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Artist, filmmaker, and Assistant Professor for the School of Contemporary Arts, Nadia Shihab, sits down with Am Johal to explore her path as a filmmaker. Nadia begins by sharing her university days as an Iraqi student at the University of Texas, feeling a personal sense of loss from the war, and burnout from her student activism within a conservative state. She speaks of this as the inspiration for her first film, I Come from Iraq. Nadia also explores the inspirations and meanings of her other films, such as Amal's Garden and Jaddoland. She and Am also explore her urban planning background, and Nadia shares some advice for aspiring student filmmakers. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/205-nadia-shihab.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/205-nadia-shihab.html Resources: Nadia's website: https://www.nadiashihab.com/ I Come from Iraq: https://vimeo.com/59374843 Amal's Garden: https://www.nadiashihab.com/amalsgarden-archived Jaddoland: https://www.nadiashihab.com/jaddoland Echolocation: https://www.nadiashihab.com/echolocation 57 Manchester: https://www.nadiashihab.com/57manchester Bio: Nadia Shihab is an artist and filmmaker whose work explores the personal, the relational, and the diasporic. Her studio practice includes film, collage and sound. She is the director of several short films and the feature-length film JADDOLAND, which was awarded five festival jury awards, including the Independent Spirit "Truer than Fiction" Award, and went on to broadcast for two seasons on US public television. Her work has shown in exhibitions and festivals internationally, including at the Centre Pompidou, Walker Art Center, Berkeley Art Museum, Dubai International Film Festival, DOXA, CAAMFest, and New Orleans Film Festival. She is the recipient of fellowships and support from the Sundance Institute, Center for Asian American Media, Firelight Media, and Tribeca Film Institute, and has been an artist-in-residency at the MacDowell Colony and Djerassi Residency. Her creative practice is bolstered by over a decade of experience as a community practitioner. She holds an MFA in Art Practice (UC Berkeley, 2021), as well as a Master in City & Regional Planning (UC Berkeley, 2009) – a degree which grounds her art practice within critical understandings of urban space and practical training in ethnography. Her community-based work includes Fulbright research in southeastern Turkey, and facilitating projects spanning affordable housing preservation, refugee youth mentorship, and community-guided philanthropy. She was raised in west Texas by immigrant parents from Iraq & Yemen. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Film and the Political — with Nadia Shihab.” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, March 14, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/205-nadia-shihab.html.

Bushra Rozza is an Egyptian actress and singer born in England. She is best known for her role as Fayza in the 2010 film 678, for which she earned the Best Actress award at the Dubai International Film Festival. she has also appeared in several films, including Ouija, The Game of Love, About Love and Passion, and I am Not With Them. Her television credits include Emperor, The Aunt Nour, and dignitaries. Bushra Ahmed Abdalah Rozza was born in October 5, 1976 in England, United Kingdom. #hikmatwehbi #bushrarozza #podcast #hikmatwehbipodcast #wstudioحكمت_وهبي# حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست# بودكاست#

This week Anita and Sarah are joined by the Director of Art Jameel in Dubai and Jeddah, Antonia Carver. Antonia was previously Director of Art Dubai (2010-2016); Editor/Projects Director at Bidoun (2004-2010); in programming and development at Dubai International Film Festival (2004-2011), among other roles. Listen in to hear about the first studio Antonia ever visited, being careful not to “drink Kool-Aid” and the power of approaching the arts out of left field, with a whole new perspective. Podcast powered by The Foundry Music composed by Sara Fakhry

