Ahead of its world premiere opening the 2026 edition of CPH:DOX, we unveil the official poster for Pieter-Jan De Pue's decade-spanning documentary tracing the lives of young Ukrainians shaped by war i...

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Polish writer and director Agnieszka Holland discussed her new biographical film Franz, about author Franz Kafka at the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Monday, saying the movie tries to find the “essence” of the novelist and explores themes that are still topical, including Kafka’s thoughts on the dangers of totalitarianism.

Cannes: In his debut feature, Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi wisely prioritizes character and story, letting brutal dictatorship speak louder as backdrop.

A review of Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight entry The President's Cake which is the first film from Iraq

Iraqi director Hasan Hadi speaks to The New Arab from Cannes about his film ’The President’s Cake’, which shows life under Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1990s

Sales agency Films Boutique has closed two key territories on Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake” ahead of its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival.

Tunisian director Amel Guellaty just premiered her feature-film debut, Where the Wind Comes From, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it). The movie offers striking visuals and a compelling story of friendship in a road-trip structure, showing […]

The 28th Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) concluded ion Sunday with an awards ceremony celebrating the best of the fest from juries and audiences alike, where Georgi M. Unkovski's DJ Ahmet, Elizabeth Lo's Mistress Dispeller and Julie Delpy's Meet the Barbarians were among the winners. 2025 Sundance Film Festival winner DJ Ahmet was awarded the Grand Prize for Narrative Feature.

Albert Serra proves once again that he is one of the best filmmakers working today with the bullfighting documentary Afternoons of Solitude.

Reviews of two films I saw at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025: Albert Serra's Afternoons of Solitude and Wei Shujun's I Dreamed A Dream

Reviewing the 14th edition of First Look, Museum of the Moving Image's annual festival showcasing adventurous new cinema.

Writer and Director: Lin Jianjie The title Brief History of a Family accords with a sense the characters in Lin Jianjie’s film are under observation by a third party who is developing plans for their ...

Mohammad Rasoulof's searing Iranian drama gives women the chance to save themselves.

Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall play out a day in 1974 Manhattan for director Ira Sachs