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The documentary details the lives of six Montreal Arab men, all with the first name "Osama": Osama (Sam) Shalabi, of Egyptian origin, a music composer who grew up in Atlantic Canada. He is a leading member of the Montreal-based instrumental band, Shalabi Effect. He composed the soundtrack for Being Osama. [4]
Going To Heaven is a family film that took place in the United Arab Emirates, starting from Abu Dhabi. In Abu Dhabi, Sultan (Jumaa Al Zaabi) who has lost his mother at a very young age and feels lost in this world. his father remarries and moves the family to Abu Dhabi where he is forced to live with his callous stepmother and younger sister, Fatima.
One film medium that became incredibly popular during the war was the viewing and creation of films through home video. [8] This led the film West Beyrouth (Ziad Doueiri, 1998) to become a very popular feature film among Lebanese people at the time. The film highlighted the war through a narrative that combined clips and elements of home video ...
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) was an annual five-day film festival founded in 2009 to promote Arab and international film, and to develop a sustainable film industry in Qatar. [68] The Festival was one of Qatar's largest entertainment events attracting over 50,000 guests in 2010.
Arabs are portrayed in film as film characters in both Arab films as well as non-Arab films, and both Arabs and non-Arabs take the role of an Arab. [1] These portrayals often depict an ethnocentric perception of Arabs rather than an authentic and realistic depiction of Arabic cultures, religions, dialects, as well as customs and traditions. [2]
As conflicts escalate in the Middle East and North Africa, from Palestine to Yemen and Sudan, filmmakers have seen an increase in solidarity within the local creative community to find ways to ...
Umm Kulthum starred in Weddad, her film debut in 1936, which was the first production of Studio Misr, the film was a hit in Egypt and the Arab world. Several films were released by the studio the best few years such as Salama Is Okay with Studio Misr in 1937, the film stars Naguib el-Rihani who was a theatre actor and starred in several comedy ...
Saudi films and filmmakers have won numerous awards in both Arab and international film festivals. The first Saudi film to win an international award was "Death of a City," directed by Saudi filmmaker Abdullah Al-Muhaisen. The film received the Nefertiti Prize for Best Short Film in 1977 [32] and was screened at the Cairo Film Festival the same ...