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The 14th edition of the Franco-Arab Film Festival (FFFA) in Noisy-le-Sec will spotlight the dynamism of Tunisian cinema from November 7 to 16, 2025. Announced Monday, the festival’s guest of honour will be Franco-Tunisian director Hind Meddeb, who will serve as patron alongside the event’s longstanding honorary president, the acclaimed filmmaker Costa-Gavras. Founded in 2012, the FFFA has established itself as a crucial platform for dialogue between the two shores of the Mediterranean. This year’s focus on Tunisia promises to showcase a generation of filmmakers offering a free and critical…

Cairo International Film Festival will screen two films starring Khaled El Nabawy, “The Emigrant” and “The Citizen,” as part of the “Cairo Classics” program. This comes in honor of him receiving the Faten Hamama Excellence Award during the 46th edition of the festival, held from November 12 to 21, 2025. “The Emigrant” (1994), directed by Youssef Chahine, follows “Ram” as he leaves his nomadic life to embark on a journey of knowledge in Pharaonic Egypt, a land then fraught with political conflicts and conspiracies. Between his old world in the…

Cairo International Film Festival is pleased to announce the selection of the feature film “The Blue Trail” (O Último Azul) as the opening film of its 46th edition, held from November 12 to 21, 2025. The film will be screened out of competition.Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro, the film tells the story of Tereza, a 77-year-old woman living in a small industrial town in the Amazon, until she receives an official order to relocate to a senior housing colony. In this isolated place, the elderly are taken to spend…

The Cairo International Film Festival announced the final lineup for the Egyptian Panorama program in its 46th edition, which will take place from November 12 to 21, 2025. This is a collection of short films screened out of competition.The program includes 6 films:Rabeh Samir Abu El Wafa (Silver Tongue), directed by Omar Ali.Saf Tani (Cairo, Standstill), directed by Amr Abed.Tani Yom (The Day After), directed by Zeina Amr Dessouky.Marra Tanya (Where the Winds Come From), directed by Hassan Nouby.Qafla (Blackout), directed by Ahmed Mostafa Elzoghby.Action, Nadia, Cut! (Action, Nadia, Cut!),…

The inaugural edition of the Doha Film Festival is set to bring together a remarkable lineup of 97 films from 62 countries, alongside an impressive roster of international and regional guests, when it takes place from November 20 to 28 in the Qatari capital. Renowned filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, Egyptian-American comedian Ramy Youssef, and British-Ghanaian actress Michaela Coel are among the festival’s high-profile attendees. Soderbergh and Coel will participate in a special screening of “Christopher’s”, acquired by Neon, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Other highlights…

The Red Sea International Film Festival will feature two highly anticipated special screenings at its fifth edition in December 2025, presenting the Saudi premieres of Tunisia’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and Spain’s Oscar-submitted “The Path.” Scheduled for December 4–13 in Jeddah’s historic Al-Balad district, the festival will showcase Kaouther Ben Hania’s powerful hybrid documentary-drama, which reconstructs the final hours of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza. The film uses a striking visual approach to confront the human cost of war. Alongside it, Oliver Laxe’s “The Path”—a Cannes 2025…

 The Arab Film Festival Berlin (AFFB), Germany’s largest cinema event dedicated to Arab-language film, has announced an open call for submissions for its 17th edition, scheduled for April 22-28, 2026. The festival, organized by the non-profit Arab Center for Arts and Film Culture, serves as a crucial platform for innovative filmmaking from the Arab world and its diaspora. Since its founding in 2009, the event has worked to challenge stereotypes and present new perspectives on Arab culture and history through cinema. The program is structured around two main sections: Beyond…

The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has revealed the six finalists for the tenth edition of its prestigious ‘Iqra’a’ (Read) competition. The finalists, representing five Arab nations, will compete for the “Reader of the Year” title at the grand finale on December 5-6, 2025. Marking a decade of promoting literacy and cultural dialogue, this year’s theme, “The Impact of Reading Never Fades,” attracted a record 192,000 participants. The finalists are Abdulilah Al-Bahrani (Saudi Arabia), Ameen Chaabane (Tunisia), Younes Al-Issaoui and Hiba Yamout (Morocco), Sarah Ben Ammar (Algeria), and…

The Red Sea International Film Festival has announced that its fifth edition will open with the highly anticipated boxing drama “Giant”, directed by British-Indian filmmaker Rowan Athale. The film tells the inspiring true story of British-Yemeni boxing legend Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed and will have its Middle East and North Africa premiere on December 4, 2025. “Giant” stars Egyptian-British actor Amir El-Masry as Prince Naseem Hamed, tracing his remarkable journey from humble beginnings in Sheffield to becoming a world champion and one of the most iconic figures in British boxing.…