Maha Yahya (PhD, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Centre) Maysoon Pachachi (Film director) give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). Iraq and Lebanon: When the Arab world rose up against failed governance in 2011, Lebanon and Iraq stood out as exceptions to the regional trend. Yet by the end of the decade, massed popular demonstrations would demand the fall of the regime in both countries. With their electoral systems, the Iraqis and Lebanese did not confront deeply entrenched dictators. Rather, protestors rose against sectarian politics and called for a new order based on citizenship without reference to religion. Speaker biographies: Maha Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her work focuses broadly on political violence and identity politics, pluralism, development and social justice after the Arab uprisings, the challenges of citizenship, and the political and socio-economic implications of the migration/refugee crisis. Prior to joining Carnegie, Yahya led work on Participatory Development and Social Justice at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). She was previously regional adviser on social and urban policies at UN-ESCWA and spearheaded strategic and inter-sectoral initiatives and policies in the Office of the Executive Secretary which addressed the challenges of democratic transitions in the Arab world. Yahya has also worked with the United Nations Development Program in Lebanon, where she was the director and principal author of The National Human Development Report 2008–2009: Toward a Citizen’s State. She was also the founder and editor of the MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies. Yahya has worked with international organizations and in the private sector as a consultant on projects related to socioeconomic policy analysis, development policies, cultural heritage, poverty reduction, housing and community development, and postconflict reconstruction in various countries including Lebanon, Pakistan, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. She has served on a number of advisory boards including the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region and the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies. Yahya is the author of numerous publications, including most recently Unheard Voices: What Syrian Refugees Need to Return Home (April 2018); The Summer of Our Discontent: Sects and Citizens in Lebanon and Iraq (June 2017); Great Expectations in Tunisia (March 2016); Refugees and the Making of an Arab Regional Disorder (November 2015); Towards Integrated Social Development Policies: A Conceptual Analysis (UN-ESCWA, 2004), co-editor of Secular Publicities: Visual practices and the Transformation of National Publics in the Middle East and South Asia (University of Michigan Press, 2010) and co-author of Promises of Spring: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in Democratic Transitions (UN-ESCWA, 2013). MAYSOON PACHACHI is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin, who was educated in Iraq, the USA and the UK. She studied Philosophy at University College London (BA Hons) and Filmmaking at the London Film School (MA) and worked for many years as a documentary film, TV drama and feature film editor in the UK. Since 1994 she has worked as an independent documentary film director and has just completed a fiction feature film, ‘Our River…Our Sky’ (Arabic title: Kulshi Makoo), which was shot in Iraq in 2019. The project was awarded the IWC Gulf Filmmaker Award for the script, at the Dubai International Film Festival in December 2012. Maysoon has also taught film directing and editing in Britain and Palestine (Jerusalem, Gaza and Ramallah). In 2004, with Londonbased Iraqi director and cameraman, Kasim Abid, she co-founded INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION COLLEGE, a free-of-charge film-training centre in Baghdad, which ran for 10 years and whose students produced 18 short documentary films, which were shown internationally and received 14 festival prizes. Documentary Films VOICES FROM GAZA (52 mins) Channel 4 (UK) 1990 (producer/editor) Red Ribbon Award, American Film and Video Festival, San Francisco IRAQI WOMEN - VOICES FROM EXILE (52 mins) Channel 4 (UK) 1994 (director/producer) A broad range of Iraqi women, of different ages, religions and political backgrounds, living in London recount their experiences – creating a sense of the modern history of Iraq as experienced by the country’s women. SMOKE 1997 (director/producer/editor) Part of an art installation by prize-winning artist, UK/Brazilian artist Lucia Nogueira. The film is now in the permanent collection of the Tate Modern Gallery, London IRANIAN JOURNEY (83 mins) ZDF/Arte 2000 (director) (First Prize, Kalamata International Documentary Festival, 2000) A documentary road-movie about a 24-hour bus trip with the only woman longdistance bus driver in the Islamic world. LIVING WITH THE PAST: People and Monuments in Medieval Cairo, (52 mins) ECHO Productions (USA) 2001 (director) A portrait of Cairo’s Darb Al Ahmar, a neighborhood in the heart of the old city facing a process of radical change. BITTER WATER, (76 mins) (Legend Productions/Oxymoron Films) 2003 (co-director/producer) Feature-length documentary about 4 generations of refugees in a Palestinian camp in Beirut. RETURN TO THE LAND OF WONDERS (88 mins) 2004 ZDF/Arte (director/producer/camera/editor) Made in 2004 on the first trip back to Baghdad in more than 35 years. OUR FEELINGS TOOK THE PICTURES OPEN SHUTTERS IRAQ (102 mins) (2008) (director/producer/camera/editor) (Jury Special Mention, Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, 2009) 12 women and a 6 year-old girl, travel to Damascus from 5 cities in Iraq. They live together for a month, during which they tell their life stories and learn to take photographs. The remarkable photo-stories they produced about their lives at a difficult and dangerous time in Iraq, were exhibited internationally and were also the subject of a book.

