Author name: Roberto Ruta

SAGHAR SETAREH Special Guest Food

Presentation of the book “Pomegranates & Artichokes Recipes and memories of a journey from Iran to Italy” and a cooking demonstration at the Scuola d’Arte Culinaria Cordon Bleu – Sunday 15 October Among the special guest at this edition there is Iranian writer and food photographer Saghar Setareh, born in Tehran and based in Rome. “Pomegranates

The exhibition LANDING by Maen Hammad at Museo Novecento

Special event of Middle East Now 2023, in collaboration with Museo Novecento Firenze, an exhibition curated by Roï Saade Museo Novecento – Piazza di Santa Maria Novella 10 14 October / 29 November 2023  (Monday/Sunday | 11:00am / 8:00pm – Closed on Thursday) Opening with the participation of the artist and the curator: Saturday 14 October – 5.00pm

PERMANENT TRANSITIONS: theme of the festival 2023

Throughout human history, societies have undergone stages of development and major turning events, creating highs and lows, awakenings and crises. Every generation experiences these micro and macro cyclical occurrences, lives through, and learns from the transitions from one phase to the next. In recent times, there has been an ongoing discussion surrounding the rapid pace

Call for Submissions 2023: it’s now open!

How to participate at Middle East Now 2023 The Call for Submissions of the 14th edition of Middle East Now, that will be held in Florence from 10 to 15 October 2023, is open. We are looking for feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation films produced in 2021-2022-2023 and coming from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,

All the Winners of Middle East Now 2022

Here are all the prizes awarded during the Closing Night, Sunday 9 October, at the Cinema La Compagnia: “Middle East Now Audience Award 2022” DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN (Jordan, 2021) by Zaid Abu Hamdan “Best Film from Iran and Afghanistan 2022” in memory of Felicetta Ferraro ALONG THE WAY (Iran, Turkey, 2022) by Mijke de Jong “Best OFF

Call for Submissions 2022: extended!

How to participate at Middle East Now 2022 The Call for Submissions of the 13th edition of Middle East Now, that will be held in Florence from 4 to 9 October 2022, is open. We are looking for feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation films produced in 2020-2021-2022 and coming from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,