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The Oath of Cyriac: Recovery or Spin?

The Oath of Cyriac: Recovery or Spin?

In Olivier Bourgeois' docudrama "The Oath of Cyriac," professionals and volunteers race to preserve the Aleppo collection.

19 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Don’t Ask me to Reveal my Lover’s Name لا تسألوني ما اسمهُ حبيبي

Don’t Ask me to Reveal my Lover’s Name لا تسألوني ما اسمهُ حبيبي

Mohammad Shawky Hassan reflects on the original story that informed the making of "Shall I Compare You to...

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Mohammad Shawky Hassan
A Century of Sergei Parajanov: Conjurer of Cinematic Worlds

A Century of Sergei Parajanov: Conjurer of Cinematic Worlds

William Gourlay revisits the works of Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, who created cinematic moments from across Europe, the...

29 JANUARY 2024 • By William Gourlay
Religious Misogyny Personified in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider

Religious Misogyny Personified in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider

Bavand Karim reviews the film "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbassi which coldly deconstructs the brutal nature of Iran’s...

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Bavand Karim
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
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