If you've been wondering how "Star Wars" would look like if it was set in ancient Egyptian times, a YouTuber has used AI to ...

At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim in the country’s cinematic future. Once the beating heart of Arab cinema, ...

Just over a year after it was pulled as the opening short film of the 2024 edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival by the country’s censorship board, The Last Miracle had been cleared to screen at ...

Egyptian cinema underwent a transitional period in the 1990s. A new generation of directors, writers and actors was drawn to creating more innovative, serious pieces of work. In particular, there was ...

Yomeddine' director Abu Bakr Shawky on mining his family history for 'The Stories,' which launches into the Middle East at ...

A former actress (last seen in 2006’s “Yacoubian Building”), Younes manages leading Egyptian production company Al-Arabia, overseeing between 15-20 Egyptian films a year. The company (founded by her ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before a popular revolt ousted Egypt's autocratic president this year, it seemed certain that a film about the desperation of Cairo's poor would never reach the country's cinemas.

Mona Zaki channels Egypt’s legendary screen diva in a new awards-season showcase as Tilda Swinton makes a surprise return to ...

CAIRO, July 16 (Reuters) - The female stars of an Egyptian street theatre troupe that is the subject of a prize-winning documentary film said they set out to challenge attitudes to women's role in ...

In a year when Egyptian cinema is reconnecting with its emotional core, Fiha Eh Ya’ni (What’s the Big Deal?) emerges as a ...

Egypt’s first appearance at the AFM was in 2019, when Media Production City (EMPC) participated as the official one-stop shop for issuing filming permits for foreign productions in Egypt. Since then, ...