Egyptian filmmaker Saad Hendawy is heartened by the Arab entries in this month's Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The 30th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which closed in the French city earlier this month, is (...)
Back from France, filmmaker Saad Hendawy, a member of the 27th Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival jury, reviews the event's award winners
The city of Clermont Ferrand had been covered in a uniform whiteness, but gradually the warm winter sun (...)
Last month filmmaker Saad Hendawy came back from the opening round of the Dubai International Film Festival with positive news
Judging by the most obvious criteria, the first Dubai International Film Festival (6-11 December) was a major success. It (...)
L'INSTITUTE DU MONDE ARABE's film festival, which ended last week, attracted large audiences to its screenings of 12 full length and 19 short features, 14 long and 12 short documentaries, reports Saad Hendawi.
The opening and closing films were both (...)
The Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival is widely regarded as the Cannes of short film. Saad Hendawy attended this year's round
The Clermont-Ferrand Festival for Short Film (31 Jan-8 Feb) was a model of effective organisation and curatorial discernment. (...)