Drag has been so healing for me because it has allowed me to rewrite the narratives this country and industry have forced on ...

Six out of the eight Best International Feature submissions from Arab countries are directed by women, each having won awards at major festivals. While its submission process certainly has its faults, ...

In “The Nutcracker,” when Clara is entertained by a trio of divertissements (diversions) in the Land of Sweets, dances from around the world — the “Arabian Dance,” “Chinese Dance” and “Russian Dance” ...

Get ready to groove with some of the most unforgettable dance battles ever captured on film! From flashy 80s throwbacks to high-energy street dance showdowns and elegant ballet face-offs, this ...

Now in its 29th year, the Arab Film Festival is underway across the Bay Area, bringing films and filmmakers from across the Arab world to local audiences. As Managing Director Maya Labban helped host ...

EXCLUSIVE: Christine Lakin will make her feature directorial debut with I Won’t Dance, a mid-market coming-of-age romantic comedy and sports film now in active packaging and financing ahead of AFM, ...

Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 debuted at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this fall to a 15-minute standing ovation — the longest in the festival’s history. The historical drama is the only feature ...

Look for Arab cinema and lots of docs at festivals this week. First up is the always impressively programmed Arab Film Festival, presented by the San Francisco-based Arab Film and Media Institute, ...

A 30-minute montage of century-old newsreels stands as one of the more emotional film experiences I’ve had this year. Photo: Imperial War Museums, London “When we talk of this as a place of ...

Georges Khabbaz stars alongside German film legend Hanna Schygulla in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s melancholic drama about an exiled Syrian writer who travels to a North Sea island, contemplating suicide. By ...

Olds-Sample will star alongside Tony Award winners Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) and Adrienne Warren (The Last Five Years) in the film, with a cast that also includes Omair Hardwick, Reggie Lochard, ...