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A new kind of cinema has been emerging in the Arab world - "Arab auteur films". They are "up-close and personal" in the choice of content and in cineastic style. Could this trend be the future of Arab film? Stefanie Suren reports
In ‘Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity,’ Egyptian film historian Viola Shafik describes Palestinian cinema as a “national cinema without homeland” – a designation owed to the fact that most of the country’s practitioners live in diaspora, rely on foreign funding, and are barred from showing their films in the Occupied Territories. And yet, through
A new kind of cinema has been emerging in the Arab world - "Arab auteur films". They are "up-close and personal" in the choice of content and in cineastic style. Could this trend be the future of Arab film? Stefanie Suren reports
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) at its 37th jury session made 11 funding recommendations for projects from Argentina, Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Iran, Peru, Tunisia and Venezuela. The current funding amounts to a total of 440,000 Euros and the WCF stated that it is pleased to be able to support independent cinema […]
The organisers of 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival have named renowned opera theatre and film director, Julie Taymor, as President of International Competition jury at the 35th TIFF.