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  • A man performs a handstand on the edge of a building overlooking a city in Gaza.
    Gaza documentary "Yalla Parkour"

    It all started with a smile

    The documentary "Yalla Parkour", which held its European premiere at the Berlinale, is a tribute to Gaza before 7 October—and an urgent appeal to support the survivors of the war.

  • A man in a black hat and a woman stand behind a podium. She is holding a microphone.
    Tunisia's Carthage Film Festival

    Decolonial cinema

    The Carthage Film Festival in Tunis aims to counter the Global North's dominance in the world of film. Until Sunday, a diverse range of films from Africa and West Asia will be screened. But can the festival truly fulfil its own ambitions?

  • Two men and a woman stand in a room and talk to each other
    Palestinian director Dima Hamdan

    "There is no pride when gay men are blackmailed"

    Winner of the prestigious Iris Film Prize, Dima Hamdan's short film "Blood like Water" addresses how Israel uses the social stigma of homosexuality in Palestinian society to blackmail gay men.

  • Still from the film "Bye Bye Tiberias" at the Arab Film Festival 2024 in Berlin
    Arab Film Festival in Berlin

    Spotlighting Palestinian voices

    As the Israel-Hamas war impacts Germany's cultural sector, the organisers of the ALFILM festival fear for the future of their event

  • Person in a red hoodie in front of a destroyed house – The documentary film "No Other Land" was shot by a Palestinian-Israeli collective
    Israel-Hamas conflict impacts Berlinale

    Gaza war sparks tensions

    The Berlin International Film Festival is no stranger to politics. The Middle East conflict was bound to cause debates and protests this year

  • Main title: (The story of Olfa's Daughters)   Photo's title: (Olfa and her two Daughters in the premiere of the Tunisian movie Olfa's Daughters at the cinema of the Kulturbrauerei-Cinestar, Berlin Hall) Place & Date: (Berlin –18th Jan 2024) - Copyright / Photographer: Copyright for Qantara, Mohammed Magdy
    Tunisian film "Four Daughters"

    Painful family ties

    Two of Tunisian single mother Olfa Hamrouni's four daughters joined IS in Libya. For more than nine years now, Hamrouni has been fighting to be reunited with her daughters. Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has made a moving feature-length documentary on her story

  • A woman in a blue headscarf puts the finishing touches to a bride's make-up; the bride looks unhappy
    Cinema showcase in Morocco

    Arab women filmmakers challenge Western preconceptions

    Female filmmakers from across the Middle East are increasingly being recognised and celebrated. But the challenges they face are not always what you might expect

  • A man sits astride a motorbike while a woman sits in the trailer behind, against a background of hilly dry terrain
    Sofia Alaoui's film "Animalia"

    Aliens land in Morocco

    Moroccan terrain has long proved a popular backdrop for American film productions. In "Animalia", director Sofia Alaoui highlights Morocco's scenery from a local and personal perspective, focusing in particular on the Atlas Mountains

  • Covering themes of rape, prostitution, poverty, homosexuality, religious fanaticism and much more, Fyzal Boulifa's latest film treats its subject matter in a delicate if disturbing way.
    "The Damned Don't Cry"

    Moroccan melodrama without the tears

    Covering a wide range of themes from rape and prostitution to poverty, homosexuality, and religious fanaticism, Fyzal Boulifa's latest film treats its subject matter in a delicate – if disturbing – way. By Shady Lewis Botros

  • "Iraq's Invisible Beauty" is a documentary film depicting the journey of the late Iraqi photographer Latif al-Ani, who gained international acclaim as one of the pioneers of photography in Iraq and the Middle East.
    "Iraq's Invisible Beauty"

    Pictures, not words

    "Iraq's Invisible Beauty" is a documentary film depicting the journey of the late Iraqi photographer Latif al-Ani, who gained international acclaim as one of the pioneers of photography in Iraq and the Middle East. By Shady Lewis Botros

  • Tunisian films about the Arab Spring

    Rage, hope and desperation

    Tunisian filmmakers are addressing the subject of the Arab Spring and its failure in Tunisia in their films. Shady Lewis Botros watched three of them for Qantara.de

  • "Saudi Vision 2030" foresees the accelerated modernisation of Saudi Arabia – and that includes the country’s culture. Huge amounts of government funding are being poured into the arts, while exchange with the West is welcomed. These new freedoms, however, have their limits.
    Saudi Arabia's cultural revolution

    Artists, but not individuals in the Western sense

    "Saudi Vision 2030" foresees the accelerated modernisation of Saudi Arabia – and that includes the country’s culture. Huge amounts of government funding are being poured into the arts, while exchange with the West is welcomed. These new freedoms do, however, have their limits, as Joseph Croitoru reports.

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