Latest in Tag: film Highlight
Latest in Tag: film
Fragments of Broken Glass
In Elia Suleimanâs first feature film, Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996), he depicts Palestinians through the theatre of everyday life. He does so by steering the film via fragmented and observational snippets of mundane life in the occupied territories. The seemingly unrelated vignettes, that lack introductions or conclusions, penetrate the livelihood of Palestinians that live …
The Hurt Locker: how to use film to create pro-war propaganda?
Somewhere in Iraq, a soldier steps forward to disable a bomb, some tension rises and then boom, the bomb explodes. After his death, the main protagonist of the film Sergeant William appears to take the lost oneâs place. William is a stubborn, sarcastic, well-trained explosives expert who is always fixing issues even when he does …
âThe Worldâ: a classic predicament of a globalised world
âThe Worldâ (Jia Zhangke, 2004) is a two-hour portrait of life at the Beijing World Park; a vast attraction on the outskirts of the Chinese capital, divided into continents with miniatures of major global landmarks and performances from each region. While the park is host to an influx of tourists, âThe Worldâ is a sprawling …
âI, Daniel Blakeâ: breaking the chains of capitalism
âI, Daniel Blakeâ tells the story of a 59-year-old man (Dave Johns), who is struggling to win an appeal on his welfare benefits, which he especially needs after having a heart attack that prevents him from working. The film is a gritty and raw portrayal of Britainâs social security system and its benefits, or the …
US embassy, El Gouna Film Festival partner to bring American Film Showcase
The ultimate purpose of culture diplomacy is to build bridges between people, and to help Egyptians better understand the US and vice versa, says US Culture attaché
A politicised Cannes Festival reflects on immigration crisisÂ
Some of the films can be considered explicit messages to world leaders in hope of reconsidering policies related to refugees
Japanese Film Week revives Japanâs âtaste of lifeâ
In its 21st round, the program witnesses screening top-hit food-themed Japanese films
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 …
What to expect this year at the Berlinale
Along with highlights from the 67th International Berlin Film Festival’s packed program, the seven jury members who will be picking the winning films this year have been revealed.The bear is exhausted – or at least that’s the impression the mascot of Berlin’s international film festival gives on this year’s Berlinale poster, as a huge brown …
New Wim Wenders film searches for the meaning of life
Wim Wenders’ latest film, “The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez,” is a melancholy contemplation of love and life. Originally written for the stage, this is Wenders’ fifth collaboration with playwright and friend Peter Handke.German filmmaker Wim Wenders and Austrian playwright Peter Handke have known each other since 1966. At that time, Wenders went to watch Handke’s …
Viridiana: destroying the alliance of religion, authority, and capital
Viridiana is directed Luis Buñuel
Mawlana: our fragmented piety
Mawlana is directed by Magdy Ahmed Ali
La La Land: Escapism the audience deserves
La La Land is written and directed by Damien Chazelle
In Mahmoud Abou Zaidâs realism, women claim modest victories
Mahmoud Abou Zaid passed away in December 2016
The Stopover: Every war is different, every war is the same
The Stopover is directed by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin
Ran: a visually magnificent Shakespearian carnage
Ran is directed by Akira Kurosawa
Al-Beida Wal-Hagar (Charlatan): philosophical critique of Egyptâs 1980s
Al-Beida Wal-Hagar was directed by Ali Abdel Khaleq
El-Keif: what lies behind the comedy?
El-Keif was directed by Ali Abdel Khaleq
El Aar: a Dostoyevskian approach to shame
El-Aar was directed by Ali Abdel Khaleq
Cairo International Film Critics Week: aspiring critics experiment with various tools of film analysis
Daily News Egypt publishes the 10 best reviews, selected by the instructor of the workshop
Juste la Fin du Monde: a family’s sweetest kind of lie
Juste la Fin du Monde was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Mimosa: camera as God
Mimosa was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Stopover: the anatomy of the warriorâs rest
Stopover was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Kills on Wheels: unusual story of empowerment
Kills on Wheels was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
This Little Father Obsession: searching for an identity Â
This Little Father Obsession was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Mimosas: a holy foolâs journey across Moroccan landscapes
Mimosas was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
The Train of Salt and Sugar: an odyssey of bitter and sweet
The Train of Salt and Sugar was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Together For Ever: growing emotions
Together For Ever screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Kills on Wheels: looking for a hero
Kills on Wheels was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival
Lipstick under my Burkha: politicising the very female body
Lipstick under my Burkha was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival