Sink
A mother slowly and painfully comes to terms with her son’s mental illness in Zain Duraie’s debut feature, the sensitive but uneven family drama ‘Sink’.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 19, 2026 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2026 |
A mother slowly and painfully comes to terms with her son’s mental illness in Zain Duraie’s debut feature, the sensitive but uneven family drama ‘Sink’.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 5, 2026 | Festivals, Amman 2026 |
Filmmaker Lana Daher filmically mimics the chaos, confusion and complexity of her native Beirut’s recent history in a whirlwind of archival montage that is at once stunning and indecipherable.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 5, 2026 | Festivals, Amman 2026, Featured |
The Iran war menacing the Middle East was a no-show at Amman’s 7th festival.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 5, 2026 | Featured, Amman 2026, Festivals |
“I feel deeply optimistic about the cultural potential in the [Middle East] region,” the British-Egyptian actor and creator of the play ‘Nowhere’ told The Film Verdict.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 2, 2026 | Amman 2026, Festivals |
In a boldly impressionistic sketch teetering between dream and reality, Akinola Davies, Jr. makes a dazzling feature debut with ‘My Father’s Shadow’, a gripping exploration of the bonds between a father and his young sons and the societal forces tearing them apart.
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