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Not long ago, the public screening of films was banned in Saudi Arabia. But the five years since the reopening of cinemas have seen the country’s film industry flourish. At the 76th Cannes Film Festival this week, industry leaders and…
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Iranian authorities have arrested a prominent reformist activist and two filmmakers on charges of acting against national security, local media said on Friday. Mostafa Tajzadeh, a former reformist deputy interior minister turned…
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Netflix is set to release its new Arabic original show “Al Bahth Aan Ola” (“Finding Ola”) on Feb. 3, starring Tunisian-Egyptian actress Hend Sabri. Directed by Egyptian filmmaker Hadi El-Bagoury, the series is a new season of her 2010…
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Despite waiting in front of the bank in the Afghan capital, Kabul, for more than three full hours, she was unable to withdraw any amount of money, which was reason enough for her to decide to flee. Sahara Karimi, the Afghan film…
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The Cannes Film Festival announced this week that Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania and Egyptian director Sameh Alaa will be part of the short film jury at the 74th edition of the event next month. For this year’s festival, which…
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The Syrian filmmaker Mohamad Malas said: "My brother Ahmad and i have never studied cinema or filmmaking, but we are heavily inspired by theater and by filmmakers like Majid Majidi, Michael Haneke, and Abbas Kiarostami". The opening…
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Egyptian screenwriter Mariam Naoum has been sued three times for the films she has made. For her, that’s not a sore spot — it’s a badge of honor. Now, Naoum is working with acclaimed Irish filmmaker Terry George on a film about twin…
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Jailed filmmaker Harvey Weinstein filed a long-expected appeal on his rape and sexual assault convictions Monday, kick-starting an attempt to have his 23-year prison sentence quashedLawyers for Weinstein, found guilty last year in a…
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Two films directed by Arab women have been shortlisted for the 93rd Oscars, it was revealed on Wednesday. Palestinian-British filmmaker Farah Nabulsi's short film “The Present” and “The Man Who Sold His Skin” by Tunisian director Kaouther…
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On a cold winter’s night in Utah in 2010, Mohamed Al-Daradji, perhaps the most acclaimed living Iraqi filmmaker, was approached by a group of middle-aged women. His film “Son of Babylon” had just premiered, a story about an Iraqi mother…
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