A glance at the history and evolution of Iranian cinema, from Haji Agha and Film Farsi to New Wave modernism, postwar censorship, and widespread international acclaim
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Memento Mori
A conversation with Alia Al-Senussi and Abdullah Al-Turki, two curators of the ICA’s inaugural ‘Cinema on the Steps’ film festival in London
The Fruit of Our Labour
‘This is a new Afghanistan – one in which the camera’s gaze is not a metaphor for power inequities, but a tool through which power and politics can be debated’
A View from Afar
‘My family is here. I’m hanging here, torn between these two countries, these two realities. I belong to both these countries without being totally part of them’
When I Saw You
‘Some people follow the masses. Others follow the sun’ - Annemarie Jacir’s bittersweet film about the Palestinian struggle, and one boy’s quest for freedom
Casablanca Mon Amour
A powerful documentary and critique of the relationship between Hollywood and the Arab world, which follows two boys on a road trip throughout Morocco
Zabana!
Said Ould-Khalifa’s stirring portrayal of the origins of the Algerian War of Independence and its founding father, Ahmed Zabana
The Patience Stone
French-Afghan novelist and director Atiq Rahimi’s haunting, metaphorical tale of love, war, and liberation in modern-day Afghanistan
Rhino Season
Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi’s surreal and tragic love story of a Kurdish poet, starring the legendary Behrouz Vossoughi
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s dark film set in the Anatolian countryside is about far more than just a murder