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This year, I programmed films for the Chicago Palestine Film Festival (CPFF). People are often surprised to hear that the festival is in its 23rd year as it's not often you hear talk about Palestinian films. Palestinian cinema, often overlooked, ranks among the most remarkable and underappreciated national film industries. Operating independently of Hollywood's influence, filmmakers from both occupied territories and the diaspora authentically depict the Palestinian experience. Each year, the festival showcases a wealth of outstanding films in Chicago, hosting Palestinian filmmakers and enrich...
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The inaugural Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF) came to an end on 2 June with the gala screening of Naqqash Khalid's directorial debut In Camera. During the event, winners were announced for Best Film and Best Short. Ten feature films were up for consideration and were judged by a festival jury. The jury was made up of Claudia Yusef (Head of Development at BBC Films), Leon Oteng (Production Inclusion Manager at BFI Filmmaking Fund), Neila Butt (Creative Diversity Lead, Nations and Regions at Channel 4), Tas Brooker (filmmaker, When We Speak), Youssef Kerkour (BAFTA nominated actor for ...
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Founded in 2022 by childhood best friends Kinzy Diab and Christina Shoucair, Hayaty Diaries is an art collective dedicated to showcasing contemporary women artists across the Arab world and its diaspora. Diab and Shoucair curate selling exhibitions that spotlight the immense talent of a new generation of artists. In an art world that has historically been challenging for young Arab women to present their work, Hayaty Diaries brings fresh air into London’s already bustling art scene. Diab and Shoucair share a passion for authentic visual storytelling, continuously seeking and discovering new em...
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"Our non-Jewish community struggles to grasp our deep-seated fixation and obsession with Israel," remarks American right-wing lawyer Abe Foxman at the outset of Israelism, a timely new documentary. Through the lens of two young Jewish Americans, the film offers a revealing exploration of their disillusionment upon realising that Israel falls short of the idealised "Jewish Disneyland" they once envisioned. Foxman, a prominent figure as the head of America’s influential Jewish organization Anti-Defamation League, features regularly in the documentary to depict the formidable and historic support...
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This year's London Gallery Weekend features a highlight exhibition at Frieze’s No. 9 Cork Street gallery: Fathi Hassan: Shifting Sands, by Egyptian-Nubian artist Fathi Hassan. The exhibition runs until Saturday 15 June 2024. This exhibition, organised by The Sunderland Collection, which features rare antique world and celestial maps, promises to captivate attendees. Fathi Hassan, born in Cairo in 1957, gained prominence in the 1980s. In 1988, he became one of the first artists of African descent to be featured at the Venice Art Biennale. After moving from Egypt in his early twenties to study a...
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Without beating around the bush, Hasan Oswald's Mediha stands out as one of the most compelling documentaries of the current festival season. In it, the director follows the titular protagonist, a 15-year-old Yazidi girl from Northern Iraq. Mediha and her younger brothers, Ghazwan and Adnan, were kidnapped and sold intoslavery by the Islamic State. Having recently returned from captivity, Mediha turns the camera on herself to process her trauma. Together with her brothers, she tries to return to life and search for their missing father, mother, and younger brother. Meanwhile, Mediha fights to ...
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In Elizabethan England, women were not allowed on the theatre stage, as public exposure was seen as compromising their modesty. Even today, in many parts of the world, theatre remains a murky business for females. Despite the ban being lifted, the reasons are not much different. In the 21st century, in the streets of the Coptic village of Barsha in Middle Egypt, featured in The Brink of Dreams (2024), a group of young women perform street theatre to express their life views and challenge their assigned roles in society. Inevitably, their activities are constantly questioned by those around the...
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The UK Muslim Film charity has launched its inaugural Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF) in London to spotlight this year's most commendable films and filmmakers, showcasing the breadth and depth of Muslims worldwide. From the UK to Morocco, Jordan, and Palestine, the program features an eclectic mix of features and short films, as well as industry panels and events, for patrons to attend at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square from Thursday, May 30th to Sunday, June 2nd. "We are presenting some great films that showcase the creative brilliance of filmmakers from around the world," says festival...
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The inaugural Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF) has arrived at a pertinent time. This cinematic celebration of stories and storytellers from the Muslim world will take place in London across four days, from May 30 to June 2, only a few months after the UN%20%E2%80%93,UN%20independent%20experts*%20warned%20today.) warned that Islamophobia had risen to "alarming levels\." The last seven months of Israel's war on Gaza have certainly widened the world's eyes to the dehumanisation of Muslims in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and beyond. Experts%20%E2%80%93,UN%20independent%20experts*%20...
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Imaginative, ornamental, and shot on 16 mm analogue stock, East of Noon marks Elkoussy’s second full-length film, which received the Verbeelding Grant in Doha before landing in Cannes. It stands as one of the two MENA titles in the Director’s Fortnight section this year, alongside Mahdi Fleifel’s To a Land Unknown from Palestine. A surrealist folktale, it juxtaposes immersed, non-corrupted youngsters in the music world with the autocracy of an infantile entertainment boss for whom they work. Filmed over 22 days in an abandoned wood factory in Helwan, Cairo, and along Egypt's Red Sea Coast, the...
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