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Kaleem Aftab

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London

Kaleem is the author of an authorised biography of Spike Lee titled Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It, and has contributed to a number of other books. He selects films for the East End Film Festival and gives programming advice to a number of festivals around the globe. He has been working as a freelance journalist specialising in Arab, European and American indie cinema since 1999.

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Amir El Masry, right, and Vikash Bhai in 'Limbo' (2020). IMDb

A different narrative: how British film 'Limbo' tells a refugee story with humour

October 16, 2020
Riz Ahmed plays musician Zed in 'Mogul Mowgli'. Courtesy Pulse Films

How Riz Ahmed's 'Mogul Mowgli' tackles tough questions about identity: 'Inherited legacy is one of trauma'

October 12, 2020
‘Their Algeria’ takes on the story of Aicha and Mabrouk, filmmaker Lina Soualem’s paternal grandparents who ended their marriage after 62 years. Courtesy Lina Soualem

A family tribute: director Lina Soualem explores her grandparents’ troubled past in ‘Their Algeria’

April 14, 2020
Robert Fisk was in Idlib in 2018 to report on the conflict. Tinam Inc

The inside story on Britain's 'most famous foreign correspondent' Robert Fisk

March 19, 2020
Mouna Hawa and Firas Nassar star in ‘Between Heaven and Earth’. Courtesy of Najwa Najjar

Why a destroyed Palestinian village is the real star of 'Between Heaven and Earth'

February 13, 2020
Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce in ‘The Two Popes’ IMDb

Review: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce shine in Netflix's 'The Two Popes'

December 18, 2019
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in Marriage Story. Wilson Webb / Netflix

'Marriage Story' is one of the best love stories of recent times - and it's about divorce

December 5, 2019
Elie Kamal shoots in infrared, making the trees a vivid hue Elie Kamal

How filmmaker Elie Kamal used Lebanon’s abandoned railways to explore his country's past

November 25, 2019
Muhammad Malas was the director of the first Syrian movie to be screened at the New York Film Festival. Nezar Andary

'Food, language and fear of war' unify Arabs, as can Muhammad Malas's movies

November 23, 2019
Sami Bouajila and Najla Ben Abdallah in 'Bik Eneich - Un Fils'; the film will screen as part of Ciff's Arab Cinema Competition. Coutesy Jour2Fete

Arab premieres and Venice favourites: What to expect at this year's Cairo International Film Festival

November 19, 2019
Egyptian actor Karim Kassem in a scene from his latest film ‘Sawah’, in which he plays a DJ who makes it to the World Championships. 

Egyptian actor Karim Kassem on his new film and breaking stereotypes

October 13, 2019
Lina Al Abed talks to people who knew her father in 'Ibrahim: A Fate to Define', a film to uncover what happened to him. Tiff

Why Palestinian director Lina Al Abed made a film about her father who disappeared when she was six

October 1, 2019
Bushra Rozza attends a screening at the third El Gouna Film Festival with US actor Nate Parker. AFP

Why Egyptian actress Bushra wanted more than just glamour at El Gouna Film Festival

September 29, 2019
A scene from Mehdi M Barsaoui’s ‘A Son’ La Biennale Di Venezia

Venice Film Festival 2019: ‘A Son’ raises the issues of modern-day Tunisia

September 4, 2019
Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos arrives at the Elysee Palace, Paris, on May 26, 1976. AFP.

Imelda Marcos documentary 'The Kingmaker' tells a story of 'power, dynasty and history repeating itself'

September 1, 2019