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Published in: oDR: FeatureIs Kazakhstan’s film industry on the brink of international success?
Netflix has shown interest in films made in Kazakhstan, but the industry needs to win an audience at home too
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFilming Syria: the politics of access
Does Ahmad Ghossein's film contribute to the erasure of the history of the Syrian revolution?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe diasporic alienation of Syrian cinema
In the absence of Syrian screening platforms, who is the audience?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe audience of Syrian cinema in Germany: between production and restrictions
What does the Syrian cinema look like in the Federal Republic of Germany and who is its audience?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNew Syrian cinema: young and gasping
Despite what many call a global news fatigue with Syria, powerful films continue to emerge.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTraditions of absence and ambiguity: the Syrian documentary and its public
Why are Syrian documentaries detached from the Syrian audience?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMutations of Arab political filmmaking
The 2011 uprisings marked a turning point, as new forms of cinematic language and style began to emerge.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Syrian public and its cinema: funding priorities - Part II
Do Syrian directors or producers have a role in determining the target audience?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Syrian public and its cinema: A tale of estrangement - Part I
Between stories that tell their daily lives before another audience and films that broadcast the regime’s ideology,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy is the Egyptian state monopolizing the entertainment industry?
Egypt has long been dubbed the “Hollywood” of the Middle East. But with heightened state-imposed restrictions and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAmussu: participatory art and cinema as a means of resistance
A statement by the producers of Amussu, an upcoming documentary film that tells the story of a community's continued...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaParadises of the earth: politics of solidarity
Nadir Bouhmouch, director of the groundbreaking documentary 'Paradises of the earth' talks about the inception of...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘The intellectuals don’t have the answers’: Lebanese documentary wins at Berlinale
"What can the ghosts of protests past tell us?" A particularly relevant question that Mary Jirmanus Saba's...