MENA Films

Bakma_film
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Bakma: Purposeful grotesquerie or mere overstatement?

Film Review: 'Bakma' is a flawed but arresting Tunisian nightmare that takes risks with violence and misogyny, even if its execution falls short of its ambition

Davide Abbatescianni
18 September, 2026
Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor pose with the Special Jury Prize Award for Naza at the Winners Photocall at the 83 Venice International Film Festival 2026
Gaza War
MENA
Live Story

Israeli minister calls to strip Gaza doc directors citizenship

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 September, 2026
Palestinian film director, Dima Hamdan, with Adeeb Safadi and Ruba Blal on the set of her last short film "Blood Like Water".
Artificial Intelligence
Narrated

Can AI give Arab filmmakers the freedom to tell our stories?

Dima Hamdan

Dima Hamdan

28 August, 2026
Strawberries_film
Cannes Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

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

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Alexander Durie

29 May, 2026
The_station_film
Cannes Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Cannes Film Festival 2026 MENA lineup: Films of war and exile

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

08 May, 2026
Adam_Bakri
Interview
Interviews
Live Story

Adam Bakri: Actor, artist and advocate telling Palestine's story

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Yousra Samir Imran

17 April, 2026
Gaza_Grad
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

What comes after survival? Sawsan Qaoud answers in Gaza Grad

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

03 April, 2026
Time_Hoppers
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Time Hoppers: Muslim filmmakers bring Islamic history to life

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Yousra Samir Imran

03 March, 2026
Complaint_No. 713317
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Unpacking Complaint No. 713317 with Yasser Shafiey

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

27 February, 2026
A_Friend's_House
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Improv, courage and survival in The Friend’s House is Here

The New Arab Staff

Mae Abdulbaki

27 February, 2026
Actor of the film 'Wolfram', Erroll Shand, poses for the press wearing a Palestine flag pin on his lapel at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in Berlin, Germany, on February 17, 2026.
Berlin Film Festival
World
Live Story

Censorship of Palestine overshadows Berlin Film Festival finale

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 February, 2026
Birds_of_War
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Birds of War: Revolution, ruins, and romance across two nations

The New Arab Staff

Agnese Albertini

13 February, 2026
Cesarean_Weekend
Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Berlinale 2026: MENA cinema shines as Morocco takes focus

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

12 February, 2026
Nahda_film
Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

London hosts I'm Migrant Festival on SWANA exile and diaspora

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Tamara Alfarisi

11 February, 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
cherien dabis all that's left of you
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

All That's Left of You: Cherien Dabis on family, history & loss

Sebastian Shehadi

Sebastian Shehadi

23 January, 2026
President's_Cake
MENA Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Spotlight on 2026 Arab films to keep on your radar

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

09 January, 2026
Hanna_K_Film
Obituary
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Mohammad Bakri: A tribute to the titan of Palestinian cinema

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

05 January, 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
Animalia_film
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Animalia director Sofia Alaoui on faith, aliens, and identity

The New Arab Staff

Tariq Manshi

17 December, 2025