Joseph Fahim
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A little something I've worked on the past month. Great pleasure to collaborate with
@criterionchannl
for the first time. And a big shoutout to Will Noah for being such a wonderful editor.
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A few weeks ago, Manal Issa, star of
@netflix
"The Swimmers", reached out. She wanted to talk about her disheartening experience with the film but insisted that the interview would not go out until it streams so that her testimonial wouldn't overshadow the work of her colleagues
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Manal's mom has died this week. Her bravery and resilience have been inspiring all throughout the incredibly difficult writing process of this piece.
This is my last article of the year, and the one I'm most proud of. For
@MiddleEastEye
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After endless revisions and careful editing, here's the story of the making of "The Swimmers": the orientalist, shallow script, the unequal payments, and the mistreatment on set. This is the story the anglophone mainstream press did not deem worthy of reporting.
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Equally insulting was the director's self-promoting piece in the
@guardian
in which she illustrates an utter ignorance to Egyptian film history while casually dismissing the works of all Arab filmmakers over the past 12 years.
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Coupled with Manal's testimonial is my personal take on the film, which I, like many anti-Assad Syrian intellectuals, found to be insulting to the Syrian cause.
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‘’Small Things Like These’ is possibly the best
@berlinale
opener this century: an emotionally shattering study of trauma far more nuanced than Peter Mullan’s ‘The Magdalene Sisters.’ Cillian Murphy can’t do wrong these days
#Berlinale2024
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This is happening now. In Berlin. Unreal.
Germany: Berlin schools asked to distribute leaflet describing the 1948 Nakba as a 'myth'.
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Never felt as down, as hopeless, as much as I do now.
I don’t know how to deal with this any longer. This is the absolute worst of humanity.
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The mayor Berlin describes the
#Berlinale2024
closing ceremony as " intolerable relativization" & calls the pro-Palestine speeches of the winners, including Mati Diop, "anti-antisemitic." He demands new director
@TriciaTuttle
"to ensure that such incidents do not happen again."
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So yeah, this is where we are now. A new low for German culture that continues to prosecute any pro-Palestine voices when the death toll is reaching the 30,000 mark.
If the silence over this intimidation is not broken, then a boycott of the
@berlinale
might be due.
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Bit late with this, but here we go. For
@BFI
, I wrote about 10 of the greatest Tunisian films of all time. Certainly not the definitive list but rather an introduction to one of the most exciting cinemas in the Arab World.
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The biggest
#Cannes2021
story is how
@mubi
has become the biggest distributor of independent foreign films. Lost count of all the major titles they acquired this fest.
Introducing THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, a ★★★★★ romantic drama from Joachim Trier and the toast of
#Cannes2021
. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie and coming soon to the UK, Ireland and India. A MUBI Release.
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Golden Bear winner Mati Diop:
“I stand in solidarity with Palestine.”
Now that the fest is over, it’s time to talk about European institutional silence on Gaza.
More in my second dispatch next week.
#Berlinale
#Palestina
#CeasefireNOW
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What a fuckin disappointment László Nemes has turned out to be. Glazer "has no understanding of history and the forces undoing civilisation"?
But I'm pretty sure you are.
How many more Palestinians need to die before people stop blurting out this shit?
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#Cannes2018
saved the best for last.Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'The Wild Pear Tree' is phenomenal:funny, multi-layered and heartbreaking.Dialogue is as abundant as 'Winter Sleep,' but nowhere as heavy-handed and far richer. It's Ceylan's most immediate film to date,and hi most political
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@selfstyledsiren
And one of those artists is an Israeli Jew. I'm in fuckin denial. Also, how are these people different from the far right?
Almost 30,000 people are dead in five months but hey, let's continue talking language and one-sidedness. Sickening!
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If we're all tweeting and writing about the same American movies, how's the disadvantaged non-American cinema supposed to survive? Looking at the coverage from Venice, nearly none of the non-American, non-competition films received any attention.
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Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth has announced an investigation. "Together with the Governing Mayor of Berlin, and the Berlin Senate, who are responsible for the Berlinale with us, we will now work through the events at the bear award ceremony."
