Film Review by Franco Ferrarini, Introduced by Khalid Ali Healthcare professionals, especially doctors and nurses, have public trust to do the best for their patients when these patients are most vulnerable. Saving lives, maintaining patients’ safety and dignity are core principles of the care profession. Unfortunately, widely publicized cases have shown that some doctors can […]
Category: Film and Media
Straight Talk: Call It By Its Name
Film Review by Professor Robert Abrams, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Review of ‘Tacheles—The Heart of the Matter’, directed by Jana Matthes and Andrea Schramm (Germany, 2020), screened at the London Human Rights Watch Film Festival. In ‘Tacheles—The Heart of the Matter’, Yaar Harell, the real-life twenty-something grandson of Holocaust survivors, is troubled by […]
The Essence of Care
Fred Baillif, Swiss Film Director, talks about his film ‘La Mif’ with Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent ‘La Mif’ is in general release in UK cinemas from 25th February 2022. Fred Baillif will deliver two Q and A events at the BFI Future Film Festival, “How to tell stories inspired by real-life experiences”, and […]
Emerging From The Tunnel of Trauma: A Season of Short Films at the BFI Future Film Festival
Film Review by Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent 17-20 February 2022 The British Film Institute (BFI) Future Film Festival is aimed at aspiring filmmakers aged 16-25 years to showcase and share with a public audience their talent and vision through a hybrid series of events and screenings online and at the BFI Southbank, […]
Loneliness, Friendship and Love in the Office Space
J Rick Castaneda, American film maker, in conversation with Khalid Ali, film and media correspondent Rick Castañeda is a writer, director and producer. His works have been around the world to festivals in London, Canada, Japan, and Romania, as well as festivals in the US such as SXSW. He made over 30 short films, earning […]
Love Heals
Film Review by Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ (Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, Somalia, Germany, France and Finland, 2021) Khalid Ali’s choice for the best film of 2021, and Somalia’s submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022 An illness does not affect a sick person only; […]
Beirut and the Perpetual War
Film Review written by Nahed Salah, Egyptian film critic and book author ‘Youssef’ (Kazim Fayyad, Lebanon, 2021) winner of the best first feature in Alexandria Film Festival 2021. Recent events in Beirut portray a significantly different picture from the one often celebrated in poetry, music, and classical films as ‘a city of beauty and love’. […]
The Women’s Hour
Film Review by Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent ‘Sixty Minutes’ TV series, directed by Miryam Ahmadi (Egypt, 2021) Available to watch on Shahid MBC. This review comes with a spoiler alert warning A ‘phenomenon’ is defined as ‘’someone or something that is very impressive or popular especially because of an unusual ability or quality’’. […]
Nelly: An Egyptian Artistic Icon
Blog by Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent For those who are not familiar with the iconic Egyptian actress, singer, dancer and choreographer Nelly (Figure 1), think of three glamorous legends, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli and Marion Cotillard; Nelly has a lot in common with each one of them. The elegance and beauty of Hepburn, […]
Passively Dying While Still Alive
Interview by Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent ‘You Will Die At Twenty’ (Amjad Abu Alala, Sudan, 2019) winner of Best Debut Film – Venice Film Festival, and Best First Film, Best Screenplay, Fipresci Prize- Carthage Film Festival 2019. In UK cinemas from Friday 12th November, http://www.newwavefilms.co.uk/view-film-detail.html?viewListing=MjE5&cat=1 Based on the Sudanese writer Hammour Ziada’s short […]