have such heartbreaking resonance.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
5/19/2025 9:22:04 PM
In a powerful cinematic homecoming, Iraq returns to the Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May 2025) with filmmaker Hasan Hadi's debut feature, The President's Cake.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
5/18/2025 3:22:30 PM
The 15th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) will take place under the theme Youssef Chahine: An Egyptian Tale, marking the centenary of the renowned Egyptian filmmaker
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
5/13/2025 9:01:03 PM
Egyptian filmmakers leave a mark on the 2025 Cannes Film Festival's line-up of screenings and sideline activities.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
5/8/2025 12:51:37 PM
Donald Trump's proposal to put 100 percent tariffs on foreign movies left many filmmakers scratching their heads. But it did highlight a problem plaguing Hollywood: cinema is rapidly abandoning its long-time home.
|
|
World
-
International
5/5/2025 7:32:59 PM
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was ordering new tariffs on all films made outside the United States, claiming Hollywood was being "devastated" by a trend of US filmmakers and studios working abroad.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
4/21/2025 5:13:51 PM
During the 11th edition of Qumra, the Doha Film Institute (DFI)'s annual talent incubator (4-9 April), emerging filmmakers from Arab countries and beyond presented 27 feature film projects that delve into real-life stories of war traumas or reinterpret history to understand the present.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
4/13/2025 9:04:09 PM
The Mounira cinema offers the chance to discover short and medium-length films by young Egyptian filmmakers every Monday until July. This initiative is a collaboration between the French Institute and the Mazra’a Network.
|
|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
3/26/2025 10:23:08 PM
Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal said Wednesday that he was attacked by Israeli settlers for winning the prestigious award, calling the "brutality" life-threatening.
|
|
World
-
Region
3/25/2025 8:00:00 PM
Israeli police on Tuesday released Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, detained a day earlier for "hurling rocks" following what activists described as an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
3/19/2025 11:49:21 AM
Egyptian filmmaker Amir Ramses joins the jury board of the long-feature fiction and documentary films competition at the 30th edition of Morocco's Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival (TMFF), also known as Festival de Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, taking place from 26 April to 3 May.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
3/11/2025 12:18:01 PM
In this Ahram Online interview, Syrian filmmaker Ameer Fakher Eldin speaks about Yunan, his second feature narrating a story of displacement, exile, and nostalgia.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Culture
3/1/2025 3:49:02 PM
Soha Hesham was impressed by filmmaker Karim Shaaban’s debut.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
2/21/2025 5:55:42 PM
Malian director Souleymane Cissé, one of the fathers of African cinema, died on Wednesday in a Bamako clinic aged 84, his daughter told AFP.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
2/5/2025 12:46:56 PM
A romantic drama about an elderly couple who share a night together to escape their loneliness has landed its Iranian directors with legal charges and pressure to stop its release internationally.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
2/3/2025 2:01:33 PM
Nabil Ayouch, a Moroccan-French filmmaker and screenwriter, will sit at the International Jury panel of the upcoming 75th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (13-23 February 2025)
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
2/3/2025 12:03:27 PM
Three Egyptian films will be screened at the 47th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (31 January — 8 February) in France, and Egyptian filmmaker Sherif El-Bendary has joined the International Competition jury panel.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Screens
1/28/2025 10:12:19 PM
The 26th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary and Shorts (IIFF) (5 - 11 February) will honour veteran Egyptian filmmaker Ali El-Ghazouli,92, by showcasing several of his acclaimed films in a special segment titled “A Look At History.”
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Culture
1/9/2025 9:30:00 AM
Nahed Nasr takes stock of filmmaker Khaled Mansour’s hugely successful debut
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Culture
1/4/2025 11:38:00 PM
Political conflicts have long been used as reliable source material for filmmakers.
|