Review – Films & Documentaries

In 2015, Hasna Ait Boulahcen was labelled Europe's first female suicide bomber by the media, after she died in a blast in the Parisian suburbs three days after the...

When Jana returns home from studying abroad in Paris, her hometown Beirut is not what she remembers. A disappearing view of the sea at her parents' house and a...

In parts 'The Man Who Sold His Skin' requires a little imagination, but this romance meets drama meets satire is at the same time an urgent revisiting of the refugee crisis

'Gaza' is a profoundly powerful and poignant documentary on the daily lives of ordinary Palestinians trapped in this tiny sliver of land

The festival is to give Palestinians the platform and tools necessary for telling their stories, all while reviving the cinema culture in Palestine.

We are witnessing the global retreat of democracy under an "age of impunity," warned former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in a Fulbright Lecture last month. The former Labour...

One Day in Gaza is a BBC Current Affairs production for BBC and WGBH/Frontline made by award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert and broadcast on Monday, 13 May, 2019, on BBC2.

The pandemic of extremism is an issue all too familiar to a 21st century audience. Although droves of impressionable, misguided young people leave everything behind to join groups such...

In the dingy backstreets of Libya, illuminated only by the headlights of parked cars, a group of women play football. A not uncommon sight in other places is warped...

Al Jazeera have released a new documentary on the racist group Generation Identity in France

Rating 4/5 Why do people who are normally good commit acts of evil? A great many have been bedevilled by the question but the answer is as elusive as...

On 20 March 2003, American troops began a month-long invasion of Iraq. Aided by Great Britain and smaller groups from other countries, they quickly overpowered the Iraqi military forces....

"We live in the Middle East. The word 'offensive' was born here," says a character in the film – if one sentence could sum up "The Insult" in its...

Al Jazeera’s Investigations Unit has exposed the breath-taking speed with which Islamophobia is spreading in American society

Spanning the lifecycle of concrete, the film shows the daily life of the construction workers who live in the basement of the site on which they are building a 22-floor skyscraper

Dubbed as bringing a little festive cheer to Bethlehem, the place where Christmas was invented, Banksy's much anticipated documentary film, "Alternativity", was aired on BBC2 last night. Charting the...

In her capacity as the head of mental health services in the West Bank, Jabr is trying to develop a model of services that corresponds with the resources available

The film, which highlights the plight of Palestinians children was released on International Human Rights Day

Fourteen years have passed since 23-year-old Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by Israeli bulldozers in Gaza. The American activists, along with other members of the International Solidarity Movement...

John McColgan journeyed through the occupied Palestinian territories to witness the struggles endured by Palestinians and the inspiring partnerships which aim to improve people's lives

The 2 November this year marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration – 100 years since Britain signed over a country that it did not own, displacing nearly a...

A new documentary by the Algerian director Salem Brahimi is the best antidote to the lure of Daesh. Abd El Kader is based on the life of Emir Abdelkader...

"Gharabeb Soud" a drama series that has intrigued many by its name alone, has been airing since the start of Ramadan, and it's causing a stir online. The controversy...

Set entirely in an eight metre long police van, Mohamed Diab's drama Clash (Eshtebak) sees Egyptians from all walks of life locked up together in the aftermath of the...

Sheikh Abdo, a refugee from Syria, had nothing when he arrived in Lebanon but still offered sanctuary to others who had crossed the border. At first people were sleeping...

Although the city has been in a phase of recovery since 2015, the uncertainty that young generations from both sides feel is palpable.

If you are looking to see an adaptation of one of greatest Greek epic poems known to man, Acklam Village Market's Theatre Bay on Portobello Road is not an...

The Confession captures the entirety of Moazzam Begg’s story, from his forced confession and testimony as a free man, to his experience as a British Muslim and living the War on Terror

Interview with Director Tamer El Said and Producer/ Actor Khalid Abdalla

The third Qalandiya International festival has brought artists together from across the world with the aim of putting Palestine on the cultural map. This year's programme is organised around...

When Omar's family crossed the Turkey-Bulgaria border it was February and it had begun to snow. Whilst the children took shelter, urinating on themselves to keep warm, Omar's father...

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