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As world cinema's premier festival gets underway, we look at the productions likely to get audiences talking and censors angry

The Lebanese writer, Mohamed Soueid, has selected 15 AFAC-supported films which will be screened on the Aflamuna streaming platform during May

Mayssa Jallad & Khaled Allaf ‘Madina min Baeed’ Jallad’s is one of the finest singing voices in the region, and this collaboration with Syrian musician and producer Allaf is a moving, haunting piece with minimal electronic music backing Jallad’s vocals. The video, directed by Cannes-winner Ely Dagher serves the song perfectly — what starts out as apparently seductive and

Our ranking features a controversial dark comedy about an Egyptian man turned into a chicken and a female-led Tunisian slasher

Sundance's short film slate for 2022 was whittled down from the festival's largest-ever submission pool.

25/11/2021 - Following an online edition in 2020, the festival is returning to its “true” form with an especially abundant offering, enhanced by another competition entitled RêVolution

25/11/2021 - Following an online edition in 2020, the festival is returning to its “true” form with an especially abundant offering, enhanced by another competition entitled RêVolution

25/11/2021 - Following an online edition in 2020, the festival is returning to its “true” form with an especially abundant offering, enhanced by another competition entitled RêVolution

When Jana returns home from studying abroad in Paris, her hometown Beirut is not what she remembers. A disappearing view of the sea at her parents house and a downtown that keeps growing into the s...