The Call for Submissions of the 9th edition of Middle East Now is closed: we will announce the final selection of the festival the 20th of March. — We are looking for feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation films produced in 2016-2017-2018 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
Here we go with the winners of the 8th edition of the Middle East Now! The “Middle East Now Audience Award 2017” goes to the film “Junction 48” by Udi Aloni. The students jury of New York University Florence awarded “Mare Nostrum” by Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf as “Best Short by NYU Florence”. The
The festival presents French-Lebanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Bachar Mar-Khalifé, among the most renowned talents of the contemporary music, son of the famous oud musician Marcel Khalifé. Living in Paris, he has a unique style, in which he mixes traditional Arabic music, jazz and electro. His latest album “Ya Balad” collected a great success in France
The festival presents the work and creativity of the Harakat Sisters, young fashion designers based between Beirut, Casablanca and Paris, founders of the creative studio that bears their name, which means ”mouvement ” in arabic. Sara & Nisrine, two Nomad sisters that roam the world in search of inspiration and creative projects, in their designs
Saudi Tales of Love is a photographic journey through hidden dreams and stories of women who live in Saudi Arabia, one of the most closed societies in the world. Courageous choices, marriages and divorces, difficult personal experiences. The photographer Tasneem Alsultan explores these themes through stories of women decided to go beyond the taboos and
The first edition of the “Middle East Now x Crossway Foundation Residency Programme” is the result of a close partnership between the festival and the Crossway Foundation, one the most important organisations promoting young creatives from the Middle East. The recipient of the residency is Mohammed Al Kindi aka “Chndy”, a young artist born and raised
Parli l’Arabo? Il festival presenta due lezioni di introduzione alla lingua araba (il 7 e 8 aprile, Cinema La Compagnia) con Maha Yacoub. Modi di dire, poesie, ricette, proverbi e semplici frasi usate nella vita di tutti i giorni, dalla Palestina al Marocco. Middle East Now propone un viaggio full immersion nella lingua araba con una
