by Sherif Awad  From 1978 until 1991, worldwide audience was falling in love with the popular TV series Dallas that also had a great impact not only on pop culture but also on countries like...

by Sherif Awad  After its American premiere in Sundance Festival 2015 and its European premiere in Cannes Festival 2015, the documentary Sembene! got its Egyptian premiere during the 5th edition...

by Sherif Awad New Yorkers finally had a chance to screen the documentary, By Sidney Lumet, during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in April.  Many of Lumet’s collaborators joined the...

by Sherif Awad  This week, I saw the online preview screening of an independent film called Missing Child that premiered in Boston International Film Festival 2014 where it received Indie Soul...

by Sherif Awad In one week, I had the chance of watching three actions films: The new Star Wars, the new Superman vs. Batman and the new Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I can say that audience loved...

by Sherif Awad I was always a fan of great actor Donald Sutherland and continuously was discovering many of his important roles as I was digging classic films. Donald co-starred in the 1960s classics...

by Sherif Awad I am not a fan of horror films in general but I am really a fan of good horror films, which are quite rare, compared to the numerous being produced to reach film theaters or go straight...

by Sherif Awad Two weeks ago, Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) announced the selection of films to be presented in the Fifth Annual Festival, March 17-23, 2016, at the Luxor Cultural Palace in...

by Sherif Awad It is the Christmas season, as I write, and likely that dozens of African people are now trying to cross the Sub-Sahara towards the Mediterranean Sea, their gateway to European shores...