Writer-director Sofia Alaoui follows up her Sundance-winning short with this genre-bending tale of an unidentified meteorological phenomenon that upends the life of a pregnant woman. By Jordan Mintzer ...

Oumaima Barid stars in the movie, which premiered at Sundance, where it won a special jury prize for creative vision. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The deal was negotiated by Isra Al Kassi of ...

A careful camera takes note of the placid symmetries of a gated house in a desert location. A fountain flows in the courtyard. A chandelier hangs in the hallway. Rococo chairs share plush rooms with ...

Animalia, a French-Moroccan-Qatari co-production that premiered at last month’s Sundance Film Festival, opens with an intriguing set-up. A deeply pious pregnant woman of modest origins, Itto (Oumaïma ...