by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
Beirut – Sixty years after first presenting his film, “Towards the Unknown” (“Ila Ayn?”) at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, the “father of Lebanese cinema” Georges Nasser, 90, once again walked the red carpet on Thursday. In emotional scenes, the crowd at the red...
by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Sep 27, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Nouakchott, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mauritanians are thrilled that Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu is in the running for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars. It is the first time that a film by a Mauritanian director has received the prestigious nomination. The...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
Cannes, Reuters—A tragic love story between two Palestinians living under Israeli occupation received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival on Monday and broke new ground as the first film fully funded by the Palestinian cinema industry. Omar by director Hany...