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65 articles available in total starting from 16/03/2005. Last article published on 24/05/2025.

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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

Review: Ancestral Visions of the Future

Review: Ancestral Visions of the Future

BERLINALE 2025: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese makes his long-awaited new feature with a moving ode to the past, present and future of Lesotho and his complicated bond with it  

21/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Review: Yalla Parkour

Review: Yalla Parkour

BERLINALE 2025: Areeb Zuaiter’s tender documentary about Gaza-born boys indulging in parkour shows hope and joy amidst darkness  

21/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: Yunan

Review: Yunan

BERLINALE 2025: It was a risky move for Ameer Fakher Eldin to make a subdued film about an exiled writer who’s lost his inspiration and the will to live; sadly, the gamble did not pay off  

20/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

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

Yunan to compete for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale

Yunan to compete for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale

Syrian director Ameer Fakher Eldin’s movie, the only Arab film in Berlin’s main competition, examines themes of displacement and renewal as part of his “Homeland” trilogy  

24/01 | Production | Funding | Germany/Canada/Italy/Palestine/Qatar/Jordan/Saudi Arabia

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

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