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Lebanese Director Georges Nasser at the Cannes Film Festival. (Cannes Film Festival)

‘Father of Lebanese Cinema’ Receives Standing Ovation at Cannes

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...

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In this Friday, April 4, 2014, file photo, head mason Alassane Ramiya inspects the remains of tombs at a mausoleum after it was damaged in Timbuktu, Mali.

Mauritanians delighted with Timbuktu Oscar nomination

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...

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This Jan. 31, 2006 file photo shows Hany Abu-Assad, director of the Oscar nominated Palestinian film “Paradise Now,” posing for a photo at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. Abu-Assad is also director of “Omar,” one of the more buzzed-about films at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Palestinian film of love and betrayal breaks new ground at Cannes

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...