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Upcoming French Film Festival London at Ciné Lumière announces fantastic line-up

E. Nina Rothe October 6, 2025

And don’t be surprised to find Jafar Panahi’s latest among the films, as that is the official entry to the International Feature Film Oscar race for France. Vive la France, I say!

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Ciné Lumière, French Film Festival London, French Institute Alliance Francaise, Jafar Panahi, Victoria and Albert Museum, Barbican, The Great Arch, Claes Bang, Stéphane Demoustier, Case 137, Dominik Moll, Léa Drucker, It Was Just an Accident, Cannes Film Festival, Kaouther Ben Hania, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Silver Lion, Palme d'Or, Venice Film Festival, Richard Linklater, Nouvella Vague, Diane Gabrysiak, Alice Douard, Love Letters, François Ozon, The Stranger, Julia Ducourneau, Alpha, Lucile Hadžihalilović, The Ice Tower, Marion Cotillard, The Little Sister, Hafsia Herzi, Queer Palm, Nadav Lapid, Yes!, Raïssa Lahcine, Institut français du Royaume-Uni
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A still from ‘Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ by Tarzan and Arab Nasser, courtesy of DFI

Upcoming inaugural Doha Film Festival to showcase Palestinian stories

E. Nina Rothe September 25, 2025

And honestly, from the DFI, I would expect nothing less!

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In Cinema, Festival Tags DFI, Doha Film Institute, Doha Film Festival, Qatar, Once Upon a Time in Gaza, Tarzan and Arab Nasser, Palestinian cinema, Elia Suleiman, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hania, Kamal Aljafari, With Hassan in Gaza, Annemarie Jacir, Palestine 36, Palestine, Gaza, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Ajyal, Katara Cultural Village, Msheireb Downtown Doha, Museum of Islamic Art
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Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix produced 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' to open inaugural Doha Film Festival

E. Nina Rothe September 16, 2025

Tunisian Oscar nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s Venice Silver Lion winner is “a moving tribute to resilience and the power of cinema”.

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Doha Film Festival, Doha Film Institute, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Doah, Doha, Qatar, Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian entry to the Oscars, Gaza, Alexander Payne, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuaron, Katara Cultural Village, Msheireb Downtown Doha, Museum of Islamic Art
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A still from Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’ courtesy of Philistine Films

Chloe Zhao's 'Hamnet', two Linklater titles and a Screen Talk with the elusive Daniel Day-Lewis at this year's BFI London Film Fest

E. Nina Rothe September 4, 2025

The festival will open with Rian Johnson’s ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ and close with Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero’. In between, masterpieces of cinema will rule over Old Foggy for nearly two weeks.

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Annemarie Jacir, Palestine 36, Chloe Zhao, Hamnet, Richard LInklater, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Netflix, Julia Jackman, 100 Nights of Hero, BFI London Film Festival, American Express, London, Jay Kelly, George Clooney, Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein, Luca Guadagnino, After the Hunt, Amazon, Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia, Oscar Race, Best International Feature Film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Venice Film Festival, Jeremy Irons, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri, Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent, Brazil, Lav Diaz, Magellan, Gael García Bernal, Philippines, Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident, Iran, Royal Festival Hall, Yorgos Lanthimos, Richard Linklater, Lynne Ramsay, Tessa Thompson, Calle Malaga, Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
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A still from ‘A House of Dynamite’ by Kathryn Bigelow

The golden girls of the Lido: Seven women-helmed films to watch at the 82nd Venice Film Festival

E. Nina Rothe July 22, 2025

From the MENA to the USA, there may not be so so many titles directed by women at the festival. But what is programmed is simply the best.

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Venice Film Festival, A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hania, Marc by Sofia, Sofia Coppola, Marc Jacobs, Nuestra Tierra, Lucrecia Martel, Hijra, Shahad Ameen, Calle Malaga, Maryam Terzani, Julian Schnabel, In the Hand of Dante, Carmen Maura
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Cannes' sidebars -- Critics' Week, Directors' Fortnight and ACID selections announced

E. Nina Rothe April 15, 2025

Among the titles which stand out to me immediately are two beautiful projects, one selected for Critics’ Week and the other in the Fortnight line up, which participated in the recent DFI Qumra industry incubator. And I included the shorts in Critics’ Week!

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Critics week, Cannes Film Festival, festival de Cannes, Quinzaine de Cineastes, Directors' Fortnight, ACID, Cannes, Harmony Korine, The President’s Cake, Hasan Hadi, Leah Chen Baker, Qumra, DFI, Doha Film Institute, Barry Jenkins, Dangerous Animals, Sean Byrne, Kokuho, Lee Sang-il, Eva Victor, Sorry Baby, Daniel Kaluuya, Guillermo Galoe, Sleepless City, Ciudad Sin Sueño, Spain, Iraq, Madrid, Kaouther Ben Hania, Sylvain George, Life After Siham, Namir Abdel Messeeh, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, Sepideh Farsi
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The Qumra class of 2024, captured in the courtyard of the Museum of Islamic Art

The Qumra Diaries: the good, the bad and the overcrowded

E. Nina Rothe March 8, 2024

And no, I’m not talking about the bustling Souq Waqif on the eve of Ramadan!

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Qumra, Doha Film Institute, Qatar, Doha, Souq Waqif, Qatar Airways, Museum of Islamic Art, Damasca, Fiko, Msheireb Downtown Doha, National Museum of Qatar, Alain Ducasse Jiwan, Qatari cuisine, Desert Rose, Profiles Doha, Intaj 2023 exhibition, Youssef Chahine, Mohamed Malas, Kaouther Ben Hania, Soudade Kaadan, Ramadan, Mohammad malas
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Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian announcing this year’s Competition & Encounters line up on Monday

All the latest Berlinale titles added to Competition and Encounters

E. Nina Rothe January 24, 2024

While many of us may be concentrating on the awards announcements, the Berlin Film Festival reminds us where it all starts from, and why these worldwide events are so important. Dare I say, more than the awards…

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Berlinale, Berlin Film Festival, Germany, Middle East, Mariëtte Rissenbeek, Carlo Chatrian, Golden Bear, Silver Bear, Meryam Joobeur, Who Do I Belong To, Tunisia, Qu, Qumra, Doha Film Institute, Nadim Cheikhrouha, Sarra Ben Hassen, Kaouther Ben Hania, Another End, Piero Messina, Gael Garcia Bernal, Berenice Bejo, Black Tea, Abderrahmane Sissako, La Cocina, Rooney Mara, Oded Fehr, Dahomey, Mati Diop, Hors du Temps, Olivier Assayas, Bruno Dumont, L'Empire, Lyna Khoudri, Yasmine Al Massri, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, The Stranger's Case, Omar Sy, Brandt Andersen, Aleppo, Riho Kudo, Chime, August my Heaven
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