The presence of the acclaimed Palestinian actress Hiyam Abbass was all-encompassing at this year’s Berlinale. She represented two films featured in the Official Competition and Panorama sections. The roles she...

"I cannot work on a project unless I’m fully engaged with it. My thoughts, my body, my feelings, my knowledge and memory—it all revolves around the work that I do."

“They were living in a state of harmony and contentment, and they would have preferred to go on living their lives as they were, rather than move to other, more...

On Syrian filmmaking, ‘national cinema’ and the role of art amid war