I am delighted to be curating a season of films by Arab women filmmakers at the Garden Cinema in London. Mukhrijat: Arab Women Filmmakers I am currently translating a new play by the brilliant David Lescot… more to come! We Read more…
Thanks to Mydylarama, I will be hosting Q&As with filmmakers at this month’s AWAN festival in London. I’m curating a season of Arab women filmmakers for the Garden Cinema to be held in May 2023. I’ve just translated the preface Read more…
We’re back at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival! This will be my first time in person since 2020 (2021 was fully online, 2022 I was giving birth!). This is such a highlight for me. This time I’ll be going as both Read more…
BFI London Film Festival More Q&As and interpreting at LFF 2022 I’m programming Sarah Beddington’s Fadia’s Tree at ActOne Cinema in Ealing and hosting a Q&A with Producer Susan Simnett on 19 November 2022. Along with the rest of the Read more…
Producing and co-hosting the new Garden Cinema Film Talk podcast! Myself and cinema director Michael Chambers chat with filmmakers and expert to talk about their work. We’re taking a short break from the usual Mydylarama podcast but in the meantime, Read more…
I’m on mat leave until the end of the month so no Mydylarama podcast until then! In the meantime, here’s an article I wrote for the BFI Network about our partnership with the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival (we’re uploading all Read more…
I’m absolutely delighted to be working with the Media Reform Coalition, who’ve commissioned the creation and production of a podcast based on their BBC&Beyond campaign. I’m researching and writing about media plurality and accountability, interviewing relevant experts and guests and Read more…
CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL The uniquely brilliant International Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival is kicking of at the end of the month, although online this time. Again, as official partner, the team at Mydylarama is supervising the festival’s online platforms and Read more…
BBC Arabic Cinema Badila We’re preparing a series of thematic episodes and a whole season around reflections on on analyses of the “Arab Spring”. Get in touch if you want to submit a film. Mydylarama / Clermont-Ferrand FF Clermont is Read more…
Delighted to have been asked to be part of the Critics’ Jury for the latest Emerging Filmmakers Night live-streamed film event, still available to view here. My fellow judges and I chose Crashing Waves as a short film winner of Read more…