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On Hollywood, Gaza, the new age of Mccarthyism, and the hypocrisy of an industry that has systemically demonized and stigmatized Palestinians for more than half-a-century.
My latest. For
@MiddleEastEye
&
@MEEDiscover
.
@SusanSarandon
@BootsRiley
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In case you missed it, my
@BBC_Culture
piece on the legacy of the revolution movies and how the Arab Spring changed the region's cinema.
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So,
@IndieWire
did not deem a single Arab filmmaker worthy of inclusion it in their '100 greatest films directed by women' list. Here's eleven. For
@MiddleEastEye
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Tremendously proud of this piece. My exhaustive take on post-Jan 25, 2011 Egyptian film and TV and the mouting censorship of the Sisi regime. For
@CairoReview
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On the political turmoil of the
#Berlinale
, the connection between the AFD invitations and Gaza, the toxic environment of German culture, and 'No Man's Land,' the sole Palestinian doc in the fest.
My
@berlinale
dispatch, for
@MiddleEastEye
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Three of my top 10 best Middle Eastern movies of the year are from Tunisia, a country that had more entries in Cannes this year than Germany in spite of increasing economic and political instability. For
@MiddleEastEye
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Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is hilarious and enraging in equal measures. The fact that it’s so relevant to the current political climate speaks volumes about how low America has descended. It’s ending is arguably the most powerful of any film in
#Cannes18
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Will write more about this but let’s talk about the issue no one is daring to speak about: the fact that the German establishment and press never accepted a non-German running this ship.
This team deserves better.
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Forget about Cannes. The biggest film news of the day is
@indicatorseries
's inclusion of Budd Boetticher's unseen last film, 'My Kingdom For…', in their forthcoming 'Bullfighter and the Lady' release. Can't wait!
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Letter signed by Israel's top filmmakers,including Ari Folman,Nadav Lapid & Eran Kolirin, expressing solidarity with Adra and Abraham,and calling 'No Other Land."
"Critique of Israeli policies in the Occupied Territories is not Antisemitism."
#Berlinale
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I realize everyone is preoccupied with Fincher and Bonello today, but for those seeking alternative programming, highly recommend ‘Bye Bye Tiberias,’ Lina Soualem’s deeply moving, intimate doc about her mother, Hiam Abbas, and Palestine.
#Venezia80
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It's been a vintage year for Middle Eastern cinema, and it was quite a struggle fitting in all the remarkable pictures I saw this year in here.
So, without any further ado, here are the best Middle Eastern films of 2022. For
@MiddleEastEye
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Incredibly proud and excited about this piece. I wrote about the unknown history of Arab sci-fi film and TV. Piece is only available in Spanish and French at the moment.
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Spoke to
@TheWrap
about the Berlinale fiasco, the miserable state of German film culture, and the growing addiction of film festivals to Hollywood.
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Dear
@Variety
, dear
@NickVivarelli
,
'Sukkar' is certainly NOT the first Arab film musical, not even in 'the western cannon.'
We've been making musicals since the 1930ies! The 1st Arab film musical, 'The White Rose,' was released in Arab theaters 1933!
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In my
@MiddleEastEye
#Berlinale
dispatch, I wrote that the AFD invitations furore masked the real intent behind these protests: the silencing of Pro-Palestinian voices.
I was right.
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I love Open Mike Eagle and 'Component System with the Auto Reverse' is his best record to date. Another criminally overlooked album from 2022. And this is the smartest, most endearing cut of the record.
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A little something I wrote about Jocelyne Saab and Oussama Fawzi, the two great Arab filmmakers who passed away last week. For
@MiddleEastEye
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Official account of Ministry of Culture. Says that minister of culture Claudia Roth's applause was directed towards Israeli director Yuval Abraham. No mention of Palestinian Basel Adra.
Glad that their true racist colors are exposed.
#Berlinale
.
