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Film
One of the largest amateur short film festivals, Tropfest Arabia, is open for submissions and is organising several workshops across the MENA region - two in Egypt on 3 and 4 May
Jury to begin selecting films next month for 28th Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival; Event to honour Italian starlet Monica Belluci
Palestinian actress and first-time director, Hiam Abbas, will be joining the jury of the 65th edition of the Cannes Film Festival
'Front for Creativity' stages rally outside Agouza courtroom against iconic comedian's 3-year jail sentence – since overturned – for 'defaming religion'
Adel Imam's three-month jail term for defaming Islam was dismissed by a court Thursday along with similar charges against a number of directors and filmmakers
The famous comic actor Adel Imam will face a three-month prison sentence and fine for insulting Islam and its symbols
'1/2 Revolution' the personal documentary on Egypt's revolution by directors Omar Shargawi and Karim El-Hakim has won the Golden Award at Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival
Producer and filmmaker Marianne Khoury to be jury member during International Critics' Week at this year's Cannes Film Festival
Hanan Abdalla tells Ahram Online about her newly released documentary, which explores the daily lives of Egyptian women and registers the impact on them of social and political issues  
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Parliament's religious affairs committee prepares bill aimed at penalising local producers, distributors of film content deemed 'harmful to society'

Local actors, artists condemn famous comedian's 3-month jail term for 'defaming' Islam, call for Thursday demo to protest decision

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Film star Angelina Jolie will use her powerful box office fame to draw attention to humanitarian disasters in Somalia and Afghanistan

After a solo submarine dive to the deepest point in the world's oceans, Titanic director James Cameron described the ocean floor as a desolate and featureless place

The 30-minute highly viral youtube video by a California based Children's charity re-opens old wounds in Uganda


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