Treat Me Like Your Mother: Memories of Past, Present and Future.
The film challenges simplified understandings of Queer History in Lebanon by showing that memory is shaped by contradiction: violence and belonging, rejection and intimacy, survival and nostalgia.
Magnetic Pursuit of Feeling: A conversation with cinematographer Frida Marzouk
"I realize that the movies I’ve done are usually about a cause, an issue, racism, or a conflict but somehow, it’s not on purpose. Of course, if I can help, I want to help, but it’s more [that I am drawn to that project] because the person that’s telling it has it as a personal story."
cotton queen: The Past Is A Story We Tell Ourselves
Suzannah Mirghani’s feature debut “Cotton Queen” plants a tender coming-of-age story in the soil of a Sudanese village’s fragile independence.
Exile Cinema: Recovering the Homeland or Reinventing It?
Homeland, when seen from within, differs radically from the homeland reconstructed from the outside and even more so when it is lost, destroyed, or deferred in memory.
Treat Me Like Your Mother: Memories of Past, Present and Future.
The film challenges simplified understandings of Queer History in Lebanon by showing that memory is shaped by contradiction: violence and belonging, rejection and intimacy, survival and nostalgia.
Magnetic Pursuit of Feeling: A conversation with cinematographer Frida Marzouk
"I realize that the movies I’ve done are usually about a cause, an issue, racism, or a conflict but somehow, it’s not on purpose. Of course, if I can help, I want to help, but it’s more [that I am drawn to that project] because the person that’s telling it has it as a personal story."
cotton queen: The Past Is A Story We Tell Ourselves
Suzannah Mirghani’s feature debut “Cotton Queen” plants a tender coming-of-age story in the soil of a Sudanese village’s fragile independence.
Exile Cinema: Recovering the Homeland or Reinventing It?
Homeland, when seen from within, differs radically from the homeland reconstructed from the outside and even more so when it is lost, destroyed, or deferred in memory.
Rawy is dedicated to promoting independent films from the South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. We organize Pop-up Cinema events worldwide, fostering cultural exchange and stimulating dialogue around films.
Rawy is dedicated to promoting independent films from the South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. We organize Pop-up Cinema events worldwide, fostering cultural exchange and stimulating dialogue around films.
ALFILM Arab Film Festival | Ep. 4 Rawy Talks with Suzannah Mirghani & Mihad Murtada
In the episode of Rawy Talks, we sit down with Suzannah Mirghani and Mihad Murtada
to discuss their latest film, Cotton Queen, which explores generational divides among women in Sudan, following a young girl as she tenderly and courageously carves out a space for herself and her voice within her community.
ALFILM Arab Film Festival | Ep. 4 Rawy Talks with Suzannah Mirghani & Mihad Murtada
In the episode of Rawy Talks, we sit down with Suzannah Mirghani and Mihad Murtada
to discuss their latest film, Cotton Queen, which explores generational divides among women in Sudan, following a young girl as she tenderly and courageously carves out a space for herself and her voice within her community.
Magnetic Pursuit of Feeling: A conversation with cinematographer Frida Marzouk
"I realize that the movies I’ve done are usually about a cause, an issue, racism, or a conflict but somehow, it’s not on purpose. Of course, if I can help, I want to help, but it’s more [that I am drawn to that project] because the person that’s telling it has it as a personal story."
Exile Cinema: Recovering the Homeland or Reinventing It?
Homeland, when seen from within, differs radically from the homeland reconstructed from the outside and even more so when it is lost, destroyed, or deferred in memory.
Magnetic Pursuit of Feeling: A conversation with cinematographer Frida Marzouk
"I realize that the movies I’ve done are usually about a cause, an issue, racism, or a conflict but somehow, it’s not on purpose. Of course, if I can help, I want to help, but it’s more [that I am drawn to that project] because the person that’s telling it has it as a personal story."