Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
3/5/2024 5:04:41 PM
Nahed Nasr celebrates filmmaker Ayatallah Yusuf’s debut, which took part in the Ismailia Film Festival this week
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Arts & Culture
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2/28/2024 4:42:00 PM
Yuval Abraham, an Israeli filmmaker and co-director of the documentary “No Other Land,” said he received death threats after condemning Israel onstage while obtaining the best documentary award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Arts & Culture
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2/19/2024 5:30:41 PM
The 25th Ismailia International Festival for Documentary and Shorts (IIFFDS) will organize an exhibition showcasing the works of the late renowned Egyptian filmmaker Shadi Abdel-Salam.
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Arts & Culture
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2/8/2024 2:28:06 PM
A few titles by Arab filmmakers made their way to the variety of segments of the upcoming Berlinale (15-25 February 2024). Sitting on jury panels are Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala and Iraqi director and screenwriter Abbas Fahdel.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
2/6/2024 8:49:31 PM
In her second collaboration with filmmaker Hani Khalifa, writes Soha Hesham, actress Mona Zaki addresses a delicate issue
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/1/2024 10:59:21 PM
The Berlin film festival, which has long championed Iran's embattled directors, urged Tehran Thursday to allow two filmmakers who have reportedly been slapped with a travel ban to attend this month's event.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
1/9/2024 8:47:49 PM
Soha Hesham seized the opportunity of El Gouna Film Festival to quiz Lebanese filmmaker Wassim Geagea on his work and its wider context
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
12/19/2023 4:07:26 PM
Screened within the feature documentary section at the sixth edition of the El-Gouna Film Festival, the film Zinet, Algiers, Happiness sheds light on life and work of Algeria’s renowned filmmaker Mohamed Zinet (1932-1995).
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Arts & Culture
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12/19/2023 3:21:31 PM
British-Palestinian filmmaker and human rights activist Farah Nabulsi talks about her recent film Al-Ustaz (The Teacher) - screening at the ongoing El-Gouna Film Festival - and her journey in the world of cinema,
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
11/30/2023 11:11:55 AM
Topping the already impressive number of awards, November proved particularly successful for Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani's film Goodbye Julia. The film scooped 10 awards at the festivals in Nicosia (Cyprus), Tarragona (Spain), Leeds (UK), Belfast (Ireland), among others.
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Arts & Culture
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11/18/2023 10:06:45 AM
As a filmmaker and head of Ghana's film agency, Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante said she always had the same sense when attending international industry events: African cinema had so much more potential to deliver.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/15/2023 6:22:42 PM
One of Iran's most prominent filmmakers, Dariush Mehrjui, was stabbed to death on Saturday evening alongside his wife at their home near Tehran.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/26/2023 11:07:00 AM
The Egyptian filmmaker Amr Salama's 60 Egyptian Pounds will be the first short to open the sixth edition of El Gouna Film Festival, to be held on 13 and 20 October.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/19/2023 11:11:00 AM
More than 18 months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, documentary filmmakers who screened their latest work on the conflict at the Toronto film festival say it is more important than ever to keep the crisis in the public consciousness.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
7/30/2023 9:15:00 AM
To mark 60 years on the death of filmmaker Mohamed Bayoumi, a retrospective exploration takes us back to the beginning
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Arts & Culture
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7/5/2023 3:27:39 PM
Yousry Nasrallah, an Egyptian filmmaker, was appointed as the president of the 25th edition of the Egyptian National Film Festival.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
7/4/2023 8:03:45 PM
This week El Gouna Film Festival named the prominent filmmaker Marianne Khoury artistic director of the sixth round, with which the festival is resuming its activities after a year-long hiatus. Khoury said the decision reflects shared goals and expectations.
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Arts & Culture
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6/21/2023 3:46:59 PM
Acclaimed Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah is to receive Golden Pyramid Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 45th (CIFF) scheduled for November 2023.
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Arts & Culture
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6/21/2023 11:03:26 AM
A new, young generation of Moroccan filmmakers last month stepped into the limelight to make its debut at France's Cannes Film Festival -- snatching three prestigious awards.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
6/20/2023 9:21:23 PM
Hani Mustafa quizzed the Algerian-French producer, scriptwriter, and filmmaker Hamid Benamra about his latest
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