Zum Applaus auf der
#B
ärenverleihung nach der Rede von Yuval Abraham: Der Applaus von Claudia Roth galt dem jüdisch-israelischen Journalisten und Filmemacher Yuval Abraham, der sich für eine politische Lösung und ein friedliches Zusammenleben in der Region ausgesprochen hat. 1/2
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Just finished Mitra Farahani’s “À vendredi,Robinson” and in tears. Here’s deeply intimate, emotionally generous meditation on art, mortality, and cinema, with a star-turn by Godard himself. By a long margin, my favorite film of
#Berlinale2022
@berlinale
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The film with the most original vision on the Arab World and Islamic culture is none of the Middle Eastern movies in all of
#Cannes18
. It’s Godard’s ‘Le livre d’image.’ Less playful and mournful than ‘Adieu au langage,’ but intellectually fiercer and so of the moment.
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The Dardennes, whose work enriched me for years, tackle Islam in their new film, 'The Young Ahmed,' and as a result end up with the worst movie of their career; an incredibly shallow yarn rife with dangerous stereotypes it never challenge
#Cannes2019
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In more than a decade of covering the
@berlinale
, the 71st edition was easily the best I've attended, with the best Arab selection in the fest's recent history. My thoughts on all Middle Eastern movies of
#berlinale2021
, For
@MiddleEastEye
.
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Seeing Gena Rowlands on film with the audience in
@KVIFF
’s sold out morning screening of “A Woman Under the Influence” turned out to be far more emotional than I anticipated. This is why we do what we e do. One of my highlights of the fest so far.
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Heinous massacre in Cairo & an abhorrent act of bullying were my catalysts for recognizing how deeply rooted,how widespread racism against black people in the Arab World is.And it's all vividly,shamelessly reflected on screen. My latest.For
@MiddleEastEye
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The Chahine program is still playing in London. To mark the occasion, I wrote about five signature trademarks of the Egyptian master, including his stylistic dialogue and the sexual fluidity of his characters. Lots of love and joy in this piece. For
@BFI
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I mean at this stage,
@markcousinsfilm
is making us all look very old and lethargic. Three films in one year...and it's not even August! Big mabrouk Mark. Your work is a constant reminder of why I still love movies.
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Alice Diop has made a film that would've made Agnes Varda proud."Nous" is a beautiful,thoughtful essay film that finds swaths of meanings in the bracingly ordinary lives of people from different generations and backgrounds. Its generous empathy is something to behold.
#Berlinale71
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Overwhelmed by the reception for Safar's opening night film, 'El Tareeq' (The Search). Who would've thought that an Egyptian noir from the '60ies would strike a chord with the London audience? A big thank you to everyone who came to our sold-out first screening last night.
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Every Egyptian bone in my body is fuckin aching now.
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Two of the most original, most visionary Arab films of the year are premiering this year at
@Quinzaine
: Ali Cherri's allegorical Sudanese monster story, “The Dam,” and Erige Sehiri gorgeous, Renoiresque rural tale, “Under the Figs.”
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Crossing my fingers for
@_alicherri
to win the Caméra d'Or tomorrow for 'The Dam.'
#Cannes2022
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"Past Lives" just finished and I've been crying my eyes out the past 30 min. Heart broken into little pieces. Brought memories of various past relationships. A lot to unpack. My choice for the
#Berlinale2023
Golden Bear.
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Two Arab winners in
#Cannes2022
's Un certain regard: best actor for Adam Bessa in Lotfy Nathan's 'Harka' and best screenplay for Maha Haj's 'Mediterranean Fever.' Both are thoroughly deserved.
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'
@AinouzKarim
's 'Mariner of the Mountains' is my no.1 Middle Eastern picture of the year; a deeply poetic essay film that left me in tears from start to finish.
This is a highly eclectic group of films that I hope will get the attention they deserve.
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Can finally,finally talk about this out loud! "Feathers," the bonkers debut feature of my boy Omar El Zohairy will have its world premiere at
@semainecannes
this year. It's most of the most original, most exciting Arab debuts of recent years & I can't wait for the world to see it
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I think it's time that both the current and incoming
#Berlinale
management clarify their position towards Claudia Roth's inflammatory and racist comments, especially in light of the letter that has been signed by more than 70 Israeli filmmakers.
