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Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’
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Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’

In "Heliopolis," Ahmad Abdalla’s fiction debut, a seminal scene depicts a couple gazing at each other for a moment in…
Festival Films: Hungary’s “So Much For Justice!”
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Festival Films: Hungary’s “So Much For Justice!”

It’s a shame that the Cairo International Film Festival doesn’t give out an award for Most Annoying Film—“So Much for…
Festival Films: Switzerland’s ‘Sauvage’
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Festival Films: Switzerland’s ‘Sauvage’

International film festivals are somewhat about pride in your country, and no film in the festival thus far has featured…
Festival Films: Romania’s ‘Meekness’
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Festival Films: Romania’s ‘Meekness’

Trouble, the crazed man of a Romanian village, walks by the house of one of the villagers. Obviously drunk, the…
The Yes Men Fix the World
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The Yes Men Fix the World

20 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy-–the worst industrial accident in history—a Dow Chemical Company spokesman announced live on BBC…
Egyptian film in Tunisia: Dispatch from the Carthage Film Festival
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Egyptian film in Tunisia: Dispatch from the Carthage Film Festival

The last quarter of the year is usually busy in the Arab film festival circuit with six festivals competing to…
Egyptian film in the Gulf: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, part II
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Egyptian film in the Gulf: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, part II

Egyptian cinema is a quite significant presence at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Film Festival. "Messages from the Sea," Dawood Abdel-Sayed's…
The stars are out: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival
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The stars are out: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival

The fourth annual Abu Dhabi Film Festival (14-23 Oct) kicked off last Thursday at the Emirates Palace, where a large…
The final day of the Alex film festival: Social woes
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The final day of the Alex film festival: Social woes

Like previous days, the final day of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries failed to attract a large number…
Alexandria Film Festival’s day three: Palestinian sorrows, Turkish fears and French blues
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Alexandria Film Festival’s day three: Palestinian sorrows, Turkish fears and French blues

The Alexandria film festival is into its second day. On Thursday, 16 September, the Green Plaza screens, which are showing…
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