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A sneak peek at Jazbaa footage
Two hours before scenes from Jazbaa is shown at Cannes, anticipation is so high that the event is trending on Twitter; it’s in eighth position worldwide, and in the top spot in India.
Palestinian filmmakers talk about Dégradé following its rave reception at Cannes Critics’ Week
Dégradé tells the story of 13 women stuck in a beauty salon under bizarre circumstances: the Hamas government has decided to storm a family compound where a lion kidnapped from a zoo is being kept - a real event that happened in Gaza in 2007.
Miguel Gomes’s Arabian Nights debuting at Cannes 2015
Arabian Nights, which debuts in The Directors’ Fortnight section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is a sprawling exploration of contemporary Portuguese society and how austerity measures implemented in 2013 caused much suffering.
Mallika Sherawat on courting controversy, her forays into international cinema and her upcoming film
Sherawat became an international household name when, while promoting her TV show Bachelorette India, she became angry with a female journalist who had asked her to stop talking about women’s issues, suggesting that it was damaging India’s reputation globally.
Dalia Al Kury’s search of the truth about djinn
Making her new documentary Possessed by Djinn, which is debuting at the prestigious Hot Docs festival in Toronto, rekindled some old memories for director Dalia Al Kury.
Anish Kapoor’s Untitled Works speak volumes
The influential sculptor is showing his latest flesh-and-blood-inspired collection in London.
Newsmaker: Jafar Panahi
The acclaimed Iranian filmmaker won the best film award at the Berlin film festival this week, his biggest victory to date over 15 years of oppression by authorities in his homeland.
French company picks up Gaza comedy Dégradé
The directors of Dégradé – twin brothers Tarzan and Arab – saw their 2013 short film Condom Lead, about the complications of relationships in a conflict zone, premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Queen of the Desert, debuting at the Berlinale, steers away from political comment
Sadly, the German filmmaker Werner Herzog decides to concentrate on the parts of the British explorer's life that could be taken out of an episode of Downton Abbey.
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi has world premiere at Berlin film festival
Taxi is the third film that Jafar Panahi, who is banned from filmmaking in Iran, has been able to produce secretly and smuggle out of the country for an international screening.
Documentary ManIslam reveals men pushing for a more progressive faith
In ManIslam Nefise Özkal Lorentzen interviews men who are pushing a more progressive version of Islam, one that questions ideas about patriarchal roles in society.
The UAE film festival successes destined for Oscar glory
Six of the nine shortlisted Best Foreign Film contenders screened at either the Abu Dhabi Film Festival or Dubai International Film Festival. WE speculate on which is most likely to lift the statue.
Keira Knightly talks on the Imitation Game and unconventional love
Keira Knightly discusses World War II drama The Imitation Game, which tells the real-life story of the mathematician and computing pioneer Alan Turing.
The Sand Fish and its screen adaptation are firmly rooted in the Arab world
The prize of US$100,000 (Dh367,000) will be handed out on December 11 at the IWC Filmmaker Awards, held on the second day of the Dubai International Film Festival and is given to a director from one of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to transfer their vision from script to screen.
Benicio del Toro: the reluctant Escobar
Pablo Escobar, who died in 1993, remains one of the most notorious drug dealers to have walked the earth. At the height of his powers, according to his brother, he was reportedly smuggling half a billion dollars worth of cocaine into the United States every day.