Zum Applaus auf der
#B
ärenverleihung nach der Rede von Yuval Abraham: Der Applaus von Claudia Roth galt dem jüdisch-israelischen Journalisten und Filmemacher Yuval Abraham, der sich für eine politische Lösung und ein friedliches Zusammenleben in der Region ausgesprochen hat. 1/2
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Guys, you’re utterly bonkers and incredibly passionate and I love you to death! Thank you to hundreds who came to our 8.30 am screening of Masumura’s Irezumi. You’ve made my festival. And a big thank you to
@kareloch
for the lovely introduction and for all the support.
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'
@_alicherri
's 'The Dam' is my no.2 Middle Eastern movies of the year. A formally audacious political parable, it's the most original monster movie Arab cinema has produced. The film was screened in
@Quinzaine
,
@TheNYFF
and
@KVIFF
to name a few fests.
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I've been told to keep my mouth shut about this, but I just can't help it. The lovely folks of
@IndieWire
made a list of "the 100 all-time greatest films directed by women" and none of its writers deemed any Arab filmmaker worthy of inclusion in their list.
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Here it is. My thoughts on the
#Berlinale
closing ceremony, the despicable response of German politicians, and how what happened this year may forever change the relationship of Arab filmmakers with the fest. For
@MiddEastEye
le
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Rewatching "Gilda" for the first time since high school and...my goodness! My innocent young brain at the time totally could not register the otherwise palpable sexual innuendoes and the homoeroticism. And this was made in 1946!
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And the award to the most bizarre, most fucked-up movie of
#Cannes2019
goes to Ala Eddine Slim’s ‘Tlamess;’ the quintessential Arab movie about aimless walking.Impossibly elusive,utterly bonkers & wholeheartedly fascinating and mesmerizing.Everyone in the Arab world will hate it
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See why political cinema still matters? How direct and open political statements can have such indelible impact?
We need political cinema more than before. This empty rhetoric of "our films focus on humanism, not politics" is utter bullshit. In 2024, everything is political.
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The shallow, bafflingly narrow-minded trade reviews for Radu Jude reminds me of everything that's wrong with anglophone mainstream criticism. In what is shaping up to be the best
@berlinale
since forever, Radu Jude's remains the standout picture for me.
#Berlinale2021
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Doing a Bill Forsyth marathon (hey, it's Christmastime!) and stumbled upon this virtually unseen TV movie of his from 1981. What a gem! His most sombre, most haunting pic. A major discovery.
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The best Arab movies I saw in Cannes this year were not in the official selection; they were in
@semainecannes
and
@Quinzaine
. My brief thoughts in all Arab movies. For
@MiddleEastEye
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So apparently,
#Pele
fell for Egyptian screen icon Zubaida Tharwat when he met her in Kuwait in the '70ies and kept chasing after her for a while! Makes me love him even more.
The greatest, most beautiful athlete in history. RIP.
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English media hasn’t picked up on this, but here’s the gist:
#Berlinale
has not renewed the contract of the Carlo Chatrian administration and a new director is be chosen. I hope the Minster of Culture reconsiders, but doesn’t look it.
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My biggest crush. I was in love with her for so long. The beautiful face of modern estrangement that made us feel ok to be estranged and disillusioned with modern life. RIP Monica. Your face will always be with me.
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Dear journalists and critics of the world: Nadine Labaki is NOT the first female Oscar nominated director from the Arab director...not even the second!
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Adored the new Hong Sang-soo - gorgeously composed, emotionally open triptych on learning, inner displacement, and the mystery of friendship. And it’s so damn funny!
My favorite Huppert performance in many, many years. A well-deserved Silver Bear winner.
#Berlinale2024
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Is it still politically correct to gush about Cyd Charisse’s legs?
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Not the biggest Lantimos fan, but my goodness, Poor Things is a masterpiece.Brilliant,deliciously lewd, and visually ravishing. If Barbie is feminism 101 for the masses, Poor Things is Betty Friedan for the intellectuals.
The Golden Lion winner to be.
