Category: Entertainment

As part of the 5-day Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival (AJB DOC), a platform called “Industry Days” was launched in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo on Saturday. The event was attended by Adel Ksiksi, the Al Jazeera Documentary channel Manager of Planning and Scheduling, and Edhem Foco, the director of the AJB DOC. Speaking […]

As part of the Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival (AJB DOC), participants of the festival are receiving training on “smartphone documentary-making” in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo. On the third day of the festival, media professionals and students from the region attended the training led by journalist Faris Bajric. “With this training, our goal […]

The film Tomorrow’s Freedom was showcased to the audience on Sunday as part of the ongoing Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival (AJB DOC) in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo. Directed by British sisters Sophia and Georgia Scott, the film delves into the life of jailed Fatah commander Marwan Barghouti who is serving multiple life […]

Five films compete for the 2024 LUX Audience Award. The winning film will be announced in a ceremony at the European Parliament in March 2024.According to a press release issued by the European Parliament, the five films – unveiled during a ceremony a…

Saverio Costanzo’s new film ‘Finalmente l’alba’ (At Last The Dawn), presented in competitin in Venice Friday, centres on the story of Wilma Montesi, an aspiring actress whose grisly murder on a Rome beach in 1953 sparked a media feeding frenzy on alleg…

A new Hollywood movie, “Sands of Fortune,” will tell the story of Saudi Arabia’s oil discovery and the beginning of the nation’s state-owned energy company, Aramco.Initiated by Israeli producer and businessman Uri Singer, the movie will tell the true …

President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides has appointed Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou as new Deputy Minister of Culture, following a letter of resignation he received from former Deputy Minister Michalis Hadjiyiannis.A press release by the Presidency …

Yusuf Can Zeybek won the golden belt after beating Ismail Balaban in the final of the 662nd Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival on Sunday.Zeybek, 29, got a whopping 1 million Turkish liras, or almost $40,000, in prize money after claiming victory, Runner…

Turkish musician and actor Ozkan Ugur died on Saturday, a top official in the country confirmed.”We lost (our) beloved Ozkan Ugur. We will not forget this voice that came from the heart, befriending whomever listened,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca a…

The Cypriot film “IMAN”, written and directed by Corinna Avraamidou and Kyriakos Tofarides, continues to win awards in various competitive sections of international film festivals, according to a press release issued by the Deputy Ministry of Culture….