Arab cinema - The Film Verdict

From Ground Zero

Posted by Adham Youssef | Nov 16, 2024 | Cannes 2024, Cairo 2024, Festivals, International Oscars 2025 |

Under the curation of Palestinian producer-director Rashid Masharawi, ‘From Ground Zero’ is an anthology of 22 short films offering a rawly immediate and deeply human response to devastation in the Gaza Strip.

Holidays in Palestine

Posted by Adham Youssef | Nov 15, 2024 | Cairo 2024, Festivals |

In his well-executed documentary ‘Holidays In Palestine’, Maxime Lindon dissects what it means to be a Palestinian with a European passport.

Cabo Negro

Posted by Adham Youssef | Jul 5, 2024 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary 2024 |

In writer-director Abdellah Taïa’s ode to youthful rebellion ‘Cabo Negro’, two heartbroken queer Moroccans take refuge in a luxury villa to confront old traumas and share solidarity.

Backstage

Posted by Deborah Young | Jun 23, 2024 | Festivals, Mediterrane 2024 |

Mysterious personal dramas unfold off-stage when a modern dance company has a bus break-down traveling to Marrakech in Tunisian codirectors Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane’s intelligently avant-garde on-the-road drama, ‘Backstage’.

Norah

Posted by Adham Youssef | May 29, 2024 | Cannes 2024, Festivals |

Tawfik Alzaidi’s classically narrated, slow-burn drama ‘Norah’ is a tribute to art and artists in socially conservative societies like 1990s Saudi Arabia.

Tag: Arab cinema

From Ground Zero

Holidays in Palestine

Cabo Negro

Backstage

Norah