An emotional heartfelt conversation with El khaja revealing stories of setbacks , challenges and passion . Marhaba everyone, Our second guest today was celebrated as the first Emirati independent director and producer Nayla Al Khaja. Nayla Al Khaja is a natural story teller with a vision and sense of perseverance to reach her goals in-spite of the cultural and social setbacks. Under the leadership of the late founding father, former president of the UAE HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Al Khaja presented her highly acclaimed documentary "Unveiling Dubai". CEO of Nayla Al Khaja films and founder of Dubai's first film club "the scene club", Nayla Al Khaja is also a motivational speaker with a number of successful projects under her belt showing no signs of slowing down. Nayla Al Khaja has won a number of highly acclaimed awards, particularly the Al Muhr for best Emirati film, and special jury prize: the Muhr for best female director at the Dubai International Film Festival. Among her films: "Sweet Sixteen", "3adi.com", "The Loss", "Unveiling Dubai", "Malal", "Animal", and "The Shadow"

Mustafa Abbas is a pioneer in the Emirati film industry, as well as a multi-award-winning writer and director. His film Sunset State played in seven countries including the Dubai International Film Festival, which it premiered at. With his distinct style of filmmaking, Mustafa has been instrumental in developing the local film scene for over a decade, and not only has he written, produced and directed films but has also served as a jury member for festivals and competitions including the first ever Nikon Film festival. Right now, however, he’s on the receiving end of the accolades as his latest film The Long Game is winning awards all over the world including Los Angeles, New York and London. He shares his passion for cinema with Sally Mousa and Wael Al Sayegh. Listen to #Pulse95Radio in the UAE by tuning in on your radio (95.00 FM) or online on our website: www.pulse95radio.com ************************ Follow us on Social. www.facebook.com/pulse95radio www.twitter.com/pulse95radio www.instagram.com/pulse95radio

Hind Mezaina sits with Faisal Salah, social media journalist at The National (https://twitter.com/EyesWOutAFais) and comic book artist Mohamed "Momo" Sheibani (https://twitter.com/momoarchive) to discuss Ali F Mostafa's film City of Life ten years after its premier at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2009. The discussion includes their thoughts about the film, the representation of Dubai in the film, the films and commercials made by Ali F Mostafa after City of Life and a look at other UAE films released during the past decade, the impact of the cancellation of Abu Dhabi Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival, and the challenges of developing and maintaining a film industry in the UAE. Other UAE films discussed in this episode: From A to B (Ali F Mostafa, 2014) The Worthy (Ali F Mostafa, 2016) Sea Shadow (Nawaf Janahi, 2011) A Fallible Girl (Conrad Clark, 2013) Djinn (Tobe Hooper, 2013) Zinzana (Majid Al Ansari, 2015) Hajwala: The Missing Engine (Ali Bin Matar, Ibrahim Bin Mohamed, 2016) Aerials (S.A. Zaidi, 2016) Only Men Go to the Grave (Abdulla Al Kaabi, 2016) Musk (Humaid Al-Suwaidi, 2018) You can rent/buy City of Life before on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ae/movie/city-of-life/id1093942053 You can read Hind Mezaina's review of City of Life here: https://www.theculturist.com/home/review-city-of-life-by-ali-f-mostafa.html You can read Hind Mezaina's interview with Abdulla Al Kaabi about Only Men Go to the Grave here: https://www.theculturist.com/home/interview-with-abdulla-al-kaabi-director-of-only-men-go-to-t.html

