All Middle East articles
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News‘No Other Land’ co-director criticises Academy letter after Hamdan Ballal detention
Yuval Abraham took to X to decry Oscar body’s response.
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NewsPalestinian co-director of Oscar winner ‘No Other Land’ attacked by settlers, arrested
Co-director Yuval Abraham posted about incident on X.
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NewsMAD World boards sales on Yomna Khattab’s ’50 Meters’ ahead of CPH:DOX debut (exclusive)
The documentary marks a rare co-production between Egypt and Denmark.
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NewsOscar-winning documentary ‘No Other Land’ sets Middle East, North Africa release
A theatrical release is being planned “imminently” before it is made available via VOD.
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NewsKaleem Aftab leaves Red Sea International Film Festival (exclusive)
Antoine Khalife will remain as director of Arab programmes; festival will update on international team “in due course”.
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NewsPalestinian sci-fi ‘In Memory Of Times To Come’ among Qumra 2025 projects
49 projects include 27 features, plus TV, web series and shorts.
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NewsJuliette Binoche, Pedro Almodovar sign petition supporting ‘My Favourite Cake’ filmmakers facing trial in Iran
Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha are accused of “propaganda against the regime”.
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NewsRenen Schorr, founder of Israel’s Sam Spiegel Film School, dies aged 72
Schorr was the driving force behind Israel’s European Film Academy inclusion.
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NewsWalter Salles, Lav Diaz among Qumra 2025 Masters
Cinematographer Darius Khondji, costume designer Anna Terrazas also attending.
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NewsSaudi Film Commission and Korean Film Council sign strategic partnership
The agreement builds on the memorandum of understanding signed in 2019.
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NewsUK’s Films of Resistance to hold fundraising screening to help Palestinian film industry
Films of Resistance has grown its network globally, with its next event taking place at London’s Palestine House on February 22.
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Reviews‘The Settlement’ review: Egyptian debut is a bleak and dispiriting revenge thriller
Mohamed Rashad’s Perspectives title has a ’grim inevitability’
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NewsMohamed Tarek appointed artistic director of Cairo International Film Festival
The film critic and programmer replaces Essam Zakaria.
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NewsSPC reteams with Haifaa Al Mansour on contemporary Saudi thriller ‘Unidentified’
Mila Al Zahrani, Shafi Al Harthi star.
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof says Iranian prison guards asked to watch his films with him
“They praised me for how well I made the film; while I’m sitting in prison because I made said movie.”
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NewsQatar’s Doha Film Institute backs 47 projects in latest funding round
47 projects include post-apocalyptic ‘In Memory Of Times To Come’, a UK co-production.
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Reviews‘Cutting Through Rocks’: Sundance Review
One woman takes on the patriarchy in a small Iranian village
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NewsPalestine’s Oscar entry ‘From Ground Zero’ set for sequel (exclusive)
The film will comprise four short documentaries, shot during the war in Gaza.
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NewsCate Blanchett, Nadine Labaki support Beirut film hub launch
The venue will house screenings, industry training and efforts to preserve film heritage in the region.
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Reviews‘From Ground Zero’: Review
Oscar-shortlisted documentary presents 22 sobering shorts on everyday life in wartorn Gaza