Iran director's 'secret film' wins praise at CannesAn Iranian director who was jailed for anti-government propaganda in 2010 emerged at the Cannes film festival on Friday to premiere a new film about state oppression that he shot in secret in his home country. Mohammad Rasoulof wa More… |
Saudi woman director wins top GFF awardHaifaa Al Mansour, director of the film "Wadjda", has become the first Saudi woman film director to win the "Best Film Award", at the sixth Gulf Film Festival (GFF) held last month. "Wadjda" tells the More… |
Bahrain gears up for 'Zombie' filmFilming is about to start on a comedy-horror saga, Dead Sands, inspired by the films of the 80s and 90s in which zombies take over Bahrain. The details of the project were announced yesterday during a press conference at the New York In More… |
Twilight tops 'worst film' nominationsThe final installment of vampire saga "Twilight" on Wednesday dominated Razzie nominations for the worst films and movie performances of 2012, despite taking an impressive $814 million at the global box office. "The More… |
Saudi film 'Wadjda' wins big at Diff"Wadjda," the first full-length Saudi feature film to have been entirely shot in the Kingdom with an all-Saudi cast, has won the award for the 'Best Arabic Film' at the recent Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). More… |
Harib to make Image Nation's new filmMohammed Saeed Harib, the award-winning Emirati creator of the Middle East’s first 3D animated series, Freej, has signed with Image Nation Abu Dhabi to direct the company’s next local feature film. &nbs More… |
Ford debuts film to back breast cancer awarenessFord Middle East debuted the film FIVE last night in Kuwait to support global breast cancer awareness. The film, which will be screened across the region, is made up of five short films and explores the impact of breast cancer on More… |
Ford debuts film to back breast cancer awarenessFord Middle East debuted the film FIVE last night in Kuwait to support global breast cancer awareness. The film, which will be screened across the region, is made up of five short films and explores the impact of breast cancer on More… |
US actress sues anti-Islam filmmaker, YouTubeAn actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world took her legal bid to federal court on Wednesday in a renewed effort to force it off YouTube. More… |
Banks warned on high risk of cyber attacksA financial services industry group has warned banks, brokerages and insurers to be on heightened alert for cyber attacks after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase experienced unexplained outages on their public websites. More… |








