Middle East Now is delighted to announce its partnership with Crossway Foundation, by establishing the Middle East Now x Crossway Foundation Residency Program. After two successful years of informal collaboration, and the residencies and exhibitions by the two young artists Nasser Al Zayani (2015) and Nour Flayhan (2016), the festival 2017 presents the official launch of Middle East Now
It’s now open the Call for Submissions of the 8th edition of Middle East Now, that will be held in Florence from 4 to 9 April 2017. We are looking for feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation films produced in 2015-2016-2017 and coming from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE and Yemen. If you want to participate with a feature film,
It is online the video report of the sixh edition of the festival, which was held in Florence from 5 to 10 April 2016. A full immersion on the festival, with all its protagonists, the special events, the atmospheres and emotions. LINK VIDEO YOUTUBE [blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_video animation=”none”]https://youtu.be/obybtY4gxNQ[/blox_video][/blox_column][/blox_row]
Palestinian feature “The Idol” by Hany Abu-Assad wins the Audience Award, and a special mention to “Barakah meets Barakah”, the Saudi romantic comedy by Mahmoud Sabbagh. The Iranian short film “Talk Radio Tehran” by Mahtab Mansour wins the NYU Florence Best Short Film Prize; runner-up the Syrian short “Blue” by Abo Ghabi. And to the
The special website dedicated to the cinema program is now online, with all the details about the films presented, the synopsis, the trailers, the daily schedule and all the venues. A project in collaboration with Net7. Go the preview website: PREVIEW.MIDDLEASTNOW.IT Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER to be updated on all the events! [newsletter_signup_form id=0]
Download the official guide of the festival, with the full program of screenings, exhibitions and special events, the daily calendar with all the venues involved, and the directors and special guests who will be in Florence for seventh edition. Download the GUIDE 2016 by clicking on the cover or here Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER
The contemporary Middle East is once again under the spotlight in Florence from 5 to 10 April 2016, with the 7th edition of Middle East Now, the international festival of cinema, documentary, contemporary art, music, discussion and other events, organized by the cultural association Map of Creation and the artistic directions of Lisa Chiari and
Yeşim Ustaoğlu is among the very few female directors in Turkey and is considered to be among the trailblazers of contemporary Turkish cinema. The festival presents a tribute to Yeşim Ustaoğlu with three of her greatest films. From her very first films she stood out as having created a new approach to cinema that was socially profound
Lebanese food activist Kamal Mouzawak, leading light on the Lebanese culinary and food lifestyle scene, special guest at the festival Chef and restaurateur Kamal Mouzawak is the founder of Souk el Tayeb, the first organic market to include small producers from the Lebanon. He is considered to be one of the most influential figures on
