Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas ...

Netflix has unveiled the first look at its upcoming Arabic romantic comedy, Love in Slow Motion, set to premiere globally on July 23, 2026. The film places Kuwaiti actress Nour Al Ghandoor at the ...

BBC Arabic announces 20 selected works that will make up this year’s BBC Arabic Festival. The Festival will take place in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in Central London and runs from ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar hopeful The Seed of the Sacred Fig has won the sixth edition of the Arab Critics‘ Award for European Films, a joint initiative between European Film ...

The panel, part of the ongoing Cairo International Film Festival (12-21 November), was moderated by Mohamed Nabil. It ...

Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) has signed a multi-year agreement with the Film Committee at Media City Qatar to co-finance Arabic-language films from the Middle East and North Africa.

Continuing a great year for Arab cinema at major festivals — with films such as “Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” “The President’s Cake” and “The Little Sister” winning major awards in Cannes — the Venice ...

Lina Soualem’s Spain-set family tale “Alicante,” Walid Messnaoui’s gangster Western “The Last Beast of Atlas” and Linda Lô’s search-for-identity drama “Lucky Girl” rank as buzz titles at the 7th Atlas ...

Ameer Fakher Eldin’s “Yunan” has won this year’s Arab Critics’ Award for European Films. The award, now in its seventh edition, is presented by European Film Promotion in collaboration with the Arab ...

The sound of aircraft intrudes upon the lives of Gazan refugees in many of the 22 short films that comprise From Ground Zero, the centerpiece film at this year’s Arab Film Festival. Sometimes the men, ...

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a “quota system” at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in ...