The recent involvement of the Hollywood Actors Union (SAG-AFTRA) – formed in 2012 through the merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists – in the ongoing Writers Guild strike, now persisting for over three months holds significant importance.
In the span of eight years — from 2010 to 2018, we have witnessed a remarkable rise in independent Arab films captivating global screens. These films achieved an upsurge in production, garnered wider distribution, and increased participation in international festivals.
We are thrilled to announce the selection of eight projects for the second round of the Aflamuna Impact Fund’s 2023.
Today Aflamuna is the result of the same commitment we held ourselves to in 1999. A commitment that grew with the developing needs of the film sector as time went on, as resources declined and censorship of creative production increased, as the security situation deteriorated
On the 17th of March 2023, the Lawyers’ Syndicate board in Beirut shocked us with a strange decision!
As never before, Arab filmmakers suffer from an extensive set of challenges that may affect, among other things, their safety and security as individuals.
With 14 participating projects from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and Tunisia, Beirut Cinema Platform Edition 7 was characterized by distinguishing projects portraying the societies of their makers in the light of their personal quests and destinies.
The Impact Fellowship is in the implementation stage! The fellows will now employ the knowledge they gained in the past 6 months to build impact campaigns around the selected films.
On February 21, the Tunisian Security Council, in the presence of the President of the Republic, held an emergency meeting “to address the phenomenon of the influx of large numbers of irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa to Tunisia (…) with the violence, crimes and unacceptable
