"Winter Of Discontent," directed by war zone documentary filmmaker Ibrahim El Batout who was shot twice previously, garnered plaudits in Venice earlier this year. By Stuart Kemp LONDON – Egyptian ...

This photo released by Netflix shows characters from the Arabic-language version of the Italian film “Perfect Strangers,” about friends who agree to share their incoming calls, voice and text messages ...

Egypt's Ahmed Helmy and Hend Sabri - who are two of the Arab world's most bankable stars - are set to be paired onscreen for the first time in upcoming Cairo-set feature "His Weakest Creatures" by ...

Family secrets, misadventures, hidden pasts and personal growth were the fastest-growing themes and topics in Arabic movies and series this year, according to an AI-powered report released ahead of TV ...

Lebanese director Sarah Francis brought her quietly devastating marital drama “Dead Dog” to the Cairo Film Festival’s ...

Matty Brown with young stars of The Sand Castle Zain Al Rafeea (L), M Riman Al Rafeea (R) Getty Images The image of the lifeless body of two-year-old Kurdish-Syrian boy Alan Kurdi lying washed up on a ...

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 ...

A gay man comes out after years of hiding. A father has a phone call with his teenage daughter about her first sexual encounter. And an unhappy wife searches for satisfaction in sexting with strangers ...

Arab cinema and its representatives are out in full force - and in the spotlight - on the Croisette this year, where the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival kicked off on Tuesday. Case in point: ...

Netflix's first ever Arabic language film Perfect Strangers was a smash hit in the Middle East when it dropped last month. The film itself is not particularly groundbreaking — it's a remake of a 2016 ...

Critics argued that the remake of the Italian film “Perfect Strangers” flouted moral standards by projecting Western norms out of sync with the largely religious public across much of the Arab world.