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97 articles available in total starting from 16/03/2005. Last article published on 14/09/2026.

Mehdi Hmili • Director of Exile

Interview: Mehdi Hmili • Director of Exile

“The Arab Spring failed, and with it our dreams of freedom and social justice”

The Tunisian auteur explains how he decided on the visual approach of his film and reflects on how it comments on the weakening results of the Arab Spring revolution in his home country  

19/11/2025 | Cairo 2025

Critic, programmer, filmmaker: Mark Peranson maps cinema’s “ecosystem” in Riyadh

Critic, programmer, filmmaker: Mark Peranson maps cinema’s “ecosystem” in Riyadh

Programming, Peranson says, is less analysis than finding a good fit in terms of sections, stakeholders and timing  

13/11/2025 | Industry | Market | Europe/Middle East

Carlo Chatrian talks critics, curators and the next chapter for cinema

Carlo Chatrian talks critics, curators and the next chapter for cinema

At the third International Film Criticism Conference, the former Locarno and Berlin head reflected on the shared mission of critics and curators in defending cinema’s diversity  

12/11/2025 | Industry | Market | Europe/Middle East

The fifth Red Sea International Film Festival announces its full line-up

The fifth Red Sea International Film Festival announces its full line-up

Unspooling from 4-13 December in Jeddah, the event will present over 100 films from all over the world, including 16 titles selected for the main competition strand  

06/11/2025 | Red Sea 2025

Review: Palestine 36

Review: Palestine 36

Thanks to a committed choral film weaved with much narrative agility, Annemarie Jacir returns to a sadly decisive historical chapter for the Palestinian people  

08/09/2025 | Toronto 2025 | Gala Presentations

Cyril Aris • Director of A Sad and Beautiful World

Interview: Cyril Aris • Director of A Sad and Beautiful World

"I try to tell the story of Lebanon today and its ups and downs through the story of a couple with two different worldviews"

VENICE 2025: The Lebanese director talks to us about his debut fiction feature, a love story set against the backdrop of a deeply scarred country, Lebanon  

04/09/2025 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

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  

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

Yanis Koussim • Director of Roqia

Interview: Yanis Koussim • Director of Roqia

“I write about my wounds”

VENICE 2025: The Algerian director takes on his country’s trauma and delivers a personal horror story  

02/09/2025 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: A Sad and Beautiful World

Review: A Sad and Beautiful World

VENICE 2025: In his feature-length fiction debut, Cyril Aris tells a love story unfolding in parallel with the joys and deep sorrows of a continually changing Lebanon  

02/09/2025 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Roqia

Review: Roqia

VENICE 2025: Under the guise of a dark genre film about possession and exorcism, Yanis Koussim distils an allegory about the timeless dangers of fundamentalism  

01/09/2025 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

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