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Ancient Moroccan mountain music entrances festival crowd

Jajouka (Morocco) (AFP) – A hypnotic drum beat blends with ancient Sufi-inspired tunes in a tent in a Moroccan mountain village where local musicians regroup...

‘Garfield’ and ‘Furiosa’ battle in weak N.America box office

Los Angeles (AFP) – "The Garfield Movie" and "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" battled for the top spot in North American theaters over the long...

‘The Apprentice’ director shrugs off threat of Trump lawsuit over explosive Cannes biopic

Filmmaker Ali Abbasi has played down the threat of legal action over his Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice”, which caused a stir at the...

Trump vows to sue over explosive biopic

Cannes (France) (AFP) – Donald Trump's team has vowed to sue over a biopic about his early years that includes rape, erectile dysfunction and ruthless...

Cannes film follows Egypt feminists on brink of adulthood

Cannes (France) (AFP) – Filmmakers Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir spent so much time following an all-girl theatre troupe in a remote Egyptian village...

Dramas elevate Iran cinema but it’s comedy that sells

Tehran (AFP) – Social dramas have made Iranian films and their directors renowned at international festivals such as Cannes, but at home it's comedy that...

AI deepfake Putin film sells big at Cannes

Cannes (France) (AFP) – When Russian President Vladimir Putin was unavailable to star in his biopic, Polish director Patryk Vega turned to artificial intelligence. The groundbreaking...

Coppola’s epic ‘Megalopolis’ finally arrives at Cannes

Cannes (France) (AFP) – Another masterpiece emerging from chaos, or just a chaotic mess? One of Hollywood's most mythologised directors, Francis Ford Coppola, returns Thursday...

Celebrities face digital backlash over Gaza silence

Washington (AFP) – Celebrities who have remained silent on the crisis in Gaza are feeling the wrath of angry fans wielding the "digital guillotine" to...

Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protest about its participation

Malmö (Sweden) (AFP) – Israel qualified for this weekend's Eurovision song contest grand finale as thousands of demonstrators marched through Sweden's Malmo on Thursday to...

Sweden’s Eurovision brings kitsch in the shadow of Gaza

Malmö (Sweden) (AFP) – After a run-up in the shadow of the war in Gaza, the Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway on Saturday in...

Music ‘haven of freedom’ Tangiers hosts global jazz festival

Tangiers (Morocco) (AFP) – The Moroccan city of Tangiers, which has a long history as a haven of inspiration for American jazz musicians, will host...

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