Film

Middle East cinema: Why you can't watch some of its best films

How small but compelling horror, sci-fi and thriller features are failing to reach audiences internationally

Egypt's biggest film: How The Passage owes a debt to Sisi

Never escaping Palestine: Filmmaker Elia Suleiman's ode to 'home'

Arab films: Seven independent movies to watch out for

Cannes film festival 2019: The good, the bad and the ugly

Aladdin star Mena Massoud under fire for saying he 'doesn't understand' Mideast politics

The Unknown Saint: Robbers, riches and religion make for fresh film debut

Arab films at Cannes 2019: Strong showing for Middle East, North Africa cinema

Sex, lies and Jerusalem: The unforgiving films of director Muayad Alayan

What Jordan Peele's film can teach 'Us' about the American empire

Azad Essa

Censorship and sensibility: Turkey's arthouse directors face growing crackdown

Rami Malek is a hero in Egypt after playing a gay icon - but LGBT people there are under attack

'Privileged to represent the Middle East': Egyptian-American Rami Malek wins best actor Oscar

Berlinale 2019: Israel takes the prize, but Sudan scores a double

Drama on fractured Israeli identity wins Berlin film festival's top prize

Dinner with the enemy: How this Egyptian drama sparked a row over the hijab

Murder, mystery, football: What the Berlin Film Festival can expect from Middle East cinema

A tale of two film mavericks: Jocelyne Saab and Oussama Fawzi

Middle Eastern film in 2018: Why it was a milestone year

Qatar's Ajyal Film Festival: The good, the promising and the unspoken

Sean Penn turns up in Istanbul to film documentary on Jamal Khashoggi