Spotlight: Middle Eastern Filmmakers
The Middle East is a vibrant and diverse region with rich cultures and unique voices. Film Fest Report is proud to support the rise of a strong, authentic, and distinctive independent cinema from the Middle East.
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Doc Edge 2024: Mediha | Interview with Hasan Oswald
Passion, emotion, and admiration blend in the words of Hasan Oswald, director of "Mediha," as the young Yazidi protagonist, returning…
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Sheffield DocFest 2024: A Move (by Elahe Esmaili) | Review
"A Move," directed by Elahe Esmaili, powerfully depicts the struggle for women's freedom within a deeply divided Iranian society.
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Cannes 2024 (Competition): The Seed of the Sacred Fig (by Mohammad Rasoulof) | Review
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof returns to the Croisette. A rather special return, since the mullah regime sentenced him to prison,…
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Hot Docs 2024: The Poem We Sang (by Annie Sakkab) | Review
"The Poem We Sang" is an anthem to memory, resilience, and the dignity of a people grappling with injustice and…
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CPH:DOX 2024: The Mother of All Lies (by Asmae El Moudir) | Review
Moroccan director Asmae El Moudir employs stop motion puppets to explore missing childhood memories in her feature directorial debut "The…
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Berlinale 2024: In Praise of Slowness (Forum Expanded) | Review
In Praise of Slowness is a cinematic gesture seeking to capture a reality before it dissipates. Hicham Gardaf's short film…
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FNC 2023: Four Daughters (by Kaouther Ben Hania) | Review
Four Daughters ingeniously merges fiction and documentary to give voice to the heart-wrenching confessions of a Tunisian family, whose elder…
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TIFF 2023: Mandoob (by Ali Kalthami) | Interview
We sat down with visionary director Ali Kalthami to delve into his creative process behind Mandoob and explore the exciting…
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Venice Film Festival 2023: Hesitation Wound (Orizzonti) | Interview of Selman Nacar
We were delighted to sit down with director Selman Nacar for a chat about his brilliant Hesitation Wound which world…
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Venice Film Festival 2023: Tatami (Orizzonti) | Review
Tatami, by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, skillfully combines sports excitement, political tension, and compelling character development to deliver…
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