BEIRUT: Lebanon banned a second film in as many days on Monday, as the country’s censors continue a strict enforcement of boycott rules against movies with links to Israel. The Australian film “Jungle ...

Twin Cities Arab Film Festival hits its 20th year — and a Lebanese filmmaker's retrospective is stealing the spotlight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The independent Beirut-based production house Abbout Productions, led by Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine, will receive the ...

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s culture minister moved to ban the film “Barbie” from cinemas on Wednesday, saying it “promotes homosexuality” and contradicts religious values. Minister Mohammad Mortada is backed by ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon reopened on Thursday the Cinematheque Libanaise, a national archive dedicated to preserving the country’s cinematic history, in a move that could provide a cultural haven as the ...

The 85-minute Arabic-language film will screen on 29 September at the MUBI Theatre at Los Feliz 3 as part of the 2026 edition of Beyond Fest, one of the United States’ major genre film festivals. The ...

Producers and film professionals from the Arab region discussed their perception of a “quota system” at festivals as well as distribution challenges, during a panel held by the World Cinema Fund in ...

The Twin Cities Arab Film Fest is celebrating its 20th edition with the theme “Looking Forward, Looking Back.” The festival ...

The genres exploring queer and gender issues range from documentaries to narratives. While Lebanon leads Arab countries in production, Egypt, Palestine, Tunisia and Jordan have also contributed ...

Venice Film Festival 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for Arab cinema, with filmmakers from across the region bringing stories of war, displacement, grief, family, survival—and even a bank heist—to ...