Arab female film directors are reshaping Arab cinema by telling untold stories and claiming space in a traditionally ...

Arab societies, while stories rooted in history, family, resistance, and social consciousness are finding powerful resonance ...

In what amounts to a milestone for the Middle East, Imax has announced plans to release its first-ever Arabic-language feature film. It’s a comedy titled “Ambulance” led by Saudi star Ibrahim Hajjaj, ...

When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas, romantic comedies, action thrillers. But, in the Arab region, where ...

Family secrets, misadventures, hidden pasts and personal growth were the fastest-growing themes and topics in Arabic movies and series this year, according to an AI-powered report released ahead of TV ...

The only Arab country to have won an Academy Award is betting on an epic film about an anti-colonial hero and the opening of new production studios to restore its place on the movie-world map.

A scene from “The Time We Meet,” a film at the San Diego Arab Film Festival. Photo credit: sandiegoaff.org/ The San Diego Arab Film Festival opens Friday with in ...

Now in its 29th year, the Arab Film Festival is underway across the Bay Area, bringing films and filmmakers from across the Arab world to local audiences. As Managing Director Maya Labban helped host ...

As conflicts escalate in the Middle East and North Africa, from Palestine to Yemen and Sudan, filmmakers have seen an increase in solidarity within the local creative community to find ways to ...

GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- In the world of film festivals, we've all heard of Sundance, Cannes and Telluride. But there is a relatively new festival starting to make an impact. And it's showing movies ...

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a “quota system” at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in ...