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Broken cameras catch human view of Palestine village

Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat spent five years filming his village's resistance to Israeli settlers and brought his intimate but powerful documentary to the Sundance film festival

'The Manufacturing of Lies,' to be screened on anniversary of Egypt revolution

Al-Jazeera's documentary 'The Manufacturing of Lies' will be screened at El Sawy Culturewheel on 25 January, the anniversary of Egypt's revolution

Syrian-British filmmaker arrested: rights group

As Syrian artists are being targeted by the Assad regime, Syrian-British filmmaker was arrested Monday

Street screening of Tahrir 2011

The documentary film Tahrir 2011: The Good, The Bad and The Politician will be screened in the street a day before January 25 Revolution’s anniversary

Iranian film A Separation among 9 films selected in the Oscars shortlist

Asghar Farhadi's A Separation, has been chosen among 8 other films in this year's Oscars shortlist for foreign film

Iran cautious over Golden Globe film "A Separation"

The Iranian government sounded a note of caution about the success of "A Separation" which won a Golden Globe, saying gritty realist films favored by critics showed a skewed version of the Islamic Republic

Iranians proud over US award win for A Separation

The Golden Globe success of A Separation caused a stir worldwide and places the film as the biggest foreign film contender in the Oscar race

Cultures of Resistance at Townhouse Gallery

Resistance through art around the globe from Burma to Iran in Iara Lee's documentary, screening in Downtown Cairo

Egypt's YouTube revolution: Is it art?

The creators of the viral media in Egypt give their opinion on whether the flood of videos either satirising events or exposing truths in the country's revolution can be called 'art'

Egyptian citizen journalism 'Mosireen' tops YouTube

VIDEO: Kazeboon anti-SCAF multi-media campaign causes a stir in Imbaba

Egyptian Cinema in 2011 between activism and art

Future Shorts makes appearance in Cairo

An impromptu festival for short films was held yesterday, under the umbrella of Future Shorts, at the Amuse concept store

Syrian actor Jalal Al-Taweel missing

Ever since the beginning of the Syrian revolution many artists have been brutally attacked; actor Jalal Al-Taweel is the latest victim

Labaki's 2nd film tackles war, sectarianism from female perspective

Set against backdrop of Lebanese civil war, Nadine Labaki's 'Where Do We Go Now?' is a flawed but enjoyable film

Public film-screenings of army abuses attacked in Alexandria and Cairo

Kazeboon initiatives to screen footage of violations by security forces and the army against protesters gains momentum, and is met with resistance from the military rulers and its supporters

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Remembering the world's most beloved rebel: Charlie Chaplin

Born on 16 April 1889, Charlie Chaplin died on Christmas Day in 1977. A life lived full of art, he left behind some of the greatest cinematic masterpieces of all time

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