by Sherif Awad Watching this new horror/comedy brought back memories of the mid 1980s when I first rented from a Cairo video club a VHS copy of The Toxic Avenger. During that period, I was only...

by Sherif Awad This long film was the official nomination of South Africa for the ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ of the 89th Academy Awards (The Oscars) of 2017. Noem My Skollie or Call Me...

by Sherif Awad A new short film from Argentina, inspired by the cinema of fantasy and science fiction of the 1950s. It tells the story of a child called Serguei who, through his effort and courage...

by Sherif Awad While the international situation is at the edge of the precipice with North Korea that claims the bomb and nuclear powers, a recent documentary takes on the state of nuclear weapons in...

by Sherif Awad An acclaimed feature-length documentary that follows stories of communities challenging current power structures, leading to possibilities of a future with both social and climate...

Success through Comedy by Sherif Awad Writer, director, actor and most of all standup comedian Shaher “Ronnie” Khalil has toured the world and the Middle-East with his comic acts, being...

by Sherif Awad Ecuadorian cinema had a long repertoire of short and feature-length films made throughout the 20th century. But most recently, Ecuadorian films that were realized by the new generation...

by Sherif Awad Social media, like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have become strong tools not only in advertising and promotion but also in reflecting the turmoil of a nation and maybe in biasing its...

by Sherif Awad Iraqi-born, Los Angeles-based Sam Sako is one of few Arab cineastes who made it big in Hollywood to the point that Arab actors now call him Sheikh El Shabab, a nickname that fits his...