At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim ...

At the 46th edition of the Cairo Intl. Film Festival, programmers from some of the world's leading festivals are finding ...

The 11th edition of the Cairo Film Connection, integrated within the Cairo Industry Days, has selected 15 projects – five ...

Cairo Industry Days – the industry sidebar of the Cairo Intl. Film Festival – is returning with an enhanced co-production ...

CAIRO (AP) — A Lebanese father tells his teenage daughter she is free to choose whether to have sex with her boyfriend despite his reservations. An Egyptian wife discreetly slips off her black, lacy ...

Netflix’s first ever Arabic film, a remake of the Italian hit “Perfect Strangers,” has quickly hit No. 1 in several countries across the Middle East and won critical acclaim, but it’s also been the ...

Also showing are "The Little Sister," a Cannes-honored drama about the identity struggle of a French-Algerian lesbian ...

With Saudi film production skyrocketing, a significant presence in Cannes and surprise North African successes, insiders say Arab cinema is entering a vibrant new era: "It’s an interesting time." By ...

Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy’s absurdist social satire “Feathers,” in which the good-for-nothing husband of a woman with three children is turned into a chicken, is the big winner of the sixth ...

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