Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In what amounts to a milestone for the Middle East, Imax has announced plans to release its first-ever Arabic-language feature ...

GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- In the world of film festivals, we've all heard of Sundance, Cannes and Telluride. But there is a relatively new festival starting to make an impact. And it's showing movies ...

Now in its 29th year, the Arab Film Festival is underway across the Bay Area, bringing films and filmmakers from across the Arab world to local audiences. As Managing Director Maya Labban helped host ...

If you thought only European art films could make you cry in subtitles, think again. The Arab world has mastered the kind of emotional storytelling that grabs your heart, squeezes it dry, and leaves ...

Arab films from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Tunisia, Sweden, Palestine, Egypt, Morocco and Iraq have been entered into the Best International Feature Film category at next year’s Academy Awards. The ...

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a “quota system” at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in ...

Sudanese first-timer Mohamed Kordofani’s “Goodbye Julia,” a timely morality tale that takes place just before the 2011 secession of South Sudan, and Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s “Four ...

A scene from “The Time We Meet,” a film at the San Diego Arab Film Festival. Photo credit: sandiegoaff.org/ The San Diego Arab Film Festival opens Friday with in ...

Hiam Abass, left, and Lina Soualem in "Bye Bye Tiberas," which will be screened on the opening night of the 18th annual Twin Cities Arab Film Festival. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, ...

In what amounts to a milestone for the Middle East, Imax has announced plans to release its first-ever Arabic-language feature film. It’s a comedy titled “Ambulance” led by Saudi star Ibrahim Hajjaj, ...