Egyptian box office may be down this summer (the season’s 13 new offerings, produced at a sum of $35 million, have earned just $22 million so far), but filmmakers from the region have found a formula ...

At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim in the country’s cinematic future. Once the beating heart of Arab cinema, ...

Just over a year after it was pulled as the opening short film of the 2024 edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival by the country’s censorship board, The Last Miracle had been cleared to screen at ...

VENICE (Reuters) - The makers of an Egyptian film exploring the subjugation of women across the Middle East say they have won widespread praise as well as deeply personal criticism since the movie was ...

Indian director and actress Nandita Das and head of the El Gouna jury presents the Golden Star to Egyptian producer Abdelrahman Amin for 'Ghost Trail' Getty Images The seventh edition of Egypt’s El ...

The prolific filmmaker, the focus of a retrospective at IFFR 2026, discussed his career and craft during a Rotterdam event. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor “Hamed has repeatedly set box office ...

Though it left Berlin film festival empty-handed, the drama carries its own political weight ...