With Saudi film production skyrocketing, a significant presence in Cannes and surprise North African successes, insiders say Arab cinema is entering a vibrant new era: "It’s an interesting time." By ...

Georges Khabbaz stars alongside German film legend Hanna Schygulla in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s melancholic drama about an exiled ...

GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- In the world of film festivals, we've all heard of Sundance, Cannes and Telluride. But there is a relatively new festival starting to make an impact. And it's showing movies ...

MARRAKECH — Netflix has been a welcome addition to the Middle East and North Africa region, boosting audience interest in independent films. What’s more, it has added momentum to a renewed interest in ...

Karama presents the San Diego Arab Film Festival, which kicks off Friday night with in-person screenings and themed food at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. Karama is a nonprofit ...

Popular Saudi Arabian actor and stand-up comic Ibrahim Al Hajjaj’s new comedy “Esaaf” (“Ambulance”) directed by British helmer Colin Teague (“Doctor Who,” “Torchwood”), is already set for a sequel ...

Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has launched a new film fund called Big Time Investment to boost production of quality Arabic movies and announced a slate of Egyptian feature ...

Ameer Fakher Eldin ’s “Yunan” has won this year’s Arab Critics’ Award for European Films. The award, now in its seventh ...

Held at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, the 13th Annual San Diego Arab Film Festival starts April 12 and runs through April 21. Rami Younis is the co-director of “Lyd,” the closing ...

A scene from “The Time We Meet,” a film at the San Diego Arab Film Festival. Photo credit: sandiegoaff.org/ The San Diego Arab Film Festival opens Friday with in ...

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The film by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir is a sophisticated and devastating period piece set during the British ...