In the spotlight: Meet the 20 Arab filmmakers and actors who shone in 2020
SHARE While the pandemic may have shuttered cinemas and put productions on ice around the world, it has also been a history-making 12 months for filmmakers from the Arab world. Sameh Alaa's short film I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face, which became the first Egyptian film to be nominated for the Palme d'Or, won the top prize at Cannes this year, while filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala's You Will Die at Twenty became the first film to be officially submitted by Sudan for Oscars consideration. Here, we take a look at some of the regional filmmakers and actors who rightly found themselves in the spotlig...