MENA Films

Time_Hoppers
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Time Hoppers: Muslim filmmakers bring Islamic history to life

Flordeliza Dayrit & Michael Milo make history with the animated 'Time Hoppers: The Silk Road,' bringing Islamic history alive for kids in North American cinemas

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
Promised_Sky_Film
Cannes Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

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

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

30 May, 2025
Darcha_film
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Dachra: A chilling horror based on true events from Tunisia

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

23 May, 2025
Eagles_of_the_Republic
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
No Other Land was announced under the documentary feature film category [Getty]
Oscar
World
Live Story

Palestinian film 'No Other Land' earns Oscar nomination

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2025
Rashid Masharawi
Films
Interviews
Live Story

From Ground Zero: Rashid Masharawi on filming during a genocide

Sebastian Shehadi

Sebastian Shehadi

10 January, 2025
Palm_Springs_Festival
Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Spotlighting MENA cinema at the Palm Springs Film Festival

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Hadani Ditmars

09 January, 2025
All_That's_Left_Of_You
Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

The top critically acclaimed 2025 MENA films to watch out for

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

31 December, 2024
_LAYLA_
MENA Films
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

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
illustration-US-Oscars-9-Mena-films
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
last-swim-01.jpeg
Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Sasha Nathwani on creating Last Swim, a coming-of-age film

The New Arab Staff

Armani Syed

11 October, 2024
Saleh_Bakri
Films
Interviews
Live Story

Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri on identity, activism & censorship

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

04 October, 2024
Vancouver_International_Film_Festival
Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Films from Lebanon and Iran shine at the 2024 VIFF

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Hadani Ditmars

30 September, 2024