media coverage

'A new generation of Arab film-makers are creating work that challenges audiences both at home and abroad.' The Guardian, Arab Cinema Awakens, 5 April 07

'Prepare for your expectations to be confounded. Though Iranian cinema has lorded over spotlights on Middle Eastern cinema for two decades, the Arabs are hitting back with an eclectic line up that defies easy classification.' Time Out review of BAFTA Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 21-27 March 07

'The Yacoubian Building' screened at BAFTA Arab Cinema Weekend demonstrates the predicament of a culture that dissects itself with sophistication - but is denied the political space to act. It provides a front-line analysis we ought to be listening to, one we ought to have consulted long before now.' New Statesman, What Egyptian Cinema Can Teach Us, 2 April 07

'Arab Films have been nominated for awards across the world in the past 12 months, but mainstream cinema in London and New York have not been showing them.Now BAFTA has backed [Zenith Foundation's] Arab cinema weekend in London with the beliwf that such films can change Western perspectives of the Middle East.' Aljazeera.net, Arab Cinema Ready for Renaissance, 30 March 07.

'The 3rd Arab Cinema Season, organised by Zenith Foundation and hosted by BAFTA, brings a new perspective on Arabs and their concerns that is different from their media portrayal and their distorted image among British and Europeans...It was also an occasion for Arab Diaspora to catch up with their cultures of origin. This is thanks to Zenith Foundation which was founded a few years ago to dedicate itself to Arab cultures from cinema to other art forms, giving them a platform in Britain.' Al Hayat Pan Arab Newspaper 13 April 07

Television, Radio, Press & Web Coverage

The Guardian, Arab Cinema Awakens, 5 April 07

New Statesman, What Egyptian Cinema Can Teach Us, 5 April 07

Al Arabia Pan Arab News Channel, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 30 March 07

Dubai TV Pan Arab News Channel, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 30 March 07

Aljazeera.net, Arab Cinema Ready for Renaissance, 30 March 07

Time Out London, reviews and listings of Arab Cinema weekend 07, 21-27 March 07

Time Out London, reviews and listings of Arab Cinema weekend 07, 28 March-3 April 07

BBC Arabic Online, Cinema Extra Review of Reel Bad Arabs showing at BAFTA Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 6 March 07

Al Hayat Pan Arab Newspaper, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 13 April 07

Al Shark Al Awsat Pan Arab Newspaper, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 6 April 07

Ma'an News Agency, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 26 March 07

Writer's Guild Weekly e-bulletin, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 9 March 07

CAABU website, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, March 07

BAFTA website, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, March 07

Visiting Arts website, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, March 07

Frontline Club website, Arab Cinema Weekend 07, 4 March 07