Nina Kiri Talks Fear, Vulnerability, and Her Intense Performance in Undertone
In Undertone, Nina Kiri delivers an intimate, unflinching performance in a tightly contained, fast-tracked shoot that distilled filmmaking to its essentials.
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Forbidden Fruits Director Meredith Alloway Thinks Belonging Might Be the Scariest Thing of All
Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, and Alexandra Shipp make being a “girl’s girl” feel a little too close to a cult in Forbidden Fruits.
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Palestinian Artist Sarah Bahbah on Alchemizing Grief & the Act of Feeling Everything
The artist discusses the catharsis of her cinematic one-liners and why her vulnerability is not for sale—even if it is often stolen.
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BAD IDEA, Learning to Live with the Void: Inside Lana Lubany’s Self-Made Universe
I first discovered the music of Palestinian American artist Lana Lubany only a few months ago. At the time, I was deep…
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Kaouther Ben Hania on making ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’: “I was scared to death”
The year 2025 has brought forth many profoundly moving films, yet few have matched the raw emotional power and urgent relevance of…
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Amr Salama Talks Dream Projects, His Paused Amazon Series, Paranormal 2 and More (EXCLUSIVE)
If there’s one Arab director who truly shaped me, aside from Daoud Abdel Sayed, it’s Amr Salama. Not only because of his…
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‘100 Nights of Hero’ Director Julia Jackman Talks The Power of Storytelling, Casting Charli XCX, And More
In 100 Nights of Hero, director Julia Jackman turns Isabel Greenberg’s beloved graphic novel (itself a clever, feminist twist on One Thousand…
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Cherien Dabis Details The Traumatizing Experience That Inspired Palestinian Epic ‘All That’s Left of You’
Among the most powerful and emotionally resonant films of the year is Cherien Dabis’s ‘All That’s Left of You’, a sweeping, heartbreaking…
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Sarah Goher: How Happy Birthday Became a Learning Model for Egypt’s Path to the Oscars
It always feels numb, almost hopeless, to care about which Egyptian film gets submitted for Oscar consideration. It’s the same cycle every…
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