The media’s portrayal of khwaja siras (transgender individuals) is often negative. In the film industry, such a character is either the subject of a joke or frowned upon and given limited roles. In ...

Young Saudi director Raed Alsemari is seeking to change the stereotype of the Arab woman in film. His short film Dunya's Day takes a comical look at the everyday women in his hometown Riyadh and is up ...

Cross-cultural road pic "Dunya & Desie" positively sings with upbeat energy and humor, nailing its target teen-girl audience with a well-crafted story of friendship and understanding. Cross-cultural ...

Raed Alsemari made history twice over when his short film, the dark comedy Dunya’s Day, became the first Saudi film to premiere theatrically at home since the lifting of the cinema ban in 2018, and to ...