arab cinema

SOURCE: EGYPTIAN STREETS BY: HAYAT ALJOWAILY On May 9, 2018, the first day of the Cannes Film Festival, I excitedly got onto the train direction “Cannes Ville”. As I sat down, I noticed that the lady sitting next to me was holding the Official Cannes 2018 planner. She was looking at the schedule for the … Continued

SOURCE: VARIETY BY: NICK VIVARELLI Driven by still nascent streamers and pay-TV platforms in the region, Middle East producers are rethinking formats and storylines for Arabic TV dramas, adapting some Western shows and venturing beyond the constraints of so-called Ramadan soaps and skeins that have long been the bulk of their output. Netflix, after entering … Continued

SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER BY: VIKRAM ZUTSHI Artists are the bellwether of society, and if Arab cinema is anything to go by, the region is at the cusp of another major upheaval. Nabil Ayouch’s films stay with us long after the lights have ceased to flicker on celluloid. His stark, intimate and deeply affecting portraits of … Continued