The Cultural Association for Cinematic Action – Action 216 in Tunisia has renewed its cooperation with the World Organization Against Torture, known internationally as OMCT. The renewed partnership seeks to strengthen the use of cinema as a tool for human rights education, public awareness, advocacy, and opposition to torture and ill-treatment. The two organizations are […]
Karama Human Rights Film Festival – Jordan, organized by Ma3mal 612 Think Factory, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gaza International Festival for Women’s Cinema and the Jerusalem International Film Festival. The partnership aims to strengthen Arab cultural and cinematic cooperation, expand collaboration in human rights filmmaking, support emerging filmmakers, and create new […]
A specialized public dialogue on transitional justice in Syria and the fate of missing persons was held on 2 September 2026 at Publix in Berlin. The discussion addressed the legacy of violations and crimes committed in Syria and examined the legal and institutional mechanisms required to reveal the fate of thousands of missing persons, protect […]
Sudan Film Factory continued its work from July to early September 2026 across film production and development, cinematic archive preservation, restoration and circulation, filmmaker support, and regional and international partnerships. The documentary Where Do I Belong? by Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmed moved into early production inside Sudan after completing its final treatment and participating in Amman […]
The Mediterranean Encounters Association for Cinema and Human Rights organized a new edition of the White Night of Cinema and Democracy in July 2026 at the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco in Rabat. The event combined open-air film screenings with public discussions examining the meaning of democracy and the role of cinema in […]
ANHAR – Arab Network for Human Rights Films held an online coordination meeting with members and partners from Jordan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, and Morocco. The meeting focused on exchanging films, programming models, and information related to upcoming human rights film festivals across the region. Participants discussed the programming needs of forthcoming festivals in Tunisia, Beirut, […]
Ma3mal 612 Think Factory and Wind Cinema have developed a new project titled “Syrian Filmmaking Workshops” to support Syrian filmmakers and cinema professionals living inside Syria and in the diaspora. The proposed 12-month program, planned for implementation in Jordan, has been submitted to France’s National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image. The program covers […]
Nadi Lekol Nas, an ally of ANHAR – Arab Network for Human Rights Films, organized the 17th edition of the Beirut Arab Film Festival from 20 to 25 July 2026 under the patronage of the Lebanese Ministry of Culture. The festival’s activities were hosted at several cultural venues, including the Sursock Museum and Dar El-Nimer […]
Ma3mal 612 Think Factory hosted a cultural event presenting the poetry collection Two Lines in the Pain of Words by Jordanian poet and filmmaker Imad Al-Shaer. The event featured selected poetry readings from the collection, followed by a discussion about the poet’s creative experience, writing process, and exploration of pain, memory, anxiety, and human existence […]
The Tourism Guidance Association in Ain Draham and the organizing team of Mountain Cinema Days have announced the postponement of the festival’s seventh edition due to financial difficulties and administrative circumstances beyond the organizers’ control. The edition was originally scheduled to take place from 11 to 14 June 2026 in Ain Draham, northwestern Tunisia. The […]
