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Joker film screens in US amid security concerns
Police in several major cities in the US said they will continue to closely monitor theatres playing the new film Joker, which was released on Friday in US theatres, according to American local media.
BFI London Film Festival reveals opening film
The film stars Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Colette, Katherine Langford, and Christopher Plummer.
Cannes Palme d’Or goes to Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’
South Korean director dives deep into widening gulf between rich, poor with his enthralling film “Parasite”
New York Film Critics Circle winners announced, Roma named Best Film
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) voted at the Film Society of Lincoln Center for its 2018 awards winners. The awards will be handed out during the annual ceremony on 7 January 2019 at Tao Downtown. Roma took home the prizes for Best Film and Best Cinematography, with Alfonso Cuarón also winning for Best …
Cairo International Film Festival: New horizons to communicate with international film industry
This year’s edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) included an exceptional selection of films chosen according to a policy which observes the balance between this year’s big hits which cinema lovers followed closely from one international festival to another. They have been looking forward to seeing them in Egyptian theatres on one hand, …
40 films to premier for first time in CIFF
Festival added 2 new awards to its prizes, ‘audience award’, ‘best Arabic film’
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival announces 2018 Indigenous Film Programme
Festival’s 10th edition will run from 17 October to 21 October
15th edition of Seville Festival will take place on 9 November
Posters of Spain-based festival published under slogan ‘slip into European cinema
Yeo Siew Hua’s film ‘A Land Imagined’ wins top prize at Locarno Film Festival
Film contrasts Southeast Asia’s rich hub with exploitation of impoverished migrant workers
China clamps down on tax evasion in film industry
Censorship officials cave to pressure, lift ban on Khaled Youssef film
Filmmakers, intellectuals triumph against censorship, bureaucracy after pressure to remove ban of newly released film, Karma
Cannes jury council close to completion
Latest appointment saw Ursula Meier heading Caméra d’Or jury
Luxor African Film Festival: Cinema for a better tomorrow
The Luxor African Film Festival is an annual celebration of films, art, and criticism, while keeping a close eye on African cinema and its different contemporary issues. The festival has been building up momentum to reach out to different artists and filmmakers from the African continent, to bridge the gap between Arabic-speaking African countries and …
2nd Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival kicks off in March
After the success regional film festivals have been achieving like the Alexandria Film Festival and Gouna Film Festival, Sharm El-Sheikh follows the track for the second consecutive year, announcing the start of second Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival (SHAFF) in March. Starting from 3 March and for a week, the city of beauty and peace will …
Zawya screens Lebanese ‘104 Wrinkles’
In a special tribute to the documentary that won several international awards, Zawya will screen Hady Zaccak’s film “Ya Omri” (104 Wrinkles), in which he followed his grandmother’s life since she was young until she turned 104. The film won several awards, including the Jury Award at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden. In …
Beyond trends: How color choice affects film
Fragments of Broken Glass
In Elia Suleiman’s first feature film, Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996), he depicts Palestinians through the theatre of everyday life. He does so by steering the film via fragmented and observational snippets of mundane life in the occupied territories. The seemingly unrelated vignettes, that lack introductions or conclusions, penetrate the livelihood of Palestinians that live …
The Hurt Locker: how to use film to create pro-war propaganda?
Somewhere in Iraq, a soldier steps forward to disable a bomb, some tension rises and then boom, the bomb explodes. After his death, the main protagonist of the film Sergeant William appears to take the lost one’s place. William is a stubborn, sarcastic, well-trained explosives expert who is always fixing issues even when he does …
‘The World’: a classic predicament of a globalised world
“The World” (Jia Zhangke, 2004) is a two-hour portrait of life at the Beijing World Park; a vast attraction on the outskirts of the Chinese capital, divided into continents with miniatures of major global landmarks and performances from each region. While the park is host to an influx of tourists, “The World” is a sprawling …
‘I, Daniel Blake’: breaking the chains of capitalism
“I, Daniel Blake” tells the story of a 59-year-old man (Dave Johns), who is struggling to win an appeal on his welfare benefits, which he especially needs after having a heart attack that prevents him from working. The film is a gritty and raw portrayal of Britain’s social security system and its benefits, or the …
US embassy, El Gouna Film Festival partner to bring American Film Showcase
The ultimate purpose of culture diplomacy is to build bridges between people, and to help Egyptians better understand the US and vice versa, says US Culture attaché
A politicised Cannes Festival reflects on immigration crisis
Some of the films can be considered explicit messages to world leaders in hope of reconsidering policies related to refugees
Japanese Film Week revives Japan’s “taste of life”
In its 21st round, the program witnesses screening top-hit food-themed Japanese films
Cinedelta: a step towards reviving the documentary film industry in Egypt
Aiming to provide professional training to amateurs from around the Delta region about the latest editing and storytelling techniques in the documentary film industry, Cinedelta project was launched in 2016 through the fruitful cooperation between the Italian non-governmental organisation Ricerca e Cooperazione and Fig Leaf Studios. The programme provided 20 Egyptian students with a series …
What to expect this year at the Berlinale
New Wim Wenders film searches for the meaning of life
Viridiana: destroying the alliance of religion, authority, and capital
Viridiana is directed Luis Buñuel
Mawlana: our fragmented piety
Mawlana is directed by Magdy Ahmed Ali
La La Land: Escapism the audience deserves
La La Land is written and directed by Damien Chazelle
In Mahmoud Abou Zaid’s realism, women claim modest victories
Mahmoud Abou Zaid passed away in December 2016