Arab female film directors are reshaping Arab cinema by telling untold stories and claiming space in a traditionally ...

Four Arab films have been selected for the Oscars 2026 international feature film shortlist, marking a significant moment for ...

The Arab and wider Muslim world has long held a conflicted relationship with former Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. While both were widely condemned for their ...

Doha, Qatar: Egyptian director Yasser Ashour, who followed the life of veteran Syrian actor Jamal Soliman for his documentary My Story, emphasised the critical importance of Arab voices sharing their ...

The 11th edition of Cairo Film Connection (CFC) kicks off today (November 17), featuring 16 projects from across the Arab world – with a strong focus on female filmmakers. The CFC is part of the Cairo ...

At the 46th edition of the Cairo Intl. Film Festival, programmers from some of the world’s leading festivals are finding something they rarely encounter elsewhere on the circuit: a festival where the ...

Now in its 29th year, the Arab Film Festival is underway across the Bay Area, bringing films and filmmakers from across the Arab world to local audiences. As Managing Director Maya Labban helped host ...

Now in its 29th year, the Arab Film Festival is underway across the Bay Area, bringing films and filmmakers from across the Arab world to local audiences. As California highway slides toward sea, the ...

Du 7 au 16 novembre 2025, la Seine-Saint-Denis et Paris accueilleront la 14e édition du Festival du film franco-arabe de Noisy-le-Sec (FFFA), un événement devenu incontournable pour découvrir la ...

Look for Arab cinema and lots of docs at festivals this week. First up is the always impressively programmed Arab Film Festival, presented by the San Francisco-based Arab Film and Media Institute, ...

Georges Khabbaz stars alongside German film legend Hanna Schygulla in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s melancholic drama about an exiled Syrian writer who travels to a North Sea island, contemplating suicide. By ...

A jury of 100 film critics from 16 Arabic-speaking countries have selected three finalists from 20 entries for this year’s Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films. The films are “Deaf” by Eva Libertad ...