SOURCE: THE CONCORDIAN BY MIA ANHOURY Montreal screening of renowned Lebanese filmmaker’s flick to benefit children’s charities All profits from the Montreal premiere of Franco-Lebanese director Philippe Aractingi’s Listen will go towards four Lebanese non-governmental organizations. The screening, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 1 at Guzzo’s Sphèrteque in St-Laurent, is part of the series Rendez-vous du Cinéma … Continued
Students get exposure to classical and contemporary Arabic art and media SOURCE: THE STATE PRESS BY AZZAM ALMOUAI Starting in 2014, the Arabic Film & Poetry Series, co-sponsored by the ASU Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies and the University’s Arabic Studies Program, has helped to expand student knowledge on impactful film and poetry heralding from the Middle East. Souad … Continued
Students get exposure to classical and contemporary Arabic art and media SOURCE: STATE PRESS BY AZZAM ALMOUAI “The Arabic Film and Poetry Series holds events to help spread cultural awareness and appreciation for film and poetry from the Middle East.” Illustration published on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Starting in 2014, the Arabic Film & Poetry Series, … Continued
The festival offers viewers a glimpse at contemporary Arab and Arab-American lives. SOURCE: MINNESOTA DAILY BY HALEY BENNETT Hosted by Mizna, a local arts organization, the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival invites viewers to share in the iterations of contemporary Arab lives, but above all, to enjoy some incredible cinema. Festival director Michelle Baroody, a … Continued
By: Alex Ritman Source: The Hollywood Reporter The comedy-drama — teaming Mohammad Bakri and Saleh Bakri for the first time – is Annemarie Jacir’s third time representing Palestine. Palestine has picked Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib as its official contender for the 2018 Oscars in the foreign-language category. The film, which premiered in Locarno’s official competition, where it won … Continued
By: Colby Cyrus/Contributing Writer Fifteen minutes of silent power, emotion, and reflection. That is how I describe director Raouf Zaki’s newest film, Fireflies, which speaks to the nature of Arab American racial profiling in America. The film centers around an Arab American man in Boston who, in an attempt to forget the tragedies of … Continued
Ridley Scott, Hany Abu Asad shoot their latest movies in Jordan Source: Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Scenes for the upcoming thriller film “All the Money in the World”, directed by Ridley Scott, were shot last week in Wadi Rum, a Royal Film Commission statement said. This is the third time the renowned … Continued
By Owen Gleiberman Variety A documentary about Bassem Youssef, the Jon Stewart of Egypt (until the regime clamped down), is an ebullient ode to freedom. I would argue that the way we watch political documentaries has changed in the last two months. Before that, if I had seen a movie like “Tickling Giants,” an ebullient … Continued
By Greg Burnet The Plain Dealer “A Thousand and One Journeys: The Arab Americans,” is a documentary by filmmaker Abe Kasbo about contributions Middle Eastern immigrants made to the United States.The film makes its Cleveland debut on Tuesday at Cuyahoga Community College. The film presents the stories of immigrants from the Middle East, North Africa, … Continued
By CHRISTOPHER D. SHEA THE NEW YORK TIMES In a protest against Islamophobia, a new film series, to be shown across the country in May, is to feature movies from countries affected by President Trump’s latest travel ban, which has been blocked by the courts. The series, “The Seventh Art Stand,” announced this week, will … Continued
BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer Nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday. With the Oscars award ceremony only a month away, it’s never to early to start thinking about which film could win in each category. Although films from the Arab world were not chosen in the Foreign Language category, there is … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Nomination voting for the Academy Awards closed on Friday for films being considered in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Each year, dozens of countries enter films for consideration, but only five are chosen as nominations. The critically acclaimed film Theeb, Jordan’s submission for the 2016 Oscars was only the second … Continued
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