Egyptian box office may be down this summer (the season’s 13 new offerings, produced at a sum of $35 million, have earned just $22 million so far), but filmmakers from the region have found a formula ...

At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim in the country’s cinematic future. Once the beating heart of Arab cinema, ...

EXCLUSIVE: MAD World, the film sales arm of Cairo-based Mad Solutions, has boarded Egyptian director Mohammed Hammad’s ...

Just over a year after it was pulled as the opening short film of the 2024 edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival by the country’s censorship board, The Last Miracle had been cleared to screen at ...

Sarah Goher discusses the personal experience behind her feature directorial debut, co-written with Mohamed Diab, with Jamie Foxx among the producers, and sprightly lead star Doha Ramadan. By Georg ...

The 6th of October War isn’t just a chapter in Egypt’s history — it’s a story of resilience, courage, and redemption that has lived on through cinema. From the emotional scars of 1967 to the triumph ...

Every year, the El Gouna Film Festival gives space for Egyptian filmmakers to share their stories with the world. This year’s lineup is full of variety — from family dramas and social struggles to ...

Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival got underway on Thursday amid calls for peace in the region as well as claims of censorship after an Egyptian short work with a Palestine-related subtext was pulled as ...

After announcing the inclusion of Tamer El Said's film In the Last Days of the City in its next edition, the Cairo International Film Festival abruptly removed it from its program, allegedly for ...