In this episode Wael Hattar and Hind Mezaina sit with author and journalist Samya Ayish to discuss the state of Arab Cinema, specifically in the UAE and the Gulf region. The discussion includes film education; the role film festivals, especially the importance of Dubai International Film Festival (ended in 2018 after 14 years) for filmmakers, film enthusiasts and cinephiles; the calibre of film critique, film journalism and film discussions on social media in the region; lack of film marketing, short lived film screening initiatives. You can follow Samya Ayish on Twitter https://twitter.com/sayish. Films mentioned in this episode: Musk (dir. Humaid Alsuwaidi) Rashid and Rajab (dir. Mohammed Saeed Harib) Shabab Shayeb (dir. Yasir Al-Yasiri) Sea Shadow (dir. Nawaf Al Janahi) Al Mamar / The Passage (dir. Sherif Arafah) Fan of Amoory (dir. Salmeen AlMurry Amer) Leil Kharji / EXT. Night (dir. Ahmad Abdalla) Key venues to watch films in the UAE: - Multiplexes found across the UAE: Cine Royal Cinemas Cinema City Cinemax Cinemas Novo Cinemas Oscar Cinema Reel Cinemas Roxy Cinemas Star Cinemas Vox Cinema - Independently run cinemas + institutions/cultural spaces that screen films frequently: In Abu Dhabi Cinema Space, Manarat Saadiyat Korean Cultural Center Louvre Abu Dhabi NYUAD Arts Center Sorbonne University Warehouse 421 In Al Ain Al Ain Community Cinema In Dubai: Alliance Francaise Theatre Cinema Akil Dubai Opera Jameel Arts Centre thejamjar Warehouse Four In Sharjah Africa Hall, The Africa Institute, Sharjah Mirage Cinema, Sharjah Art Foundation

Masterclass with the former Arabic Programmes Director for Dubai International Film Festival and Iraqi journalist Erfan Rashid on cinema in Arab countries. In his hour-long talk, Erfan Rashid takes you from the first film screening in the Arab world, in Egypt in 1896, to the first Egyptian production of "Laila" in 1927, to more recent developments, changes and trends after the Arab Spring, and the role of modern, female directors. Recorded in front of a live audience on 26th February 2018 at the Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain during the 8th Luxembourg City Film Festival. Links to the clips mentioned in the recording: "Last Men in Aleppo" (2017) by Feras Fayyad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrJ8zpgMGOg "The Insult" (2017) by Ziad Doueiri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwVCaD971Eo "Reseba: The Dark Wind" (2016) by Hussein Hassan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMCe-m5SnJs "The Thief and the Dogs" (1962) by Kamal El Sheikh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBuju46l3NI "Le chaos" (2007) by Youssef Chahine & Khaled Youssef: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpPXW1N_2s "It was better tomorrow" (2012) by Hinde Boujemaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2p4A3TD8qw "Benzine" (2017) by Sarra Abidi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CtOJ3rYb2w

Three film industry women talk mental health and violence. ‘Mamsous- Deranged’ is a short film about mental health and well-being through the story of three people, who share their experiences with clinical depression and panic attacks. It was directed by Shatha Masoud, an Emarati filmmaker who started her own advertising and video production business. Mamsous won the best ‘Muhr Emarati short film award’ in Dubai International Film Festival in 2016. Amal Alharbi who features in 'Mamsous' is a Saudi author whose first book about mental health based on her own experience will be released in 2018. ‘Animal- Haywan’ is a short Emarati film about a seven-year-old child who grows up in a home of contradictions – a father, who is a “sociopath and narcissist”, a weak, but ambitious mother and a flamboyant cook? It was directed by Nayla Al Khaja, the CEO of Nayla Al Khaja Films and the founder of The Scene Club, Dubai’s first licensed film club. ANIMAL won Best Short Fiction (Italian Movie Award 2017). She won the Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 at the Gulf Business Awards. More information on The Medical HUmanities blog: http://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2017/01/02/film-review-dubai-international-film-festival/. http://mh.bmj.com/

We speak to Fadi Baki aka The Fdz about his film Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow which recently screened at Dubai International Film Festival 2017. We discuss what inspired him, the making of the film and sci-fi in the Arab world. Fadi (The Fdz) Baki is a filmmaker, comicbook writer and animator. He is the co-founder of Samandal (http://www.samandalcomics.org), one of the Middle East’s premier comic magazines, and a co-founder of Beirut Animated (https://www.facebook.com/BeirutAnimated/), the Lebanese animation film festival run by Metropolis Cinema (http://www.metropoliscinema.net). About the film Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow: A young filmmaker investigates the legend of ‘Manivelle’, an automaton gifted to Lebanon in 1945 that still haunts an abandoned mansion in Beirut. After being coaxed back into the limelight, the people who knew him come forward to speak out and the myth that ‘Manivelle’ has constructed around himself starts to unravel. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-6q7gigtss You can follow Fadi on Twitter https://twitter.com/thefdz

