Latest in Tag: documentary Highlight
Latest in Tag: documentary

Egyptâs CBE launches initiative to ensure import operations are carried out using documentary credits
The initiative targets customers who have a history of importing through collection documents only and from the same bank

Sheffield Documentary Film Festival announces line-up for June edition
Event will take place on 4-13 June, both in-person, online

2021 Copenhagen Documentary Festival to launch Big Digital Live Platform
Platform to screen 180 new documentary films, as well as live events

Netflix to release ‘Secrets from Saqqara Tomb’ documentary on 28 October
Documentary provides in-depth overview of significant discovery at Egyptâs renowned Saqqara archaeological site

Egyptian documentary to participate in CIFFâs International Competition
It is among most important Arab films of 2020, and artistic management did not hesitate to select it, Mohamed Hefzy

Egyptian feature-length documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
âLift Like a Girlâ will showcase female youngster who pursues her dream to be professional weightlifter

Making Ends Meet
Following Zimbabweanâs dissent until 2017 military coup, does this mean freedom?

Copenhagen International Documentary Festival announces this yearâs participants
A total of 104 projects were submitted.

Zawya screens documentary about Egyptâs only Sumo wrestler
Boody was only Arab wrestler to win Professional Sumo League

CIFF 40th edition kicks off, opening ceremony features documentary about Alexandria
Egyptian Culture Minister Ines Abdel-Dayem inaugurated festival

Irish Film Festival gears up for 4th edition
This yearâs festival kicks off in Penrith on Wednesday 18 April

Julian Assange documentary to air in the US
Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitrasâ long-awaited documentary film on controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will make its television debut in the United States.Cable network Showtime, in partnership with Neon distribution, said on Sunday it will release the Laura Poitras documentary “Risk,” the inside story of Julian Assange, the world’s most notorious whistleblower. It’s the American director’s …

Cinedelta: a step towards reviving the documentary film industry in Egypt
Aiming to provide professional training to amateurs from around the Delta region about the latest editing and storytelling techniques in the documentary film industry, Cinedelta project was launched in 2016 through the fruitful cooperation between the Italian non-governmental organisation Ricerca e Cooperazione and Fig Leaf Studios. The programme provided 20 Egyptian students with a series …

âZeinab: a life journeyâ selected as best documentary at Egyptian National Film Festival
The documentary tells the story of a woman from Upper Egypt that decided to peruse her desires despite depressing surroundings

âEvery Eid’s filmâ tackles sexual harassment with a new perspective
âCrowds in the feast day, the music, decorations, the look, my footstep, the smoke, the door.â With these words a new short movie called “Every Eid’s Film” shows how the feast should be if a young, veiled girl is walking in the street. The movie keeps repeating the same sequence of events, but with different …

Reality meets fairytales in documentary of revolution stories
The Dream of Shahrazad will be screened at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Sunday

Morgan Freeman occupies local social media
âThis is a documentary not a movie; meaning that the censorship of the Ministry of Culture does not apply to our scripts,â says coordinator

Egyptiansâ road to Germany through documentaries
Egyptian-German cultural exchange competition teaches journalists about media portals in both countries

Secrets and the Ladiesâ Factory shed light on harassment
The main idea was to eliminate stereotypes by getting the stories out in the public, whilst helping the women involved acquire a better understanding of harassment.

Zawya discusses impact of Turkish soap operas on Arab women
The film links parts of the former Ottoman country in an attempt to shed light on the deep relationship of love between women and Turkish soap operas

Egyptian documentary wins Audience Award in International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund
In April, âThe Trace of the Butterflyâ won the Audience Award in the International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund.

Bassem Youssef set to star in secretly filmed documentary
Surgeon-turned-television presenter will star in âTickling Giantsâ about free speech and satire in the Middle East

The Tentmakers of Cairo: Art, life and political rollercoasters
An interview with Kim Beamish, the director of âThe Tentmakers of Cairoâ, which was screened at Cairo International Film Festival

âNo School for Childrenâ to be screened at Nahdet el-Mahrousa
Co-directed by a German and an Egyptian, the documentary discusses education in both countries through the stories of two young girls

â7 Billion Momentsâ recorded
An amateur photographer starts photography project encouraging people around the world to document their daily routine at a given moment

Egypt beyond the headlines
âEveryday Egyptâ shows daily life in the country using instagram photos

Photojournalist captures life in Upper Egypt’s quarries
More than 20,000 unregistered workers risk life and limb to mine the mountain, often starting work as young as 9 years old

Call for applications for BBC film festival
Aan Korb festival will be held in October in London

The grand daughter of the queen of Belgium visits Egypt
Princess Marie Esmeralda films a documentary on the Belgian expedition in Egypt

Netflix wins first Oscar nod for Egypt documentary ‘The Square’
Netflix bought the streaming rights for “The Square” in November, after the documentary won critical acclaim on the festival circuit.