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Funding Guide for Arab Producers

Beirut DC;Terso (2019), 121 pp.

Roots of the New Arab Film

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2018), xix, 292 pp.
"Roots of the New Arab Film deals with the generation of filmmakers from across North Africa and the Middle East who created an international awareness of Arab film from the mid-1980s onwards. These seminal filmmakers experienced the moment of national independence first-hand in their youth and reta ... more

Negotiating Dissidence: The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2018), vii, 238 pp.
"In spite of harsh censorship, conservative morals and a lack of investment, women documentarists in the Arab world have found ways to subtly negotiate dissidence in their films, something that is becoming more apparent since the ‘Arab Revolutions’. In this book, Stefanie Van de Peer traces the ... more

Produire des films: Afriques et Moyen Orient

Presses Universitaires du Septentrion (2018), 386 pp.
"Dans des pays caractérisés par une profusion d’images essentiellement venues d’autres continents, et par une production très inégale, voire inexistante, quels ont été les modèles dominants de production ? Quels sont ceux que les mutations en cours font émerger ? Quels sont les enjeux é ... more

Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond

London: Palgrave Macmillan;British Film Institute (bfi) (2016), ix, 221 pp.
"Starting with the inventive traditions of Arabic travelogues, the text traces the manifold pathways that converge in the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai. Syrian production bursts out of long-held practices of studying abroad, this time in the film schools of the Eastern Bloc. Palestinian movi ... more

Ten Arab Filmmakers: Political Dissent and Social Critique

Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2015), xiii, 254 pp.
"Ten Arab Filmmakers provides an up-to-date overview of the best of Arab cinema, offering studies of leading directors and in-depth analyses of their most important films. The filmmakers profiled here represent principal national cinemas of the Arab world―Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestin ... more

Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries

Cambridge, UK; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), ix, 206 pp.
"This book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries in the context of globalization and its impacts, with a focus on publishing, press, broadcasting, cinema and new media. Through detailed discussions of the regulation and economics of these industries, t ... more

Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma and Memory

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2008), vii, 224 pp.
"One of the best sources for understanding Palestinian culture is the cinema, which has strived to delineate Palestinian history and to portray the daily lives of Palestinian men, women, and children. Here, an Israeli and a Palestinian scholar, in a rare and welcome collaboration, follow the develop ... more

African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara

Edinburgh; Bloomington: Edinburgh University Press;Indiana University Press (2006), xv, 224 pp.

Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2005), xv, 278 pp.
"[...] Roy Armes examines the political and cultural context of the films and the film industry in the post-independence era. Since the birth of cinema, North Africa has been the site of countless European and U.S. film productions. This book, however, focuses on the postcolonial period, when indige ... more

Pop Culture Arab World! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (2005), xiv, 376 pp.
"The Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film is a unique, one volume work which illuminates a fascinating variety of cinema which is little known outside its own area. The Encyclopedia is divided into nine chapters, each written by a leading scholar in the field. Each chapter ... more
"Pour les Arabes, le cinéma est une industrie, un commerce et un spectacle — Il constitue aussi un moyen d'information et d'ouverture culturelle sur le monde, ce qui lui vaut d'être utilisé de plus en plus fréquemment comme instrument de pédagogie et d'orientation — En tant que mode d'expre ... more

The Cinema in the Arab Countries

Beirut: Inter-Arab Centre of Cinema & Television (1966), 290 pp.
"Anthology, prepared for UNESCO, which provides the first general view of the cinema in the Arab world. It is divided into six sections: the cinema and Arab culture, history of the Arab cinema, geography of the Arab cinema, problems and future development, recommendations, film lists and statistics. ... more

Viabilité d'un Cinéma né chétif, face à une Télévision née géante dans les Pays arabes

In: Cinéma et Culture Arabes. Conférences de la Table Ronde sous les Auspices et avec la Participation de l'Unesco. Beyrouth, octobre 1964
Beyrouth: Centre Interarabe du Cinéma et de la Télévision (1965), pp. 123-159
"Dans les pays arabes et ceux en voie de développement, le spectacle cinématographique est en baisse — Ceux qui veulent introduire le cinéma dans leur pays sont obligés de se retirer rapidement devant une télévision née géante qui a tous les encouragements des Etats et de la grande majorit ... more