Film

Pro-Israel influencer and actor share a 'raped by Israeli dogs' joke

'I was only raped by two Israeli dogs,' Elon Gold tells Lizzy Savetsky while promoting a film made in Israel

India bans 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', citing threats to relationship with Israel

Berlinale 2026: Arab and Turkish filmmakers deliver strong line-up despite Gaza controversy

Berlinale 2026: Films play second fiddle to Gaza controversies for the third year running

El Sett: Why did the Saudi-backed biopic about Umm Kulthum flop?

Daoud Abdel Sayed: Why the late Egyptian filmmaker was so important

With Bahram Beizai's death, Iranian cinema is orphaned

Hamid Dabashi

The President’s Cake is our favourite movie of 2025. Here are 11 other standouts

The Dupes: A timeless story of Palestinians' pain and betrayal

Victoria Brittain

In their own words: Seven Israeli films exploring the Palestinian cause

How Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari staged a cinematic rebellion

Hamid Dabashi

Israeli-Iranian film Tatami delivers a knockout but has questionable politics

From Backstage to Bye Bye Tiberias: The Middle Eastern films to look out for this autumn

Venice film festival: Daring political films show what Middle East cinema is lacking

Golda: A failed attempt to boost Israel's propaganda

Nada Elia

The Arab world and Barbie: Why Greta Gerwig's film has provoked anger in the Middle East

Palestinian Prison Break: Film shows resilience in the face of Israeli injustice

Ghada Abed

Oppenheimer: The glorification of mass murder – coming to a cinema near you

Hamid Dabashi

The banality of censorship: A decade of war against the arts in Sisi's Egypt

Memories of a Massacre: Revisiting Rabaa and the end of the Egyptian revolution