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Cannes Film Festival

Film, TV & Music

Culture

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'A survival story': Laïla Marrakchi on her film Strawberries

We speak to Moroccan filmmaker Laïla Marrakchi in Cannes about her film 'Strawberries' and the “invisibilised migrant women” of Spain’s strawberry harvest

Alexander Durie

29 May, 2026

Backstage: Psychological salvation in Morocco's Atlas forest

Morocco

Film, TV & Music

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Backstage: Psychosomatic salvation in Morocco's Atlas forest

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

16 September, 2023

Hassan Nazer's 'Winners': Iranian metrosexuality and the moral dilemma of art

Iran

Film, TV & Music

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Hassan Nazer's 'Winners' and the moral dilemma of art

Tiara Sahar Ataii

Tiara Sahar Ataii

05 May, 2023

Thiiird

Lebanon

Film, TV & Music

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Thiiird: A hopeless history of Lebanon's collective despair

Davide Abbatescianni

05 May, 2023

Under the Sky of Damascus

Film, TV & Music

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Under the Sky of Damascus: Finding shelter from violence

Davide Abbatescianni

24 March, 2023

5 Seasons of Revolution

Syria

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5 Seasons of Revolution: When journalism and activism fail

Davide Abbatescianni

17 February, 2023

Holy Spider

Iran

Film, TV & Music

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The Iranian horror film that speaks volumes on the regime

Tiara Sahar Ataii

Tiara Sahar Ataii

10 February, 2023

Kash Kash – Without Feathers We Can’t Live

Lebanon

Live Story

Lebanon's crisis told through the view of Kash Hamam players

Davide Abbatescianni

03 February, 2023

Press shot: The Swimmers

Live Story

Eight of the best MENA films to hit our screens in 2022

Hanna Flint

29 December, 2022

Still from 'Notes of Displacement'

refugee

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Notes on Displacement: The gruelling journey to fort Europe

Davide Abbatescianni

16 December, 2022

Still from 'The Wastetown'

Iran

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The Wastetown: A mother’s desperate search for her son

Davide Abbatescianni

09 December, 2022

Askhal: Tunisian detective thriller takes on the revolution

Tunisia

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Ashkal: Tunisian detective thriller takes on the revolution

Hanna Flint

28 October, 2022

Black Adam

Live Story

Black Adam: Hollywood returns to state of cultural blindness

Hanna Flint

21 October, 2022

Hanging Gardens

Iraq

Live Story

Hanging Gardens: An endearing tale of Iraqi friendship

Davide Abbatescianni

21 October, 2022

World War III still

Iran

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World War III: A definitive and decisive history of rage

Davide Abbatescianni

14 October, 2022

My Paper Life: The new life of a Syrian refugee family

Syria

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My Paper Life: The new life of a Syrian refugee family

Davide Abbatescianni

09 September, 2022

Let It Be Morning [cinematic still]

Live Story

Let It Be Morning: A satirical take on life under occupation

Davide Abbatescianni

27 May, 2022