For those who believe in the power of cinema as a social change maker, Al Rasheed's film, a winner in the Critics' Week in Cannes where it world premiered, is an important piece of the 7th art.

Read on for some of the highlights from the filmmaker's insightful masterclass, as well as a cool interview you'll only find on MIME.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late Massimo Troisi, Martone puts together a documentary homage to a man who changed the landscape of Italian cinema and also influenced filmmakers from the MENA with his groundbreaking vision and irreverent works of art.

The Yemeni film, which screened in the Panorama section and won the Amnesty International Film Award at this year's Berlin Film Festival, is a groundbreaking oeuvre which transcends the already strong power of cinema.

In his feature debut, Kuwaiti-born Zeyad (Z) Alhusaini manages the impossible -- he creates a blockbuster for the Arab world which premiered at this year's Red Sea International Film Festival where it deservedly received the coveted Film AlUla Audience Award for Best Saudi Film.

Featuring two short films by Sudanese and Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani, followed by a cool Q & A, the program will stream this Saturday, Sept. 17th at 12 PM EST on YouTube.

The film world premiered in the Orizzonti section at the Venice International Film Festival and catching up with the filmmaker the following day proved a highlight of this year on the Lido.

Spanning three generations of Lebanese women, the filmmakers find a way to begin a dialogue across ages and borders and the result is a magical, beautiful film.

In his follow-up to 'Doob, No Bed of Roses' the Bangladeshi filmmaker features Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a story about the consequences of deceit, but also keeping true to our sometimes uncomfortable identity.

The real life mother and daughter duo behind the film open up about working together, how the character of Shlomit grew out of their personal experiences and cinematic inspirations.

For this interview, right after the Venice Film Festival world premiere of Mounia Akl's all-too-contemporary film, the ever inspiring actress and filmmaker touched on issues that have only gotten worse in her native Lebanon in the past few weeks...

Mohammed Al-Hashemi, Majid Al-Futtaim's country head in Saudi Arabia, gives an exclusive interview with 'Arab News' on the chain’s cinemas in the Kingdom

While every film in the Venice Film Festival line-up this year appeared to be actual and meaningful, none more than Mounia Akl's 'Costa Brava, Lebanon' provided as urgent a watch because of the insight it delivers into the current crisis in the filmmaker's home country.

How different the country would look today had Arab Jews been allowed to shine in Israel, instead of being relegated to the sidelines. Guest contributor Jay Weissberg had a fascinating chat with Michale Boganim about her doc 'The Forgotten Ones: From the Promised Land to Oblivion', which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

For Mounia Akl's impressive feature debut, which premiered at this year's Venice Film Festival, the Palestinian superstar infuses the character of Walid Badri with his own special brand of human vulnerability, in the story of a family whose existence is threatened by the corrupt politics and environmental disaster which plague their beloved country.

Kumail Nanjiani says his ‘Eternals’ role is opposite of “brown dude” stereotypes

'Our River... Our Sky' is the narrative feature debut by renowned London-based, Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi and it world premiered at this year's Sarajevo Film Festival.

Mehdi Hmili's 'Streams' premiered at this year's Locarno Festival to rave reviews and MIME caught up with its star, Afef Ben Mahmoud for a sincere, candid talk about her character Amel, motherhood and the role of women in today's world -- and not just the Arab world.

"It wasn't something that, you know, I decided, I wanted the film to be slow like or have this base -- it developed throughout the whole process," Dagher told MIME.

Golchin’s success story is closely tied to the country’s rapid development and accomplishments

At once insightful, engaging and funny, filmmaker Shahad Ameen opened up about how proud she feels of her native Saudi Arabia and why she'll never get tired of her film being labelled a "feminist fable"

Nadine Nassib Njeim On Beirut, Break-Ups, and Bouncing Back

The pioneering Saudi filmmaker's latest film, which premiered in Venice in 2019, is finally coming to a US screen near you and MIME got to interview her on the eve of the release.

What began as a documentary about education among a nomadic tribe in Morocco ended up as a poetic ode to resilience, a haunting film that shows us the impact of global warming on those least responsible for it.

The Lebanese filmmaker opens up about her beloved Beirut at a time of crisis and also discloses some of her innermost feelings, in an interview not to be missed!

With her latest film, shot in her native Saudi Arabia, filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour does once again what she does best: break down walls and help build bridges of understanding between cultures. 'The Perfect Candidate' is as much a story about three Saudi sisters thriving as it is about empowering women worldwide.

As we eagerly anticipate Annemarie Jacir's upcoming series 'Mornings in Jenin' here is a vintage rapid fire round she conducted with Nina in 2017

There are so many threads, themes and ideas bursting through Massoud Bakhshi’s stunning Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness that it would take a book to discuss them all. But within the limits of this piece, let's start off by saying that the film absolutely deserved to win the 2020 World Cinema Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered.

Sayed Kashua is an Israeli Arab, a best-selling Palestinian novelist who writes exclusively in Hebrew and whose books have been published in more than 15 different languages. His 2016 television series 'The Writer' tried to make public sense of his multiple nationalities.