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Spike Lee looks on during the Kia Shooting Stars during 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend at Intuit Dome on February 14, 2026 in Inglewood, California.
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Spike Lee brings Palestine message to NBA All-Star Weekend

Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee was seen wearing an outfit featuring the Palestinian flag during NBA All-Star Weekend, continuing his support for Palestine

Assiah Hamed
15 February, 2026
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Film Interview
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Animalia director Sofia Alaoui on faith, aliens, and identity

The New Arab Staff

Tariq Manshi

17 December, 2025
Actor and filmmaker Iyad Hajjaj talks about his new film on Gaza. [Brooke Anderson/TNA]
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Hollywood actor Iyad Hajjaj unveils new film on Gaza

Brooke Anderson
15 December, 2025
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Exploring love and memory in Sarah Francis' Dead Dog

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

11 December, 2025
At_Night
MENA Films
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The rise of Arab animation and the stories shaping its future

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Elisa Pierandrei

03 October, 2025
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Netflix's House of Guinness through Mounia Akl's lens

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

25 September, 2025
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi received a hero’s welcome in Tehran after winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes [Getty]
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Filmmaker Panahi cheered on return to Iran after Cannes triumph

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 May, 2025
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Iran
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Mohammad Rasoulof: Prison, politics and his Oscar-nominated film

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

07 February, 2025
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Film Review
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A Night We Held Between film links old myths to Palestine today

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

25 October, 2024
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Lebanon's Nadine Labaki joins Cannes Film Festival jury

The New Arab Staff
30 April, 2024
Protests in Iran
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Jailed Iran filmmaker Jafar Panahi on hunger strike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 February, 2023
Iran slaps travel ban
Iran
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Iran slaps travel ban on filmmaker over support for protests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 January, 2023
Iran
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Iran judiciary to rule on famed filmmaker's release: lawyer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 January, 2023
Jean Luc Godard
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Jean Luc Godard: pro-Palestine director dies aged 91

The New Arab Staff
14 September, 2022
Iran
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Iranian authorities arrest movie industry workers: filmmaker

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 May, 2022
Egypt
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Egyptian filmmaker to head short film jury at Cannes

Thaer Mansour
29 April, 2022
Mohammad Rasoulof -- AFP
Iran
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Cannes demands release of jailed Iranian film director Rasoulof

The New Arab & agencies
26 July, 2019
Naji Jerf
Turkey
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'ISIL in Aleppo' video director murdered in Turkey

The New Arab
27 December, 2015