The Toronto International Film Festival, returning for its 50th edition next month, is an important platform for films from the Middle East, offering space for emerging and established Arab filmmakers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi films are making waves at top festivals with stories that are both local and universally human. In this episode of THR News, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas ...

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a “quota system” at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in ...

Arab cinema continues to break new ground with a fresh crop of social dramas, several of which depict female empowerment in different forms. These range from the tale of a young woman who fakes being ...

US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he has authorised a 100 per cent tariff on films made "in foreign lands” has been met with shock and confusion in the Mena film community. Countries that ...

The festival, taking place from April 18 to 28, has screened 81 films and welcomed over 35,000 attendees throughout its ...

The art and culture of the Arab world has filled local theaters with the start of the thirteenth annual Arabian Sights Film Festival, which began Friday and will run until Nov. 2. The festival ...

The 28th annual Arab Film Festival is underway in San Francisco, marking its continued status as the oldest Arab film festival outside the Arab world. The festival, which runs until Sunday, November 3 ...