Arab cinema features prominently on this year’s Academy Awards international feature film shortlist, with four titles from the region among the 15 films announced. The shortlisted Arab entries are ...

When Cherien Dabis’s All That’s Left of You premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January – one of several Arab films at the festival – it marked both a beginning and an ending. Dabis broke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi films are making waves at top festivals with stories that are both local and universally human. In this episode of THR News, ...

As conflicts escalate in the Middle East and North Africa, from Palestine to Yemen and Sudan, filmmakers have seen an increase in solidarity within the local creative community to find ways to ...

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a “quota system” at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in ...

Since its inception, Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF) has championed debut features from rising directors ...

Once Upon A Time In Gaza Les Films du Tambour, Made in Palestine Project Palestinian directors Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s Once Upon A Time In Gaza has scooped Best Film at the 10th Critics’ Awards For ...

Arab cinema continues to break new ground with a fresh crop of social dramas, several of which depict female empowerment in different forms. These range from the tale of a young woman who fakes being ...

BBC Arabic announces 20 selected works that will make up this year’s BBC Arabic Festival. The Festival will take place in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in Central London and runs from ...

The 28th annual Arab Film Festival is underway in San Francisco, marking its continued status as the oldest Arab film festival outside the Arab world. The festival, which runs until Sunday, November 3 ...

The art and culture of the Arab world has filled local theaters with the start of the thirteenth annual Arabian Sights Film Festival, which began Friday and will run until Nov. 2. The festival ...