Dubai and Cairo film festivals remove films by pro-Bashar al-Assad filmmakers from line-ups. The Dubai International Film Festival has dropped three Syrian films from its official selection, amid growing criticism in the Arab film world of the directors' pro-Bashar al-Assad stance. The festival, running Dec 9-16, said in a statement it would no longer screen Basil al-Khatib's historical drama Mariam, Abdul Latif Abdul Hamid's The Lover (El Asheq) and Joud Said's My Last Friend (Sadiqi Al Akheer). The decision to remove the films came after growing protests from within the Arab film community over the directors' support for President Bashar al-Assad amid the ongoing civil war between his...
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