In our second part about Dubai International Film Festival 2017, we are joined by Faisal Al Jadir, film journalist from Empire Arabia. We discuss the following films (and included at which we minute we start each discussion): Arab films - Wajib - 1:36 - Cactus Flower - 4:33 - Kiss me Not - 6:50 - Beauty and the Dogs - 8:53 - Until the End of Time - 10:52 - Sharp Tools - 12:05 Documentaries - Panoptic - 15:20 - Man Behind the Microphone - 16:45 Short Films and the quality of short films in the Arab region 17:55 - The Remaining Time - The Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow - A Drowning Man - Bonboné - Into Reverse Cinema of the World - The Square - 29:41 - A Gentle Creature - 31:59 - The Seen and Unseen 34:17 - The Death of Stalin - 36:12 - You Were Never Really Here - 38:40 - The Disaster Artist - 41:25 - Three billboards outside of Ebbing, Missouri - 45:51 - I, Tonya - 49:16 You can follow Faisal Al Jadir on Twiiter https://twitter.com/faisalaljadir and Emipre Arabia on https://twitter.com/empirearabia and on the website https://empire-arabia.com

Dubai International Film Festival 2017 took place between 6-13 December. In our first report, we share our overall impressions, highlights of the festival, favourite films and discuss things that could be improved. We are joined by Christopher Alario, a special collections librarian/archivist and cinephile who lives and works in the region and attended the festival with us. We discuss the following films in this episode: The Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow (dir. Fadi Baki) The Square (dir. Ruben Östlund) The Death of Stalin (dir. Armando Iannucci) The Disaster Artist (dir. James Franco) The Seen and Unseen (dir. Kamila Andini) I am Not a Witch (dir. Rungano Nyoni) You Were Never Really Here (dir. Lynne Ramsay) The Message (dir. Moustapha Akkad, 1977)

As the Dubai International Film Festival comes to town, the Dubai Wave Podcast is thrilled to present our world exclusive with Ali F. Mostafa, widely considered the greatest Emirati filmmaker. Writes Variety: Mostafa is “proven to be the Gulf’s first director of International standing.” Produced by Dr. Spencer Striker, Digital Media Professor at the American University in Dubai, the show is created with the help of a talented student production team at AUD. About Ali F. MostafaAli F. Mostafa is a visionary Emirati director and producer. Having grown up in the UAE, Ali pursued his goal to be a filmmaker since he was a kid, eventually getting accepted into the London Film School in 2003. He set up his own creative studio, AFM Films, in 2007, delivering highlight films, short movies, documentaries, TV advertisements, and corporate movies. Ali's short graduation film Under the Sun was formally chosen and selected as best Foreign Film in festivals around the world. Under the Sun won 'Best Emirates Film 2006' at the Emirates Film Competition held in the nation's Capital, Abu Dhabi. Ali's work gained him recognition as 'Best Emirati Filmmaker' by the Dubai International Film Festival in 2007. Mostafa then directed the first Emirati blockbuster, City of Life, a complex portrait of the city of Dubai, told from three different cultural perspectives, and featuring such international stars as Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones). In 2010, Advanced Studio magazine named Mostafa, 'Young Filmmaker of the Year.’His sophomore film, From A to B, was the first Emirati film to open the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. His most recent feature, created by Image Nation Abu Dhabi, is one of the highest profile films ever produced in the Middle East, the dystopian spine chiller, The Worthy. Ali was awarded Man of The Year in 2014 by Esquire magazine's Man At His Best Awards for his accomplishments in helping build and develop a burgeoning UAE film industry.About the Dubai Wave PodcastThe concept with Dubai Wave is to look at big picture Dubai. Each episode focuses on a unique topic, such as Dubai Fitness; Dubai Social Media; Dubai Food Scene; Dubai Music, etc., with the goal to illuminate a 360-degree viewpoint of all the exciting things happening here, the gem of the Middle East. The impressive guest list to date includes the founders of two of Dubai’s most popular food blogs (Dubai Foodie Scene); the founder of Dubai’s most influential MMA gym, Tam Khan (Dubai MMA); successful entrepreneur, Anas Bukhash (Dubai Entrepreneurship); the editor of What’s On Dubai, Laura Coughlin (Dubai Magazines); and the host of Virgin Radio Dubai, Brent Black, (Dubai Radio). Previously, Dr. Striker, with help from talented Digital Media and MBRSC students, launched a successful podcast called Digital Media & Tech in Dubai, focused on the Dubai tech industry, with eight episodes to date, featuring some of Dubai’s most exciting digital thought leaders.  Hosted by:Spencer Striker, PhD, Digital Media professor at the American University in Dubaihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerstriker& Basant Moghazy, Digital Media Student at AUDSpecial Guest:Ali Mostafa: pioneer of the Emirati film industry, changing the face of film and TV production in the Gulf. Winner of numerous awards internationally, Ali’s production company AFM Films continues to produce cutting edge work.Website: http://www.alimostafa.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afmfilms/?hl=enIMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2266823/Twitter: https://twitter.com/afmfilms Produced by: Shoug Al Sayegh, AUD Digital Media studentEdited by:Dina Bashaireh, AUD Digital Media studentAudio engineering by:AUD Digital Media’s own Anil Mathew JamesSpecial thanks to the AUD Marcom Team.

