Yasmine Canga-Valles & Miles McCormack, (Film) As 2013 starts, the Global Panorama’s Film Section have compiled a list of must-watch films for the year. This year is expected to be eventful with some of great releases in the coming months. Armed with the what-to-see list, the cinema will be...
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Editor (Film) In Life of Pi, Ang Lee tells the story of a teenager and a Bengal Tiger lost at sea. He brings to life a surrealist novel using his knowledge of special effects from Hulk and the sensibility of The Secret of Brokeback Mountain. It’s a...
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Editor (Film) After closing the BFI 56th Film Festival in October, Great Expectations by director Mike Newell, is finallyin cinemas starring Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Jeremy Irvine as Pip. I’ll be honest after seeing the Alfonso Cuarón’s version, I went to the cinema, without any...
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Correspondent (Asia – Middle East & Central) CAIRO – After almost two years since the Tahrir Square uprisings, Egypt protestors are back on the streets. With Mubarak in jail, is President Mosri also on his way to abdication? This may be what many Egyptians are hoping for....
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Editor (Film) Although they are considered more as a niche market, horror movies are known to delight avid fans and fill theatres. Being spooked or horrified has never been such a fun hobby as it is today. With the Halloween atmosphere settling in, most of us would...
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Correspondent (Asia – Middle East & Central) NEW YORK- Qatar’s Prime Minister denounced Syrian’s government “war of extermination” against its own people. After the ‘four-days-ceasefire’ for the Eid-al Adha, one of the most important Islamic religious holidays, completely failed and left hundreds dead, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Al...
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Correspondent ((Asia – Middle East & Central) TRIPOLI – It has been a year now that Muammar al-Gaddafi was savagely killed after 40 years of power. The Libyan Revolution was the first bitter taste of the Arab Spring with a violent civil war that lasted nine months....
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Editor (Film) LONDON – Once again the BFI London Film Festival opened its doors to more than 225 features from all over the world, including 14 world premieres. After over 50 years, this festival edition attracted more than 16,000 film lovers, among whom were Kate Hudson, Michael...
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Editor (Film) Why would they matter? What does it mean for a film to be projected in a Film Festival? What makes the renown of a festival? Why does it seem so ‘cool’ to have attended one? So many questions as I just come back from a...
Yasmine Canga-Valles, Editor (Film) VENICE – After sending their first female athlete to the London Olympic Games, Saudi Arabia presents its first female filmmaker at La Mostra di Venezia (Venice Film Festival) for its 69th edition. Wadjda is presented as the first film to be entirely shot in Saudi Arabia...
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