MENA Films

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Cannes Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Promised Sky: Ivorian women in search of a future in Tunisia

Film review: 'Promised Sky', which opened Un Certain Regard at Cannes, follows three women in Tunisia as they grapple with faith, trauma, and belonging

Mariana Hristova
30 May, 2025
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Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Dachra: A chilling horror based on true events from Tunisia

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

23 May, 2025
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Cannes Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Cannes 2025: The top MENA films set to shine on the Croisette

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

22 April, 2025
No_Other_Land
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

No Other Land: The Oscar-nominated film's call to end occupation

The New Arab Staff

Tim Brinkhof

29 January, 2025
Motherland_film
Canada
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Iran in the spotlight at the Vancouver MENA Film Festival

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Hadani Ditmars

27 January, 2025
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Oscar
World
Live Story

Palestinian film 'No Other Land' earns Oscar nomination

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2025
Rashid Masharawi
Films
Interviews
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From Ground Zero: Rashid Masharawi on filming during a genocide

Sebastian Shehadi

Sebastian Shehadi

10 January, 2025
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Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Spotlighting MENA cinema at the Palm Springs Film Festival

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Hadani Ditmars

09 January, 2025
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Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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The top critically acclaimed 2025 MENA films to watch out for

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

31 December, 2024
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MENA Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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The best MENA films of 2024

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

26 December, 2024
Dabke at Cairo Film Festival [Getty]
Palestinian
MENA
Live Story

Palestinian film project on Gaza wins big at Cairo Film Festival

The New Arab Staff
25 November, 2024
Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra, the co-directors of the film 'No Other Land'
Germany
World
Live Story

Germany accuses Israeli Jewish filmmaker of 'antisemitic bias'

The New Arab Staff
13 November, 2024
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Oscars
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

The MENA films to watch out for in the 2025 Oscars race

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

31 October, 2024
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film festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Sasha Nathwani on creating Last Swim, a coming-of-age film

The New Arab Staff

Armani Syed

11 October, 2024
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Films
Interviews
Live Story

Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri on identity, activism & censorship

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

04 October, 2024
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film festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Films from Lebanon and Iran shine at the 2024 VIFF

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Hadani Ditmars

30 September, 2024
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Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Top MENA films to watch out for at the BFI London Film Festival

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

23 September, 2024
gladiator_II
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Gladiator II: A missed chance for North African representation

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

09 August, 2024
East_of_Noon
Egyptian cinema
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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East of Noon: Hala Elkoussy's magical generational sculpting

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

24 May, 2024
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Cannes Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Top 7 MENA films premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2024

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Alexander Durie

23 May, 2024
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MENA Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Ten Palestinian films you should watch

Elisa Pierandrei

Elisa Pierandrei

03 May, 2024