Home›World and International Narrative Cinema›Middle Eastern and North African CinemaGroupMiddle Eastern and North African CinemaThis group collects the World and International Narrative Cinema subcategory's members whose primary country of origin is Iran, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia or Palestine, read from the member's own recorded Country fact or its description text. Turkey and Iran are filed here following the conventional world-cinema-festival classification of this dataset's own sample, an editorial choice rather than a cited external standard, documented so a later reviewer can revisit it; the group spans the Iranian New Wave, Egyptian classic-era cinema and the Algerian War-era political films.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1896 1Browse ByAll Middle Eastern and North African CinemaMiddle Eastern and North African Cinema20 entriesMiddle Eastern and North African CinemaFilter Results20 entriesCollectionAllMiddle Eastern and North African Cinema (20)CreatorAllAbbas Kiarostami (2)Asghar Farhadi (2)Dariush Mehrjui (1)Fatih Akın (1)Jafar Panahi (3)Metin Erksan (1)Mohammad Rasoulof (1)Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1)Nadav Lapid (1)Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2)Semih Kaplanoğlu (1)Youssef Chahine (1)Yılmaz Güney (1)İlker Çatak (1)Şerif Gören (1)MediumAllFilm (20)CountryAllEgypt (1)Iran (4)Release YearAll1958 (1)1963 (1)1969 (1)1975 (1)1982 (1)1990 (1)1997 (1)2000 (1)2004 (1)2010 (1)2011 (2)2014 (1)2015 (1)2016 (1)2019 (1)2020 (1)2025 (1)2026 (1)Original LanguageAllArabic (1)English (1)French (1)German (2)Hebrew (1)Persian (9)Turkish (4)GroupAllMiddle Eastern and North African Cinema (20)AwardAllAcademy Award for Best International Feature Film (2)Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film (2)Best Film Award (La Rochelle) (1)Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (1)César Award for Best Foreign Film (1)FIPRESCI Prize at Istanbul (1)FIPRESCI Prize at Venice (1)Golden Bear (7)Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film (1)Palme d'Or (4)Quebec Film Critics Award (1)Silver Bear for Best Actor (1)Silver Bear for Best Actress (1)Sydney Film Prize (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 20A SeparationWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksA Taste of CherryWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksCairo StationWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksChronicle of the Years of FireWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksClose-UpWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksDry SummerWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksHead-On (film)World and International Narrative Cinema2 linksHoney (2010 film)World and International Narrative Cinema2 linksIt Was Just an AccidentWorld and International Narrative Cinema3 linksLebanonWorld and International Narrative Cinema1 linkOnce Upon a Time in AnatoliaWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksSynonyms (film)World and International Narrative Cinema2 linksTaxi (2015 film)World and International Narrative Cinema2 linksThe CircleWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksThe Cow (1969 film)World and International Narrative Cinema2 linksThe Salesman (2016 film)World and International Narrative Cinema2 linksThere Is No EvilWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksWinter Sleep (2014 film)World and International Narrative Cinema3 linksYellow LettersWorld and International Narrative Cinema2 linksYol (1982 film)World and International Narrative Cinema3 linksSources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Cinema of the Middle East, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Cinema of the Middle East, lead sectioncinema was brought into most of the Arab countries by the beginning of the 20th century, particularly in Egypt in 1896, by Pathe Freres or the Lumiere Brothers.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.