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Sofia Alaoui’s Animalia is a Supernatural Thriller Shot in Morocco

Sofia Alaoui’s Animalia is a Supernatural Thriller Shot in Morocco

As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down...

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Karim Goury
The Soil and the Sea: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering

The Soil and the Sea: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering

Daniele Rugo's documentary investigates Lebanon's devastating civil war and ruminates on the conflict's unmarked mass graves.

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Farah-Silvana Kanaan
We Saw Paris, Texas—a story by Ola Mustapha

We Saw Paris, Texas—a story by Ola Mustapha

In Ola Mustapha's new story, a man falls for the seduction of a film and it becomes the...

2 JULY 2023 • By Ola Mustapha
Artist at Work: Syrian Filmmaker Afraa Batous

Artist at Work: Syrian Filmmaker Afraa Batous

Journalist and filmmaker Dima Hamdan talks to the young Syrian director of the documentary "All Roads Lead to...

26 JUNE 2023 • By Dima Hamdan
The Majesty and Mystery of Nature: Ali Cherri’s Dam in Sudan

The Majesty and Mystery of Nature: Ali Cherri’s Dam in Sudan

Karim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the...

4 JUNE 2023 • By Karim Goury
The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for...

8 MAY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

Lebanon's garbage crisis inspired a futurist film but the 2020 Port Explosion made it a contemporary dystopia.

1 MAY 2023 • By Meera Santhanam
Seven Winters in Tehran and the Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari

Seven Winters in Tehran and the Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari

Malu Halasa talks to the director of a new documentary exposing the cruelty of Iran's Islamic regime.

10 APRIL 2023 • By Malu Halasa
The Gaze of the Sci-fi Wahabi

The Gaze of the Sci-fi Wahabi

Author of "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky," Sophia Al-Maria reimagines the future of the Gulf region...

2 APRIL 2023 • By Sophia Al-Maria
Making Movies with the Maestro at the Doha Film Institute

Making Movies with the Maestro at the Doha Film Institute

Doha-based filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani profiles prolific DFI veteran film prof Rithy Panh.

2 APRIL 2023 • By Suzannah Mirghani
Hanging Gardens and the New Iraqi Cinema Scene

Hanging Gardens and the New Iraqi Cinema Scene

Laura Silvia Battaglia, on the set of Hanging Gardens, explores the burgeoning Iraqi film scene in Baghdad.

27 MARCH 2023 • By Laura Silvia Battaglia
Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
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