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Filmmakers hold conference to discuss future of Egyptian cinema

A conference to discuss the future of cinema and the problems that the industry is facing was held on Thursday 26 May at the Cairo International Conference Centre

Egyptian films to be featured in this year's Cinema Arabe in the Netherlands

Cairo Exit, Microphone and 678 will be screened at the fourth edition of Cinema Arabe in the Netherlands

World Revolution film series at Darb 1718

A ten-day revolution-themed film series will take place at Darb 1718, starting today 23 May, and finishing on 1 June

Terrence Malick epic wins Palme d'Or in Cannes

The 2011 Cannes film festival ended on Sunday with an awards ceremony where U.S. director Terrence Malick's film "The Tree of Life" won the Palme d'Or for best picture

Popular Cannes film reflects "Arab Spring" spirit

A film about a woman taking a stand against men in a North African village won cheers in Cannes Saturday, with some viewers moved by its expression of the spirit of the "Arab Spring" uprisings

11th Independent Film Festival kicks off at Goethe Institute

The 11th edition of the Independent Film Festival "New Shorts from Egypt!" held at the Goethe Institute in Cairo will screen shorts by young Egyptian filmmakers, in addition to films by German filmmakers

Cannes: "Where Do We Go Now?" from a Libanese filmmaker

With sectarian violence continuing to scar the globe, light tone of Nadine Labaki's film 'Where Do We Go Now?' provides a refreshing response that should give it fuel on the Cannes festival circuit

Cannes says von Trier 'persona non grata' after Nazi remark

The Danish film director Lars von Trier has been declared "persona non grata" today due to comments he made about Hitler during a press conference

Rediscovering childhood through the eyes of an Argentinean cartoonist

The fourth Arab-Iberoamerican Women film festival closed on Friday 20 May with a heart-warming film on the life of the enigmatic Argentinean cartoonist, Ricardo Siri Liniers

Mother’s idea: Three lives more dramatic than fiction

Of liberation, wolves, evil spirits and Isabel Allende

Mamnoa fails to impress at film festival

Honduras' popular revolt is the highlight of fourth day of Women Film Festival

Strength, resistance, civil disobedience, exile and oppression were among the issues raised during the fourth day of the Arab-Iberoamerican Women film festival

Mamnoa fails to impress at film festival

Despite its interesting approach, documentary film "Mamnoa" (Prohibited) by Amal Ramsis fails to impress

18 Days premiered at Cannes

The Egyptian film 18 Days, a series of ten short films, premiered yesterday during celebratory evening in tribute to Egypt

Of liberation, wolves, evil spirits and Isabel Allende

On the second day of the fourth Arab-Iberoamerican Women Film Festival (16-20 May) in Cairo, four documentaries were featured

Mother’s idea: Three lives more dramatic than fiction

On the opening night of the fourth Arab-Iberoamerican Women Film Festival (16-20 May) in Cairo, Amaren Idea (Mother’s Idea, 2009) directed by Maider Oleaga, was featured

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