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36 articles available in total starting from 16/03/2005. Last article published on 26/02/2024.

Review: Alam

Review: Alam

Firas Khoury’s debut feature is a fiery and engaging exploration of youth, politicisation and forced forgetting  

19/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Contemporary World Cinema

Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging Gardens

Interview: Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging Gardens

“I think the new generation will accept this film; the radicals will be upset”

VENICE 2022: Inspired by De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, the Iraqi director takes a look at his “unbalanced” home country  

14/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti Extra

Review: Hanging Gardens

Review: Hanging Gardens

VENICE 2022: A spectacular find among the rubble of post-war Baghdad causes disruption, unrest and hilarity in Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji’s film  

12/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti Extra

Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri • Directors of The Last Queen

Interview: Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri • Directors of The Last Queen

"It's a story that the Algerians have never seen before and which they need in order to dig deep into their history and culture"

VENISE 2022: The directing duo straddles reality and legend as it retraces a historical event from 16th-century Algeria from Queen Zaphira's perspective  

06/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: The Last Queen

Review: The Last Queen

VENICE 2022: Duo Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri make their feature film debut with a movie looking back on an historic event in 16th century Algeria from a female perspective  

05/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Roua Almadani and Chadi Zeneddine • CEO and director of Project Development and International Relations, Arabia Pictures Group

Interview: Roua Almadani and Chadi Zeneddine • CEO and director of Project Development and International Relations, Arabia Pictures Group

“Saudis are eager to experiment and to share their stories with the world”

With the support of Cineuropa, the European Union Delegation in Saudi Arabia organised the first European film festival ever held in the country  

14/07/2022 | /Saudi Arabia/Europe

The Saudi Film Commission plans to attract foreign productions

The Saudi Film Commission plans to attract foreign productions

Abdullah Al Eyya Al-Qahtani, the CEO of the Saudi Film Commission, presented the organisation’s initiatives and its future plans during the recent Malmö Arab Film Festival  

11/05/2022 | Industry | Market | Sweden/Saudi Arabia

Review: We, Students!

Review: We, Students!

BERLINALE 2022: Rafiki Fariala's first feature is a warm and insightful documentary about friendship and the situation of students at the University of Bangui in the Central African Republic  

12/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Review: Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight

Review: Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight

Nick Green’s documentary reveals how the former CEO of Renault-Nissan escaped house arrest in Japan by fleeing to Lebanon  

16/06/2021 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2021

Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect Candidate

Interview: Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect Candidate

“It will take time to see actual change on the streets of Saudi Arabia”

VENICE 2019: Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour tells Cineuropa about her new work playing in competition at Venice, The Perfect Candidate  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

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