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The Voice of Hind Rajab review – docufiction is fierce, vehement and heart-shattering
ByPeter Bradshaw September 4, 2025

In an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli armyThere can be no doubt about which movie has set the Venice film festival ablaze – it is …

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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk review – shattering memorial to Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona
ByLeslie Felperin August 20, 2025

Sepideh Farsi’s devastating documentary follows Hassona through a year of video calls before a fate that, though well known, is too bitter to bearThe rule is this: don’t spoil movies by giving away the ending, even if the events depicted are part of th…

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Christopher Nolan criticised for filming in occupied Western Sahara city
BySam Jones in Madrid July 28, 2025

Organisers of local film festival warn production of The Odyssey in Dakhla could normalise repression by MoroccoThe organisers of the Western Sahara international film festival (FiSahara) have criticised Christopher Nolan for shooting part of his adapt…

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Christopher Nolan criticised for filming in occupied Western Sahara city
BySam Jones in Madrid July 28, 2025

Organisers of local film festival warn production of The Odyssey in Dakhla could normalise repression by MoroccoThe organisers of the Western Sahara international film festival (FiSahara) have criticised Christopher Nolan for shooting part of his adapt…

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My Worst Enemy review – Iranian exile recreates torture and interrogation in study of regime power
ByPhuong Le July 28, 2025

Mehran Tamadon’s film about autocracy in Iran could have revealed more about methods of control, despite a star turn from Zar Amir EbrahimiFilm-maker Mehran Tamadon is preoccupied with the question of conscience, especially in contexts of extreme power…

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My Worst Enemy review – Iranian exile recreates torture and interrogation in study of regime power
ByPhuong Le July 28, 2025

Mehran Tamadon’s film about autocracy in Iran could have revealed more about methods of control, despite a star turn from Zar Amir EbrahimiFilm-maker Mehran Tamadon is preoccupied with the question of conscience, especially in contexts of extreme power…

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Moon review – gripping thriller follows an ex-cage fighter standing up to injustice
ByCath Clarke July 15, 2025

An Austrian trainer goes to Dubai to work with three teenage sisters, and realises they are trapped. But there is no hero-saviour narrative in Kurdwin Ayub’s filmThis claustrophobic drama-thriller sticks two fingers up at white saviour narratives with …

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Moon review – gripping thriller follows an ex-cage fighter standing up to injustice
ByCath Clarke July 15, 2025

An Austrian trainer goes to Dubai to work with three teenage sisters, and realises they are trapped. But there is no hero-saviour narrative in Kurdwin Ayub’s filmThis claustrophobic drama-thriller sticks two fingers up at white saviour narratives with …

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Artist or activist? For Juliet Stevenson and her husband, Gaza leaves them with no choice
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent July 12, 2025

Film-maker Hugh Brody hopes to honour his mother, a Holocaust survivor, with a show of solidarity for PalestineRead any celebrity-signed open letter advocating for social justice over the past few years and you’ll probably spot Juliet Stevenson’s name….

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Artist or activist? For Juliet Stevenson and her husband, Gaza leaves them with no choice
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent July 12, 2025

Film-maker Hugh Brody hopes to honour his mother, a Holocaust survivor, with a show of solidarity for PalestineRead any celebrity-signed open letter advocating for social justice over the past few years and you’ll probably spot Juliet Stevenson’s name….

Read More Artist or activist? For Juliet Stevenson and her husband, Gaza leaves them with no choice