Cannes

AFMI Women Leading Change-Cannes 2025

May 21, 2025

By Rena Elhessen

By: Rena Elhessen / Arab America Contributing Writer The Cannes Film Festival 2025 has passed, bringing representation and stories to the big screen. In a first for the festival, a Western film institute representing the Arab world hosted an all-female panel. The Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) hosted the panel meant to spotlight acclaimed … Continued

Gaza Mon Amour Review: Love Doesn’t Need to Look Pretty

April 10, 2024

By Teresa Fidalgoazize

By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize | Arab America Contributing Writer The story is about love because there is this preconceived idea that this place in Gaza, it’s only full of destruction and vandalization and occupation. And in the midst of it all this, there is really something that we should discuss. It is love. Tarzan and … Continued

What are the Two Arabic Films in This Year’s Cannes Film Festival Selection?

June 5, 2020

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: RAZMIG BEDIRIAN ‘Broken Keys’ by Jimmy Keyrouz and ‘Souad’ by Ayten Amin are among the 56 films to be given the coveted Cannes 2020 label Written and directed by Lebanese filmmaker Jimmy Keyrouz, ‘Broken Keys’ tells the story of Karim, a pianist who strives to escape from his a war-torn town. Intagram … Continued

Cannes Prize Winner ‘Capernaum’ to Kick Off New Arab Film Festival in Paris

June 23, 2018

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: VARIETY BY: NICK VIVARELLI Lebanese director-actor Nadine Labaki and her drama “Capernaum,” an award winner at Cannes, are set to kick off the first edition of the Festival Des Cinemas Arabes, an ambitious new event in Paris dedicated to Arab films. “Capernaum,” about a 12-year-old boy who takes his parents to court “for giving … Continued

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