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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...

JUNE 26, 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...

JUNE 4, 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...

MAY 8, 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.

MAY 1, 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.

APRIL 10, 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...

APRIL 2, 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.

APRIL 2, 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.

MARCH 27, 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.

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Karim Goury
Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Karim Goury
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