The Oath of Cyriac: Recovery or Spin?
In Olivier Bourgeois' docudrama "The Oath of Cyriac," professionals and volunteers race to preserve the Aleppo collection.
In Olivier Bourgeois' docudrama "The Oath of Cyriac," professionals and volunteers race to preserve the Aleppo collection.
Mohammad Shawky Hassan reflects on the original story that informed the making of "Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?” two years after its world premiere.
William Gourlay revisits the works of Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, who created cinematic moments from across Europe, the Caucasus and Western Asia.
Bavand Karim reviews the film "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbassi which coldly deconstructs the brutal nature of Iran’s religious patriarchy.
As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event.
Daniele Rugo's documentary investigates Lebanon's devastating civil war and ruminates on the conflict's unmarked mass graves.
In Ola Mustapha's new story, a man falls for the seduction of a film and it becomes the blueprint for love, life, and even death.
Journalist and filmmaker Dima Hamdan talks to the young Syrian director of the documentary "All Roads Lead to More."
Karim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the war this year.
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for 17 Greek Cinema Academy Awards.
Lebanon's garbage crisis inspired a futurist film but the 2020 Port Explosion made it a contemporary dystopia.
Malu Halasa talks to the director of a new documentary exposing the cruelty of Iran's Islamic regime.
Author of "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky," Sophia Al-Maria reimagines the future of the Gulf region where she grew up.
Doha-based filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani profiles prolific DFI veteran film prof Rithy Panh.
Laura Silvia Battaglia, on the set of Hanging Gardens, explores the burgeoning Iraqi film scene in Baghdad.