Saudi director Sendi talks about the importance of film festivals at SIFF
In an interaction with youth at JRCC, Sendi highlighted the unique experience of watching films with the audience at film festivals.
In an interaction with youth at JRCC, Sendi highlighted the unique experience of watching films with the audience at film festivals.
A new wave of filmmakers has emerged in the Arab world over the last decade or so, few of them with more critical acclaim and financial success than Marwan Hamed. ...
The Final Cut in Venice workshop supports films in the post-production stage from Africa, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
The online showcase, ‘We Are Tano’, will present a specially curated list of 10 contemporary African features from the past 10 years from October 1 to 20.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, screenings will be restricted to viewers in Brazil who will have to register their contact details to secure online access to the films.
Emirati weightlifting champion, Amna Al Haddad will be attending the screening of the documentary film T-REX at the Reflection Art Festival in Al Qasba, Sharjah, on Sunday 23 December, 2018 ...
SFP films are screened at Mirage City Cinema in the city of Sharjah and at other cinemas across the emirate, including venues in the central and ...
Cinema Akil has announced the return of Reel Palestine's annual film festival which will run from January 18 - 26 2019. Films will be screened at Cinema Akils permanent venue ...
The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) opened its 40th edition at the Cairo Opera House on Tuesday 20 November, with the Middle East premiere of Green Book starring actors Viggo ...
Still from Fatwa.The 29th edition of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), that concluded with a closing ceremony organised at the Opera Theatre in the city of ...
The Carthage Film Festival (Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, or JCC) that takes place in Tunis between November 3 - 10, 2018, has shortlisted 11 African and Arab films as part ...
Tunisian director, Kaouther Ben Hania.In its 40th edition, to be held from November 20 - 29, the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced establishing a ...
The sixth edition of SICFF shared its floor with child animation coach and stop motion artist, Diaa Malaeb, from Lebanon, who has formerly worked with Save the Children, and now ...
On the 95th anniversary of Disney, the ongoing Sharjah International Childrens Film Festival (SICFF) conducted two Disney-related sessions. One session was a workshop titled, 'Disneys A Wrinkle in Time,' with Sebastian ...
Leila Masinaei, Managing Director of GM Events, organiser of the MENA Cinema Forum.The number of cinema screens is set to jump 38.4% to 1,800 in the ...
Poster for Zara and the other: Gorilla Brains for Dinner.On Day three of the sixth edition of Sharjah International Childrens Film Festival between October 14 - ...
During the opening ceremony, The Giraffe, a feature film that was shot in Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany will be screened.Thirty-four films will be making their Middle ...
For illustration purposes only.The sixth edition of the Sharjah International Children's Film Festival (SICFF 2018) will be hosting six panel discussions for the first time in ...
Still from Farah, a short documentary by the Road Media team that introduces the audience to a little girl full of joy and talent, directed by ...
Egyptian Director Hassan al-Imam.Sharm al-Sheikh Film Festivals third edition, set to take place from March 2 - 8 2019, will honour the late director Hassan al-Imam. Sharm ...
Butheina Kazim of Cinema Akil (top left), Najla AlShehhi an Emirati writer, actor and director (top right); Emirati actor Abdullah Al-Humeiri (bottom left) and theatre personality ...
Generation Africa is a documentary film project aimed at stimulating a new narrative on migration through the stories made by African filmmakers, and particularly young filmmakers. Filmmakers can submit up ...
Butheina Kazim, co-founder and Managing Director of Cinema Akil.Dubais first art-house cinema, Cinema Akil will open on September 28 at Alserkal Avenue with a screening of ...
Leila Masinaei, Managing Director of GM Events, organiser of the MENA Cinema Forum.The first-ever MENA Cinema Forum will be held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in ...
Hala China has announced that the first Chinese Film Week in Dubai will be launched on 1 October 2018, with a programme that includes the screening of some of Chinas ...
Participants at the 2017 CineGouna Platform initiative.During the second edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, an international jury of film experts, will decide winners among ...
The MoU was signed by Minister of Culture, H.E. Basma Nsour, and the RFCs Managing Director, George David, at the Ministrys headquarters.The Royal Film Commission ...
Egyptian Actor Hassan Hosny.Egyptian actor Hassan Hosny will be awarded the Faten Hamama Award at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which will run from November 20-29, ...
Films created by participants in Image Nation Abu Dhabis flagship training programme Arab Film Studio have now screened more than 200 times at film festivals around the globe, after Ranapakhara ...
Production company, Cinema Vision Films, which is based at twofour54 Abu Dhabi, has revealed that the feature film Fan of Amoory, will be UAE's sole representative in official competition at ...
Alaa Karkouti, CEO of Egyptian distribution and production outfit Mad Solutions and co-founder of the Arab Cinema Centre.Egypt-based platform for promoting Arab cinema, The Arab Cinema ...
Winners of the Falcon Awards. Image courtesy FFFASix Jordanian filmmakers were recognised for their short documentary and narrative movies at the annual Franco-Arab Film Festival (FFFA) ...
Still from Supa Modo.The Zanzibar International Film Festival, taking place in Stone Town Zanzibar from July 7 15, with support from the Kenya Film Commission, has ...
A still from the Lebanese documentary Those Who Remain by Eliane Raheb.Co-presented by Alserkal Avenue, Cinema Akil will present four film screenings, every Wednesday during Ramadan ...
Still from Capernaum.Lebanese director Nadine Labakis Capernaum won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.The film revolves around a 12-year-old boy who takes his parents ...
Imax and Saudi Arabias General Culture Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly seek opportunities to identify and develop local Imax-format films.Under a non-exclusive MOU signed on the ...
Still from Lebanese entry, The President's Visit, to be screened at Cairo Cinema Days.The second edition of Cairo Cinema Days (Ayam El Qahera El Cinema'eya) will be ...
Abu Bakr Shawky's first feature film Yomeddin is the first independent Egyptian full-length film to be part of the Cannes International Film Festival.Yomeddin tells the coming-of-age tale of lifetime leprosarium inhabitant, ...
The inaugural Adiaha Award for African Documentary Filmmakers was presented at ZIFF 2017 to Gambian director Samantha Biffot for the film, The African Who Wanted to ...
In its 11th edition, the Cairo International Womens Film Festival (CIWFF) from March 3-7 will be screening 54 films from 34 different countries including feature, documentaries and animated films, all executed ...