Documentary film

Shoot the People: Misan Harriman on protest, photography and change

Shoot the People: Misan Harriman on protest, photography and change

Releasing this week, 'Shoot The People' documents renowned photographer Misan Harriman’s journey capturing global protest movements.

09 July, 2026
Planet_Israel
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

The Jewish filmmaker trying to understand Israel after Gaza

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

06 June, 2026
Do you love me - Fouad Elkoury
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Beirut speaks through its fragments in Do You Love Me

The New Arab Staff

Sarah Khalil

03 February, 2026
2025 films
2025 retrospective
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

From Gaza to Sudan: The films that defined cinema in 2025

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

30 December, 2025
Palestinian actor Mohammed Bakri poses d
Palestine
MENA
Live Story

Mohammad Bakri, Palestinian director of 'Jenin, Jenin' dies

Sarah Khalil
24 December, 2025
Palestinian_documentaries
Documentary film
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Top ten Palestinian documentaries you should keep on your radar

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

22 November, 2024
Aya from Gaza who features in BBC documentary 'Life and Death in Gaza'
Gaza War
MENA
Live Story

New BBC documentary shows life under Israeli bombs in Gaza

The New Arab Staff
16 October, 2024
Bisan Owda
Hollywood
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Can Bisan Owda Emmy win change Hollywood attitudes on Palestine?

Tariq Raouf

Tariq Raouf

26 September, 2024
Gaza War
World
Live Story

Israeli filmmaker faces death threats after Berlinale speech

The New Arab Staff
28 February, 2024
We dare to dream
cinema
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

We Dare To Dream: The story of the Olympic refugee team

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

14 July, 2023
Screening the secrets of a cult-like matriarchal Muslim order
Arab film
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Screening the secrets of a cultish matriarchal Muslim order

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

23 June, 2023
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egypt challenges Netflix with local documentary on Cleopatra

Thaer Mansour
03 May, 2023
Under the Sky of Damascus
Damascus
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Under the Sky of Damascus: Finding shelter from violence

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

24 March, 2023
BBC
World
Live Story

UK foreign minister raises BBC tax searches, India says laws are for all

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 March, 2023
Still from 'Notes of Displacement'
refugee
Culture
Live Story

Notes on Displacement: The gruelling journey to fort Europe

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

16 December, 2022
Moosa Lane: An intimate family portrait about distance and closeness
Film Review
Culture
Live Story

Moosa Lane: A lasting portrait on Pakistani family ties

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

05 August, 2022
Afghanistan
MENA
Live Story

Danish-Afghan movie Flee nominated for three Oscar Awards

The New Arab Staff
09 February, 2022
France
MENA
Live Story

French journalist 'gets death threats' for Islam documentary

The New Arab Staff
01 February, 2022
Ashraf Barhoum in Al-Garib (The Stranger)
London Palestine Film Festival
Offbeat
Live Story

2021 London Palestine Film Festival: Five Films not to miss

19 November, 2021
Al Jazeera
Qatar
MENA
Live Story

Bangladesh orders Al Jazeera documentary be scrubbed from web

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 February, 2021
Shiite Militia Parade in Baghdad
Shia
MENA
Live Story

'Iraq's Assassins': Documentary investigates alleged killings by Shia militias

The New Arab Staff
12 February, 2021