With Saudi film production skyrocketing, a significant presence in Cannes and surprise North African successes, insiders say Arab cinema is entering a vibrant new era: "It’s an interesting time." By ...

The Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival’s Cinemed industry section has teamed up with Beirut-based cultural nonprofit Aflamuna on a new initiative, under which 10 film and doc projects from a wide ...

Popular Saudi Arabian actor and stand-up comic Ibrahim Al Hajjaj’s new comedy “Esaaf” (“Ambulance”) directed by British helmer Colin Teague (“Doctor Who,” “Torchwood”), is already set for a sequel ...

A sympathetic and suspenseful portrait of two Palestinian men who agree to carry out a suicide bombing in Israel, the film has predictably found itself surrounded by controversy. On the one hand, ...

Arab societies, while stories rooted in history, family, resistance, and social consciousness are finding powerful resonance ...

The San Diego Arab Film Festival, presented by the nonprofit organization Karama, will showcase films over the next two weekends at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, with a pair of ...

Arab cinema continues to break new ground with a fresh crop of social dramas, several of which depict female empowerment in different forms. These range from the tale of a young woman who fakes being ...

Karama presents the San Diego Arab Film Festival, which kicks off Friday night with in-person screenings and themed food at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. Karama is a nonprofit ...

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 ...

Popular Saudi Arabian actor and stand-up comic Ibrahim Al Hajjaj's new comedy "Ambulance," directed by British helmer Colin Teague ("Doctor Who," "Torchwood"), is already set for a sequel with the ...