Nov 21, 2024
Joseph L Mankiewicz' version of Cleopatra is a real romp and one of the most magnificent romps in this history of cinema.
A restored Egyptian classic this dazzling epic had an...
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Nov 20, 2024
Dir/Wri: Noha Adel | Cast: Main cast: Reem Safwat, Rehab Anan, Carol Ackad, Kawthar Younis | Egypt/France. 2024. 96mins
Conflict is never far away in this female centric film inspired by...
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Nov 19, 2024
Dir: Houssain El-Din Mustafa | Egypt, Drama 122'
The Beggar is a lyrical love story directed by Houssaim El-Din Mustafa who looks at one man’s search for the meaning of life...
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Nov 19, 2024
Dir/Wri: Payal Kapadia | Cast: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon | India Drama 110'
Writer-director Payal Kapadia‘s Mumbai set feature All We Imagine As Light was the first Indian...
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Nov 18, 2024
A pioneer in the African and Arab world Egyptian cinema has an impressive legacy that dates back to the 1890s. With over four thousand features, shorts and documentaries produced across...
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Nov 17, 2024
WriDirs: Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi | Doc 89'
Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi are close friends of the Abu Sittan family and explore from an intensely personal angle the life...
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Nov 16, 2024
Dir.: Satyajit Ray | Cast: Madhabi Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Shailen Mukherjee | India 1964; 117 min.
Another story of female alienation, set in Kolkata in the early 1880s and based on...
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Nov 15, 2024
Dir: Myriam El Hajj | with Joumana Haddad, Perla Joe Maalouli, Georges Moufarrej | Lebanon / France / Qatar / Saudi Arabia 2024 | Arabic, Subtitles: English | 110' |...
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Nov 14, 2024
Wri/Dir: Rashid Masharawi | Drama 81’
An intelligent and thoughtful film kicks off this year’s CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Passing Dreams is a feature-length Palestinian film written and directed by Rashid...
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