Exclusive: An Interview with Marwan Hamed An Interview with Marwan Hamed By Omar Kholeif, Safar Curator What do you think are the challenges facing contemporary filmmakers in Egypt and the Arab region more widely? We face many challenges. The main challenge is a funding crisis which directly affects the level of production. When you have […]
By Malu Halasa, Safar’s Writer in Residence Long before the ousting of Mubarak, football, like the call to prayer, is an activity that b...
By Malu Halasa, Safar’s Writer in Residence These [Egyptian Government controls] restrictions on movies included criticising any religion, sho...
Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema kicks off with a discussion forum with internationally renowned experts, industry figures and academics. Session: ARAB CINEMA — ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES Speakers: Dr Viola Shafik, freelance filmmaker, curator and the author of Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity (1999) and Popular Egyptian Cinema: Gender, Class and Nation (2007) in […]
Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema kicks off with a discussion forum with internationally renowned experts, industry figures and academics. Session: ARAB CINEMA IN THE UK — THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE Speakers: Jason Wood, Director of Programming for the Curzon Cinema Group Mona Deeley, Founding Director of Zenith Foundation Ali Jaafar, Executive Director […]
By Malu Halasa Safar's Writer in Residence In the 1993 film, Terrorism and the Kebab, building and architecture are more than just backdrops. T...
By Malu Halasa, Safar’s Writer in Residence Through the artful cinematography of Reinhardt Peschke, Amman appears as one of the great cities o...
By Malu Halasa, Safar’s Writer in Residence After a 15-year-long civil war, one way Lebanese artists reflected on the experience was the use o...
Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema (21-27 September 2012) kicks off with a discussion forum with internationally renowned experts, industry figures and academics. Session: ARAB CINEMA — IN PRACTICE Speakers: Hussein Fahmy, Egyptian screen icon and star of Watch Out for Zouzou (1971) Philippe Aractingi, Lebanese film director of Bosta (2005) and Under the […]
By Malu Halasa, Safar’s Writer in Residence Just like today’s pressures on young men and women in the Middle East to conform to an accep...