With Saudi film production skyrocketing, a significant presence in Cannes and surprise North African successes, insiders say Arab cinema is entering a vibrant new era: "It’s an interesting time." By ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The third edition of the Red Sea Film Festival, wrapping Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, felt like a direct response to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a momentous Cannes for Cairo-based film professionals Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab as they mark the 15th anniversary of the ...

Last year, Venice boasted a remarkably large crop of Arab-language features, but a strong Cannes 2023 selection of Arabic cinema that claimed kudos in various sections of the French fest left the ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar hopeful The Seed of the Sacred Fig has won the sixth edition of the Arab Critics‘ Award for European Films, a joint initiative between European Film ...

From July 11-18, BAM will present its annual Contemporary Arab Cinema series. At a time of ongoing turmoil in the Middle East and anti-war protests that rocked US campuses, our sixth contemporary Arab ...

Lebanese director Sarah Francis brought her quietly devastating marital drama "Dead Dog" to the Cairo Film Festival's Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition, where the film won the Saad Eldin Wahba Award ...

The panel, part of the ongoing Cairo International Film Festival (12-21 November), was moderated by Mohamed Nabil. It ...

Qatar and Jordan make moves, Palestinian cinema and Gaza are drawing attention, Egypt returns to the Un Certain Regard program after nine years, and Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi make their presence felt ...

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose "Capernaum" is the highest-grossing Arabic and Middle Eastern film of all time with over $68 million worldwide, spoke about "how difficult it is" to make cinema ...

It’s a momentous Cannes for Cairo-based film professionals Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab as they mark the 15th anniversary of the creation of marketing and distribution company MAD Solutions and the ...