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All Middle East articles – Page 69
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NewsPalestine submits Eyes of a Thief to Oscars
Only the seventh time Palestine has submitted film to the Academy Awards.
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NewsFatih Akin’s The Cut to open Cairo
Fatih Akin’s The Cut will open the 36th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which is scheduled to run November 9-18.
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NewsIsrael enters Gett to Oscars
The film about a woman facing a rabbinical court to obtain a divorce from a husband won the top award at the Israeli Ophirs.
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ReviewsKahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Dirs: Roger Allers, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Joan Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar, Michal Socha. Canada-France-Lebanon-Qatar-US. 2014. 84mins
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NewsIran's Tales sold to Benelux, LatAm
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s controversial feature picked up the screenplay award at Venice.
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NewsBig Hero 6 to close Abu Dhabi
World premiere of From A to B by Emirati director Ali Mostafa first Emirati film to open festival.
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NewsMAD Solutions takes Theeb for Arab world
Naji Abu Nowar’s desert adventure debuted at Venice and Toronto film festivals.
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NewsFront Row named iTunes Middle East aggregator
Deal covers United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.
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NewsIran's Tales selected for int'l festivals
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s feature, which upset Iranian censors, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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NewsVilla Touma director surprised by controversy
Few films in Venice this year have arrived trailing as much controversy in their their wake as Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Suha Arraf’s new feature Villa Touma, which screens in Venice Critics Week.
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FeaturesCherien Dabis, May In The Summer
Following her noted 2010 debut Amreeka, Cherien Dabis swaps small-town USA for Jordan as a New Yorker returns to her native home in the run-up to her wedding.
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NewsIsrael demands money back from ‘Palestine’ film
Suha Arraf’s Villa Touma, selected for Venice Critics’ Week, received $400,000 from the Israel Film Fund but has been classified as Palestinian by the director.
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