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Filmmakers resign from ministerial posts in protest of police brutality in Tahrir Square

Filmmakers Yousry Nasrallah and Magdy Ahmed Aly resign from their ministry of culture posts in protest of the brutal suppression of the Tahrir Square protests

Egyptian comedy actress Khaireya Ahmed died yesterday

The comedy actress Khaireya Ahmed died at the age of 74

TV boss goes on trial for showing 'Persepolis'

The head of Tunisian station Nessma TV, Nabil Karoui, went on trial Thursday for 'undermining' sacred Islamic values when his channel broadcast the animated film Persepolis, about Iran’s 1979 revolution

Khaled El-Sawy criticises SCAF and calls for cleansing of Mubarak loyalists from state institutions

Egyptian actor calls for true freedom and social justice, not charity; warns of civil war if revolution fails

EU suppresses its own film on Afghan women prisons

The documentary In-Justice: The Story of Afghan Women in Jail was commissioned by the European Union, which has now decided not to release it due to the danger it poses to its two female protagonists

Brad Pitt says he intends to quit acting and turn producer

Famous American actor Brad Pitt says he will quit big screen three years from now when he turns 50

Cinematic adaptations of Naguib Mahfouz analysed by critics

According to critics, Mexican cinema captured Mahfouz's literature more profoundly than its Egyptian counterpart

Eid El-Adha Egyptian films already pirated, producers outraged

Pirating has been causing millions in losses for Egyptian producers, as highlighted when this week's all-important Eid season was eclipsed by piraters

Kaf El-Amar – review

Khaled Youssef's new film has all the elements of a well-made cinema but leaves more to be desired

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Egyptian cinema commemorates late Egyptian actor Ahmed Zaky

As this week marks the anniversary of the birth of famous Egyptian actor Ahmed Zaky, critics and film-makers remember him

Arab Shorts film festival draws crowds

This year's Arab Shorts festival, held at Cairo's Goethe-Institut, features a handful of interesting contributions

Panahi's socio-political Crimson Gold at Cinema El-Fourn

Jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi proves censorship doesn't always destroy artistic creativity

Protest at Egypt's Cairo Institute for release of detained film student plans to escalate

Film student Fady El-Sawy was detained and interrogated by state security posing as rights activists

Nadine Labaki: The rising star of Lebanese cinema

The Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki, winner of the People's Choice Award at this year's Toronto film festival, says that success comes with a sense of responsibility

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