Conversations
Talkbacks, Q&A’s & Interviews
Yasmina, The Quiet Force Behind Arab Cinema in NYC - Menna (Video)
Sean Baker, Griffin Dunne, and 16 Other Film Insiders Share Their Favorite Indie Movie Theaters (Article)
afikra Global Youth Summit 2026 - Cheat Codes For Careers in Filmmaking Panel (Event Announcement Only)
Portraits d’Amérique — Yasmina Tawil - Critikat (Article)
Relive the aughts on the silver screen at BAM this month - The New York Groove (Article)
Salt of this Sea with Yasmina Tawil - The Bechdel Cast (Audio)
In New York City, Palestinian Cinema Returns to the Screen - Hyperallergic (Article)
Yasmina Tawil on Rewarding Curiosity with Cinema Arabiyya - The Moveable Fest (Article)
A Conversation with Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman (Video)
Arab Representation in Film - Interview on All of it with Alison Stewart on WNYC (Audio)
A Conversation with Mounia Akl, Nadine Labakai and Saleh Bakri about their film Costa Brava, Lebanon (Video)
A conversation with Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad about his film Huda's Salon (Video)
A Conversation with Lebanese filmmaker Cyril Aris about his film Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (Video)
A Conversation with Tunisian-Canadian Filmmaker Meryam Joobeur about her film Who Do I Belong To (Video)
A Conversation with Syrian Filmmaker Soudade Kaadan (Video)
A Conversation with Jordanian Filmmaker Murad Abu Eisheh about his short film Tala'Vision (Video)
A Conversation with Algerian-Canadian Filmmaker Sara Nacer about her film The Desert Rocker (Video)
A Conversation with Moroccan-American Filmmaker Rita Baghdadi about her film Sirens (Video)
A Conversation with Filmmaker Ely Daher and Actress Manal Issa about their film the Sea Ahead (Video)
A Conversation with Iraqi Filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi about her film Our River...Our Sky (Video)
A Conversation with the Directors and Producers of Only the Ocean Between Us (Video)
A Conversation with Palestinian filmmakers Reem Jubran & Saleh Saadi (Video)
The History of Films in the Arab World Livestream with MBC Academy and Film on TikTok (Video)
YallaPunk: Interview with Founder Raed Fayez (Blog)
Interview with Lucien Bourjeily – Writer & Director of Heaven Without People (Blog)
Interviews with Nadia Eliewat and Sophie Boutros – Writers of MAHBAS – Solitaire (Blog)
Interview with Darine Hamze – Star of Nut$ (Blog)
Interview with Hakeem Jomah – Writer and Producer of Madayen (Blog)
Interview with Liliana Marinho de Sousa – Director of The Art of Moving (Blog)
Interview with Hala Alsalman creator of Maybe This Was a Bad Idea (Blog)
Interview with Egyptian Filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah (Blog)
Interview with Ahmad Ameen of the Arab Cinema Archive (Blog)
Interview with Writer and Director Mike Mosallam of Breaking Fast (Blog)
Interview with Mona Damluji of the UCSB Department of Film and Media Studies (Blog)
Interview with Nasser Samara, Director of the New Web Series - Temporary (Blog)
A Revolution in Four Seasons: Interview with Jessie Deeter & Sara Maamouri (Blog)
Interview with Abe Kasbo of A Thousand and One Journeys: The Arab Americans (Blog)
Interview with Alisa Lebow of Filming Revolution: A Meta-Documentary About Filmmaking in Egypt (Blog)
Another Kind of Girl Collective: Syrian Girls Make Movies (Blog)
Interview with Comedian and Actor Fahad Albutairi (Blog)
Interview with the Filmmaker: Jessica Habie of Mars at Sunrise (Blog)
Interview With The Filmmaker: Amber Fares of Speed Sisters (Blog)
Interview with the Filmmakers: Muayad and Rami Alayan of Love, Theft and Other Entanglements (Blog)