Microphone

ALEXANDRIA — Lurking in the shadows of the many shoddy post-revolution films on Egypt lies a story not many people…

LONDON - Over the past week, London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts hosted the “Winds of Change: Cinema from Muslim Societies”…

Egyptian film “Microphone,” written and directed by Ahmad Abdalla, won the best feature-length film award during the African Film Festival…

Egyptian films screened at the African Film Festival in Tarifa, southern Spain had a high public turnout. “Microphone”, directed by…

In terms of non-violent protest, few things can be as emotionally engaging as music, a fact clearly reflected in the…

Screenwriter and producer Mohamed Hefzy has worked on many award-winning films, including 2005’s “Malaky Iskanderia” (Alexandrian License Plate) for which…

"Al-Shawq," a movie by Egyptian director Khaled al-Hagar, won the Golden Pyramid at the 34th Cairo International Film Festival which…

In "Heliopolis," Ahmad Abdalla’s fiction debut, a seminal scene depicts a couple gazing at each other for a moment in…

Last Sunday was a good day for Egyptian cinema as two low-budget Egyptian movies, "Microphone" and "Hawi" (The Juggler) received…

The last quarter of the year is usually busy in the Arab film festival circuit with six festivals competing to…