Dubai: From award-winning magical realism to a hard-hitting refugee thriller, read on for the films from Arab directors that grabbed our attention last year. “Feathers” Director: Omar El-Zohairy Starring: Samy Bassouny, Mohamed Abd El-Hady, Fady Mina Fawszy A woman’s husband is turned into a chicken, forcing her to take care of his family. When he comes back, she kills him.
DUBAI: More than two decades ago, Dhafer L’Abidine the now mega-popular Tunisian actor and director was in London speaking on the phone to his mother, who wanted to hear how his burgeoning career in film was going. It was going great, he said, not wanting his family to know that he was washing dishes to make rent, struggling to land a role that would justify his
SRINAGAR: Less than four years after lifting a ban on cinemas, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s 10-day Red Carpet Film Festival in the Red Sea city of Jeddah has concluded. It witnessed the screening of 138 films from 67 countries in more than 30 languages.
JEDDAH: In another landmark occasion for Saudi Arabia’s fledgling film industry, the stars gathered once again on the red carpet in Jeddah on Monday for the finale of the first Red Sea International Film Festival. Though the film screenings will continue for two more days, the gala event, which included the announcement of the festival award winners, marked the official end of
‘Huda’s Salon’ Hany Abu-Assad has long been one of Palestine’s most lauded filmmakers, receiving an Oscar nomination for his now-classic 2005 film “Paradise Now,” and another for 2013’s “Omar.” Both movies chronicled men struggling under occupation, uncertain of how to best live their lives for themselves, their families, or their country. With “Huda’s Salon,” Abu-Assad