An interview with film critic/programmer Joseph Fahim about film criticism in the Arab world, the role of film festivals in the Arab region, Arab films and filmmakers to look out for. We also discuss the challenges of film funding, film censorship and film education. You can follow Joseph Fahim on Twitter https://twitter.com/joseph_fahim where he shares his writings and projects he is working on. Links to the festivals we talked about: Berlin Critics' Week http://wochederkritik.de/en_US/ Carthage Film Festival http://www.jcctunisie.org/eng/ Dubai International Film Festival https://dubaifilmfest.com El Gouna Film Festival http://www.elgounafilmfestival.com Karlovy Vary Film Festival http://www.kviff.com/en Maskoon Film Festival https://www.facebook.com/MASKOONFFF Qumra http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/qumra

Report from our last two days of the Dubai International Film Festival. We discuss Free Fire, Off Frame, Gaza Surf Club, White Sun, The Man Who Saw Too Much, Hedi, Zainab Hates the Snow, Kiarostami double bill - Take Me Home and 76 Minutes and 15 Seconds With Abbas Kiarostami, Hotel Salvation, Certain Women, The Distinguished Citizen, Your Name, plus a couple of short films - Submarine and Shrimp. We also highlight our favourites and stand out films from this festival. http://dubaifilmfest.com/en/7480/all.html

Fifth day at the Dubai International Film Festival - Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar discuss Wolf and Sheep, Nut$ and Ali, the Goat & Ibrahim; as well as the Virtual Reality segment of DIFF16. dubaifilmfest.com

Fourth day at the Dubai International Film Festival - Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar discuss Manchester by the Sea, Withered Green, Zaineb Hates the Snow, King of the Belgians and The Cinema Travellers alongside guest Tom Cotty, a film blogger at https://reflectonfilm.co.uk/ who is visiting from London to attend DIFF for the first time, giving us his view on the Emirati films he's watched at the festival. dubaifilmfest.com https://twitter.com/tcottey https://reflectonfilm.co.uk/

Third day at the Dubai International Film Festival - Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar discuss Foreign Body, Gaza Surf Club, Apprentice, The Preacher. Additionally, Faisal Saleh from Where the Script At? podcast (http://www.spreaker.com/user/8324474) joins Hind to discuss La La Land and Only Men go to the Grave.

Second day at the Dubai International Film Festival - Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar discuss After the Storm, Like Crazy, I am Not Madame Bovary and Lady Macbeth. They also interview Abdullah Al Shami from MAD Solutions and discuss the Arab films at this year's festival, including Withered Green, Foreign Body and the short films. http://dubaifilmfest.com http://mad.film

Report from our first day at the Dubai International Film Festival. Hind Mezaina, Wael Hattar plus guest and film Twitter friend Barry Freed share their thoughts on the films they watched: Certain Women, Nerruda, Like Crazy, Sieranevada and Honey, Rain and Dust. https://dubaifilmfest.com

