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74 articles available in total starting from 30/05/2013. Last article published on 15/10/2025.

The Cairo International Film Festival readies its 46th edition

The Cairo International Film Festival readies its 46th edition

The oldest film gathering in the MENA region will welcome European productions and co-productions, and present Hungary’s Ildikó Enyedi with the Career Achievement Award  

15/10 | Cairo 2025

Three films shortlisted for the Arab Critics' Awards for European Films

Three films shortlisted for the Arab Critics' Awards for European Films

Eva Libertad's Deaf, Georgi M Unkovski's DJ Ahmet and Ameer Fakher Eldin's Yunan vie for the award given out by a jury of 100 film critics from 16 Arabic-speaking countries  

07/10 | Festivals | Awards | Europe

Review: Cotton Queen

Review: Cotton Queen

VENICE 2025: In spite of its title, Suzannah Mirghani’s impressive debut, following a Sudanese girl assessing her future on a plantation, avoids any fluff  

03/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Suzannah Mirghani’s debut, Cotton Queen, set to world-premiere in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week

Suzannah Mirghani’s debut, Cotton Queen, set to world-premiere in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week

The German-French-Palestinian-Egyptian co-production tells the story of Nafisa, a teenage girl growing up in a cotton-farming village in Sudan  

25/07 | Production | Funding | Germany/France/Palestine/Egypt

Morad Mostafa • Director of Aisha Can't Fly Away

Interview: Morad Mostafa • Director of Aisha Can't Fly Away

"I asked myself why, in Egyptian cinema, we don't have any films about non-Egyptians characters"

CANNES 2025: The Egyptian filmmaker talked to us about the origins of his debut feature, centred on an African migrant in Cairo  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Aisha Can’t Fly Away

Review: Aisha Can’t Fly Away

CANNES 2025: Morad Mostafa crafts a debut feature that’s cinematically familiar in its festival aesthetic but is let down by a surface-level story despite its weighty themes  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Aisha Can’t Fly Away becomes the first Egyptian film in Un Certain Regard since 2016

Aisha Can’t Fly Away becomes the first Egyptian film in Un Certain Regard since 2016

Morad Mostafa’s debut feature follows the eponymous 26-year-old immigrant and caregiver navigating violent tensions in the Cairo neighbourhood of Ain Shams  

18/04 | Production | Funding | Egypt/France/Germany/Tunisia/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/Sudan

Mohamed Rashad • Director of The Settlement

Interview: Mohamed Rashad • Director of The Settlement

“This man was building his future on the death of his father”

BERLINALE 2025: The Alexandria-based filmmaker breaks down his narrative debut, which was born of a fascination with industrial environments  

19/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Review: The Settlement

Review: The Settlement

BERLINALE 2025: Underprivileged youths from Alexandria strive for a better future in the soft and sensitive narrative debut by Mohamed Rashad  

19/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Tarik Saleh • Director

Interview: Tarik Saleh • Director

"It’s our duty to ensure greater value is placed on film"

We met with the director behind The Nile Hilton Incident and Boy from Heaven, who’s also a member of the filmmakers’ jury at MyFrenchFilmFestival, while in Paris  

24/01 | /Sweden/France

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