Skip to content

Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad is fan of Wim T. Schippers and wants to fight with beauty

That the briskly moving Arab film is about more than Egyptian melodrama can be seen at the festival Cinéma Arabe, which kicks off in Amsterdam on 19 April. One of the eye-catchers at the event is The Idol, based on the true story of the young Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf who won the Arab Idols in 2013 and became a folk hero against his will.

With The Idol, director Hany Abu-Assad returns his hitherto firmly politically committed work (Oscar nominations for Paradi...

You can now log in to continue reading!

Welcome to the Culture Press archive! As a member, you have access to all, over 4,000 posts we have made since our inception in 2009!

(Recent posts (under three months old) are available for all to read, thanks to our members!)

Become a member, or log in below:

Tags:

Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

That the briskly moving Arab film is about more than Egyptian melodrama can be seen at the festival Cinéma Arabe, which kicks off in Amsterdam on 19 April. One of the eye-catchers at the event is The Idol, based on the true story of the young Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf who won the Arab Idols in 2013 and became a folk hero against his will.

With The Idol, director Hany Abu-Assad returns his hitherto firmly politically committed work (Oscar nominations for Paradi...

You can now log in to continue reading!

Welcome to the Culture Press archive! As a member, you have access to all, over 4,000 posts we have made since our inception in 2009!

(Recent posts (under three months old) are available for all to read, thanks to our members!)

Become a member, or log in below:

en_GBEnglish (UK)
nl_NLNederlands fr_FRFrançais en_GBEnglish (UK)