The 13th edition of Dubai International Film Festival is on from 7th-14th December 2016. In this episode Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar discuss the strong presence of films about women in this year's edition, highlight some of their must see films and take a look at "DIFFerent Reality" a new section of the programme that will showcase an international selection of virtual reality films. Look out for our daily film festival diary this week with reviews, highlights and interviews. Here's Hind Mezaina's top 30 picks this year year http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv-1.html and this is Wael Hattar's top 20 picks http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-20-films-to-see-at-dubai-international-film.html Complete line up and schedule can be found here http://dubaifilmfest.com/en/7480/programme.html

An overall report of Dubai International Film Festival, with a guest, fellow cinephile and filmmaker Faisal Hashmi (www.twitter.com/FaisalHashmi). Additional links: http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv.html http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-10-arab-films-to-see-at-dubai-international.html

A report from the last two days of Dubai International Film Festival. In this diary, we have a guest, fellow cinephile and Film Twitter friend Barry Freed (http://www.twitter.com/barryfreednyc). In this episode Hind Mezaina, Wael Hattar, Barry Freed discuss the following films plus festival highlights including The Assassin and Arabian Nights: 3000 Nights As I Open My Eyes Blind Sun Childhood of a Leader Home Care Land of Mine Let Them Come The Man Who Became a Horse Macadam Stories (Asphalte) Mustang Recollection Victoria www.dubaifilmfest.com Additional links: http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv.html http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-10-arab-films-to-see-at-dubai-international.html

Fifth and sixth episode of our Dubai International Film Festival daily diary - in this episode Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar review: Song of Lahore Yallah! Underground Mountain Cry Paulina Parisienne Twilight of shadows Starve your dog Embrace of the Serpent www.dubaifilmfest.com Additional links: www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30…lm-festiv.html www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hatt…rnational.html

Fourth episode of our Dubai International Film Festival daily diary - in this episode Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar review: The Assassin The Clan https://www.dubaifilmfest.com Additional links: http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv.html http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-10-arab-films-to-see-at-dubai-international.html

Third episode of our Dubai International Film Festival daily diary - in this episode Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar review: Rams Youth Francofonia https://www.dubaifilmfest.com Additional links: http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv.html http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-10-arab-films-to-see-at-dubai-international.html

The second episode of our Dubai International Film Festival daily diary - in this episode Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar review: Fatima The High Sun Dark in the White Light Cemetery of Splendour The Man Who Knew Infinity Waiting https://www.dubaifilmfest.com Additional links: http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv.html http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-10-arab-films-to-see-at-dubai-international.html

The 12th edition of Dubai International Film Festival is on from 9th-12th December 2015. In this episode Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar preview this year's edition and highlight a few films to see. Look out for daily diaries this week with film reviews and highlights. http://dubaifilmfest.com Additional links: http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv.html http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-10-arab-films-to-see-at-dubai-international.html

The first of our Dubai International Film Festival daily diary - in this episode Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar review Zinzana, Room and The Curve. http://dubaifilmfest.com Additional links: http://www.theculturist.com/home/my-top-30-picks-of-films-for-dubai-international-film-festiv.html http://www.theculturist.com/home/wael-hattars-top-10-arab-films-to-see-at-dubai-international.html

THOM BISHOPS is best known for his work in The Final Cut, Fanboys and Sex and Death 101. A Brooklyn native of Middle Eastern descent, he moved to Los Angeles after graduating from New York University. Bishops recently shot the lead role in "A Seven Hour Difference", a Jordanian dramedy feature has been accepted into the competition in Dubai International Film Festival 2011, as well as Palm Springs International Film Festival in early 2012. Bishops also guest starred on top rated shows including "Law and Order: SVU" and "House M.D."

  THOM BISHOPS is best known for his work in The Final Cut, Fanboys and Sex and Death 101.   Thom Bishops is a Brooklyn native of Middle Eastern descent, he moved to Los Angeles after graduating from New York University. Bishops recently shot the lead role in "A Seven Hour Difference", a Jordanian dramedy feature has been accepted into the competition in Dubai International Film Festival 2011, as well as Palm Springs International Film Festival in early 2012.  Bishops also guest starred on top rated shows including "Law and Order: SVU" and "House M.D."