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Said Hamich Benlarbi left Morocco for France aged 11 and he's harnassing the emotion of being in exile for his second film to be screened at the festival

Riz Ahmed is on a programme dedicated to celebrating Muslim culture and stories.

The submission deadline for the French fund, open to feature films co-produced by a non-European country, is 8 March

16/01/2024 - The submission deadline for the French fund, open to feature films co-produced by a non-European country, is 8 March

The UK festival will include films featuring actors Riz Ahmed and Nabhaan Rizwan.

The first Muslim International Film Festival is taking place in London this week to champion "narratives of international Muslim filmmakers and highlight their compelling stories".

With the war on Gaza having ripple effects across Middle Eastern cinema, regional filmmakers face challenges finding support for their projects

In the shadow of a devastating earthquake and an all-pervasive war, the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival featured some of the best cinema from Africa and the Middle East.

FilmFaced with a lack of archival footage, she ingeniously employs a model of her childhood neighborhood in Casablanca and figurines to narrate her familys past, set against the backdrop of the violently suppressed "hunger riots" in June 1981 in Casablanca.

Marrakech Winners: Asmae El Moudir’s 'The Mother Of All Lies' Makes History As First Moroccan Film To Win Festival's Étoile D’Or Top Prize