News about audiovisual in Middle East region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
Between October 18th and 20th the Istanbul Sinematek organised open-air screenings to show-case the award-winning films of the 8th Beyond Borders Festival During the three days 12 international documentaries were shown, with the event opened by one of them, Penelope McDonald’s feature Audrey Napanangka. David Deri’s A Tale of Four Minorities was also screened. The …
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The selection of films for the 28th PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage – is now available! PriMed returns to Marseilles this year from 30 November to 7 December with 23 documentaries an reports. With 12 films making their French premieres, the festival has established itself as a leading event devoted entirely …
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Goethe Film Week, organized by the Goethe Institutes in Alexandria and Cairo, screened an Egyptian documentary Memoirs of M.A Draz by Maggie Morgan. Considered by Egyptian critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour “one of the best films of the year,” the documentary is about an Azharite scholar, Mohamed Abdallah Draz, seen through letters, diaries, and photographs …
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The festival for Middle Eastern documentaries, Middle East Now, is preparing its 15th edition which will be held in Florence from October 15th to 20th. This year’s theme: Ecologies of Resistance. For the festival organisers this theme covers both the climate crisis and war, two tragedies they consider “deeply intertwined”. Using the earthquakes which hit …
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Premiered on September 10th at Casablanca’s Megarama cinema, Jihane Bahar’s feature Triple A is now on release across Morocco. Written by Ms. Bahar and Nadia Kamali Marwazi, it tells three love stories of marginalized protagonists whose destinies cross in an unexpected way. Between drama and black comedy, the film addresses many subjects such as delinquency, …
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The Fameck Arab Film Festival is back – and its 35th year is dedicated to Jordan. The event will be held in Fameck and Val de Fensch in northern France from October 3rd to 13th. Each year the festival screens around forty films reflecting the diversity and wealth of current Arab cinema. This year’s guest …
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The Palestinian Ministry of Culture has submitted the collaborative project From Ground Zero as a 2025 Oscar nomination for “Best International Feature”. Initiated by director Rashid Masharawi, the project consists of 22 separate stories each with its own point of view, format and style. Masharawi provided cameras to 22 artists living in the Gaza Strip …
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