Venice Film Festival

My_father_and_Qaddafi
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Unpacking Jihan K's love and loss in My Father and Qaddafi

We speak to Jihan K about her nine-year journey to create 'My Father and Qaddafi', a film born from the discovery of her father's body in 2012

Elisa Pierandrei
14 November, 2025
Kabul_Between_Prayers
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Kabul, Between Prayers: Two brothers in the Taliban's shadow

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

06 November, 2025
House_of_Guinness
Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Netflix's House of Guinness through Mounia Akl's lens

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

25 September, 2025
Roqia film
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Roqia: Algerian horror film exorcises the wounds of war

The New Arab Staff

Agnese Albertini

12 September, 2025
2025 Winners Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
Hind Rajab
World
Live Story

Gaza film 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' wins prize in Venice

The New Arab Staff
07 September, 2025
The 82nd Venice International Film Festival - Day 8
Hind Rajab
World
Live Story

Gaza film at Venice targeted by hate campaign, director says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 September, 2025
Amer Hlehel, Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Kaouther Ben Hania, Clara Khoury are pictured at "The Voice Of Hind Rajab" red carpet at The 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 03, 2025 in Venice, Italy [Getty]
Gaza War
World
Live Story

Gaza docu-drama gets 23-minute ovation at Venice premiere

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2025
'The Voice Of Hind Rajab' Photocall
Venice Film Festival
MENA
Live Story

Director tells Venice that Gaza film gives 'voice' to victims

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2025
People take part in a demonstration in support of Gaza and Palestinian people at Venice Lido during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
World
Live Story

Thousands protest Israel's war on Gaza near Venice Film Festival

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2025
PEOPLE's Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Gala
Venice Film Festival
World
Live Story

Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix back new film about Gaza's Hind Rajab

The New Arab Staff
28 August, 2025
82nd Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido on August 27
Venice Film Festival
Offbeat
Live Story

Protest against Gaza war as Venice Film Festival opens

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 August, 2025
Aicha_film_still
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Tunisian film Aïcha rethinks family dynamics in the Arab world

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

13 September, 2024
81st Venice International Film Festival
Gaza War
Offbeat
Live Story

Jewish director condemns 'Gaza genocide' at Venice Film Festival

The New Arab Staff
10 September, 2024
Gaza War
World
Live Story

Venice Film Festival: Gaza solidarity, calls to boycott Israel

The New Arab Staff
03 September, 2024
Backstage: Psychological salvation in Morocco's Atlas forest
Morocco
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Backstage: Psychosomatic salvation in Morocco's Atlas forest

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

16 September, 2023
Hanging Gardens
Iraq
Culture
Live Story

Hanging Gardens: An endearing tale of Iraqi friendship

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

21 October, 2022
World War III still
Iran
Culture
Live Story

World War III: A definitive and decisive history of rage

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

14 October, 2022
Iran
MENA
Live Story

Jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi competes in Venice

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 September, 2022
Venice Film Festival
Afghanistan
World
Live Story

Venice Film Festival to host panel on Afghan moviemakers

The New Arab Staff
30 August, 2021
[still] The Perfect Candidate
Venice Film Festival
Society
Live Story

Four must-watch MENA films from the Venice Film Festival

The New Arab Staff

Sarah Khalil

25 August, 2019
Doueiri
Venice Film Festival
Society
Live Story

Award-winning Ziad Doueiri on civil war, Palestine, and attention-seeking

The New Arab Staff

Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli

09 November, 2017