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Latest in Tag: filmdne

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

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

Julieta, Elle, and acceptable displays of emotion
Film critic Yasmin Shehab investigates segments of societal and gender inequality through visiting female characters in Pedro AlmodĂłvar’s Julieta and Paul Verhoeven Elle

La La Land: Escapism the audience deserves
La La Land is written and directed by Damien Chazelle

In Mahmoud Abou Zaid’s 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 Egypt’s 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

Arabic Movie: a critical approach to nostalgia
Arabic Movie is directed by Eyal Sagui Bizawe and Sara Tsifroni

A Present From the Past: on the memories we choose to keep alive
A Present From the Past is directed by Kawthar Mokhtar

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 warrior’s 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 fool’s 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