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Alright folks, time for my annual best Middle Eastern films of the year list. It’s been a vintage year for the region’s cinema and I could’ve easily included two or three more titles in there. For
@MiddleEastEye
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In case you've missed it, here are my best Middle Eastern movies of the year, featuring works by Marouan Omara, Soudade Kaadan, Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Muayad Alayan, Abbas Fahdel, and Sara Fattahi among others. It's been a good year. For
@MiddleEastEye
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Everything I've seen at
#Berlinale2017
pales in comparison to Luca Guadagnino's 'Call Me by Your Name'; a wondrous, magical summer romance
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My last two Masumura screening of the day of
@KVIFF
; his lesser known debut and sophomore features. A long thank you thread is due later. Too overwhelmed with emotions and moved by all the love. Thanks again to you all. If you see me tonight, say hello and let’s drink till dawn.
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It's happening! Paul Thomas Anderson Has Directed Radiohead's New Music Video
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@Venusesmind
@MiddleEastEye
Thanks for reading. I hope the success of the movie encourages executives to support Arab filmmakers with bolder visions and authentic voices, free from an orientalist interferences. I personally don’t know any Syrians in Berlin who were not offended by it
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News is finally out. Thrilled and honored to be curating the Youssef Chahine retrospective for the upcoming edition of
@kviffest
. This is the biggest retrospective of Chahine's restored works to be featured in any film festival, local, regional or international...
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Lovers of Egyptian cinema near and far, I wrote the opening essay for Moving Pictures Painted, a gorgeous new book of classic Egyptian film posters spanning 70 years. The book is released by UK publishing house, CentreCentre.
Preorder here.
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On the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices, the moral corruption of art, & the freedom we presumed we've lost but in reality never had.
My anger and disillusionment and anxiety are all in here.
This is my J'Accuse.
For
@MiddleEastEye
&
@MEEDiscover
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The standout Middle Eastern pic of the
#Berlinale
is Suhaib Gasmelbari's 'Talking About Trees,' an expertly-told chronicle of a group of veteran Sudanese filmmakers attempting to resurrect an old cinema. Heartfelt, urgent and so, so funny. This will be a massive hit.
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On the new Wonder Woman, that Egypt scene, American cultural imperialism, and New York. My latest. For
@MiddleEastEye
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Egyptian black comedy 'Feathers' becomes the very first Arab movie to win
@semainecannes
Grand Prize. Big congrats to my boy Omar Zohairy who went through insane measures to realize this singular project. More from me on the film in the following weeks.
#cannes21
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Ben Russell co-director of ‘Direct Action’ literally just said “Ceasefire against the genocide”
Respect. And take that Germany!
#Berlinale
#Palestina
#CeasefireNOW
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Just saw Tarik Saleh's speech at Cannes' awards ceremony and I'm deeply moved. “I dedicate this award to young filmmakers in Egypt hoping they raise their voices and tell their stories.”
Art, commerce, stories and all that aside, this is what's really all about.
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All of the five Arab films selected for
@Festival_Cannes
so far were supported by
@DohaFilm
. There's a reason why they remain the most consistent, most reliable and, by a long margin, the most competent film fund in the region. Congrats to everyone involved.
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Best film piece I've read all week. Erika Balsom in
@CinemaScopeMag
on the elusiveness of the female gaze.
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“I don’t know what Germany is trying to do with us,” Abraham said.“If this is Germany’s way of dealing with its guilt over the Holocaust,they are emptying it of all meaning.”
The
#Berlinale
management,Minister of Culture,and Mayor of Berlin need to respond
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@MalcolmWilson01
@netflix
Watch the film and let me know if you gain any understating on what’s happening in Syria beside the very basic fact that there’s a war in there
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Excited to see a host of Youssef Chahine's works showing on
@mubi
. Accompanying the program is my
@NotebookMUBI
piece written for the grand
@KVIFF
2019 retrospective.
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Here are 10 brilliant Middle Eastern films released this year, collectively shot on budgets less than The Swimmers'; 10 formally inventive, deeply engaging genre-benders with the kind of intelligent political commentaries unseen in Hollywood products.
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