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Ola Salwa

346 articles available in total starting from 21/03/2017. Last article published on 13/08/2025.

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Review: The Bridge

Review: The Bridge

Walid Mattar's modest yet lovely comedy is a cautionary tale about getting what you wish for  

26/11/2024 | Cairo 2024

Review: Abo Zaabal 89

Review: Abo Zaabal 89

In his poignant doc, Bassam Mortada, the son of a political prisoner, investigates how the very fabric of his family was torn apart and the constituent parts never came back the same way again  

22/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Piotr Domalewski's Altar Boys enters the editing room

Piotr Domalewski's Altar Boys enters the editing room

The Polish filmmaker's fourth feature will revolve around a group of catholic altar servers, who aim to show justice to their neighbours from a housing estate  

15/11/2024 | Production | Funding | Poland

Rodrigo Brum • Head, Cairo Film Connection

Interview: Rodrigo Brum • Head, Cairo Film Connection

"It was crucial to me that the selection reflected not my taste, but the diversity of stories and aesthetic approaches from the region"

We sat down to discuss the 10th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival's platform presenting upcoming fiction and documentary feature projects from the MENA region  

13/11/2024 | Cairo 2024

Ghost Trail scoops the Golden Star at the seventh El Gouna Film Festival

Ghost Trail scoops the Golden Star at the seventh El Gouna Film Festival

The debut feature by Jonathan Millet has bagged the main prize at the Egyptian gathering, while The Kingdom by Julien Colonna was a runner-up in the Narrative Feature Competition  

05/11/2024 | El Gouna 2024 | Awards

Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

Interview: Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

“We are a place where you can get access to important platforms, and meet European distributors, festivals and labs”

The Egyptian film critic and FIPRESCI president, who is heading CineGouna Funding for the second year, tells us about the changes he has introduced  

23/10/2024 | El Gouna 2024

The 40th MIPCOM Cannes poised to kick off with Spain as its Country of Honour

The 40th MIPCOM Cannes poised to kick off with Spain as its Country of Honour

The gathering, dubbed the “mother of all entertainment content markets”, unspools between 21 and 24 October, hosting screenings of upcoming European series  

18/10/2024 | Industry | Market | Europe

Ewa Szabłowska • Artistic director, mBank New Horizons IFF

Interview: Ewa Szabłowska • Artistic director, mBank New Horizons IFF

“Our competition this year is more about psychonautic exploration”

One of the artistic directors of the Polish gathering outlines this year’s programme and explains the festival’s theme of “cinema that leads”  

18/07/2024 | New Horizons 2024

Bassam Alasad • Head of industry, Amman Film Days

Interview: Bassam Alasad • Head of industry, Amman Film Days

“There is a huge network of great producers in Europe who work with Arab films and who understand the culture”

The head of industry talks about crafting the Amman Film Days’ programme for up-and-coming filmmakers from Jordan and the Arab region, and its relevance to Europe  

15/07/2024 | /Jordan/Europe/Middle East

Mara Tamkovich • Director of Under the Grey Sky

Interview: Mara Tamkovich • Director of Under the Grey Sky

“The choices that the characters are making represent the bigger picture of Belarus”

The Polish-Belarusian director unpacks to what extent her story was based on real events and explains where she was able to use her artistic freedom  

20/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024

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