Cannes 2026 highlights Arab and Middle Eastern cinema. Films from Palestine, Morocco, Egypt, and Iran feature prominently.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arab cinema and its representatives are out in full force — and in the spotlight — on the Croisette this year, where the 78th ...

Vincenzo Bugno, the former longtime director of the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (WCF), will be feted with the inaugural ...

Top Middle East and North African independent distributor and talent agency MAD Solutions is adding a new string to its bow with the launch of Arab cinema-focused international sales company MAD World ...

The Arab Cinema Centre (ACC) has unveiled the nominees for the 10th edition of its Critics Awards for Arab Films, and winners ...

Last year, Venice boasted a remarkably large crop of Arab-language features, but a strong Cannes 2023 selection of Arabic cinema that claimed kudos in various sections of the French fest left the ...

Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has launched a new film fund called Big Time Investment to boost production of quality Arabic movies and announced a slate of Egyptian feature ...

Historic festival presence: Films from Morocco, Palestine, Egypt and Iran are featured in top Cannes sections, signalling Arab cinema’s growing global prominence. Industry momentum grows: Networking ...

Annemarie Jacir's award-winning film Palestine 36 leads the nominations for the 10th edition of the Critics Awards For Arab ...

Georges Khabbaz stars alongside German film legend Hanna Schygulla in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s melancholic drama about an exiled Syrian writer who travels to a North Sea island, contemplating suicide. By ...

Qatar and Jordan make moves, Palestinian cinema and Gaza are drawing attention, Egypt returns to the Un Certain Regard program after nine years, and Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi make their presence felt ...