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Ola Salwa


338 articles available in total starting from 21/03/2017. Last article published on 10/06/2025.

Review: Islands

Review: Islands

BERLINALE 2025: Jan-Ole Gerster’s new film is a well-crafted story about a man who lives borrowed lives  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Review: Reflection in a Dead Diamond

Review: Reflection in a Dead Diamond

BERLINALE 2025: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani present a baroque spy film with some crazy twists and turns, which is both fun and exhausting  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Review: The Ice Tower

Review: The Ice Tower

BERLINALE 2025: Lucile Hadžihalilović offers up a sensual yet peculiar rendition of The Snow Queen, a blend of modern fairy tale and coming-of-age story  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Review: Bin U Bin, Elsewhere the Border

Review: Bin U Bin, Elsewhere the Border

The visually striking debut feature by Mohamed Lakhdar Tati is a genre exercise and an ode to the Algerian landscape  

18/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024

Review: Songs of Adam

Review: Songs of Adam

In his third film, Oday Rasheed explores the contemporary history of Iraq through the eyes of a child for whom time has come to a standstill  

18/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024

Shivani Pandya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film Foundation

Interview: Shivani Pandya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film Foundation

“My proudest achievement this year is that out of the 16 films in the competition, we've got six made by women”

During our chat, we zoomed in on the collaboration between Europe and the Arab region, and how the Red Sea Film Foundation supports female filmmakers  

10/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024 | Red Sea Souk

Review: Sima’s Song

Review: Sima’s Song

The political eclipses the personal in Roya Sadat’s film about two friends living in Afghanistan on the eve of the 1978 Soviet invasion  

09/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024

Ryan Ashore • Head, Red Sea Labs

Interview: Ryan Ashore • Head, Red Sea Labs

“We have a huge number of European producers and industry experts coming in throughout the year”

We sat down with the head honcho of the Red Sea Labs in order to gain an insight into what has changed this year and get an overview of some of its success stories  

04/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024 | Red Sea Souk

The Red Sea Souk gears up to present 38 projects

The Red Sea Souk gears up to present 38 projects

The industry sidebar of the Red Sea International Film Festival, unspooling from 7-11 December, will feature both film and episodic projects  

03/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024 | Red Sea Souk

Maciej J Drygas • Director of Trains

Interview: Maciej J Drygas • Director of Trains

“This film has a dark conclusion: we don’t learn from our mistakes; we repeat them”

We chatted to the Polish documentary director, whose recent IDFA winner reflects on the atrocities and joys of the 20th century  

29/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

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