When the subject is Gaza, it’s hard to know what to say anymore, especially when caught in conversation with people who are unmoved by the plight of the Palestinians, people who reject the international consensus that Israel is inflicting apartheid policies and genocidal campaigns against an occupied population. Omar, an impassioned Red Crescent volunteer in […]
Hollywood luminaries Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuaron and Jonathan Glazer are among heavyweights to get behind Gaza drama The Voice Of Hind Rajab ahead of its Venice Film Festival world premiere, Deadline has learned. The Oscar winners and Oscar nominee Mara have joined the Tunisian project as executive producers after being impressed […]
Hollywood heavyweights, including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Rooney Mara, have come on board Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza-set drama The Voice of Hind Rajab, as executive producers, boosting the film’s profile ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Also joining the film as executive producers are Dede Garner and Jeremy […]
Double-tap Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including four journalists, the Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement. The dead media professionals were named as Hussam al-Masri, a cameraman working for Reuters News Agency; Mohammed Salama, a photojournalist with Al Jazeera; Mariam Abu Daqqa (aka Mariam […]
Hundreds of Italian and international filmmakers, artists and cultural figures have signed an open letter calling on the Venice Film Festival to take a “clear and unambiguous stand” against what they describe as genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The appeal, organized under the banner of Venice4Palestine (V4P), was sent on Friday to the Venice […]
EXCLUSIVE: Ben Zand is fronting a monthly YouTube series focusing on “one extraordinary person or collective” per episode. Human will explore topics including gang-afflicted neighbourhoods in Chicago, exclusive jail access in Colorado, the Israel-Gaza conflict, remote communities in Central Africa and white-only towns in South Africa. Episodes will launch monthly on YouTube from September. Zand’s […]
BRISTOL, England — Last year, Bristol’s Arnolfini cancelled two Bristol Palestine Film Festival events, leading to controversy and a boycott. After mediation with local groups such as Bristol Artists for Palestine, Arnolfini issued a statement apologizing for the decision and committing to upholding Palestinian freedom of expression in the future. Their current exhibition, Standing by […]
Madonna is pleading with Pope Leo to travel to war ravaged Gaza to “bring your light to the children before it’s too late.” In a social media message posted on Monday, the pop icon added the pontiff was “the only one of us who cannot be denied entry” into Gaza, adding that “there is no […]
Images speak louder than words, they say. A trailer for With Hasan in Gaza from Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari (A Fidai Film, Recollection, An Unusual Summer), which world premieres in the competition lineup of the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Aug. 7, abides by that saying. Below, THR can exclusively reveal the […]
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