Without a shadow of doubt, the decision to screen Iranian films in Pakistani cinemas is a good one...
The move comes as a response to the lack of films available to cinemas after the informal ban on Indian content...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani cinemas are all set to screen Iranian films after a ban on Indian content in the country...
Earlier Executive Director of Pakistan National Institute for Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) Fouzia Saeed talking to IRNA said that Iranian movies which are culturally very close to Pakistani society ought to be screened in Pakistani cinemas...
A group of Indian cinemas said Friday they would not screen any films featuring Pakistani artists in protest at an attack by suspected militants that killed 19 Indian soldiers in Kashmir...
From now on we will not release their films,” said Nitin Datar, chairman of India's Cinema Owners and Exhibitors Association (COEA)...
KARACHI: There is a telling scene in Pakistan’s first feature-length animated film 3 Bahadur that opened across cinemas in Karachi on Friday which reflects our attitude towards children...
Hence, it was heartening to see excited children of all age groups along with their parents and guardians entering the Nuplex Cinemas in DHA for the 3pm show to watch the animated feature...
Less than a week after news broke that women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to drive in the Kingdom, Saudi Gazette reported that cinemas — currently banned in the country — are expected to open before the end of 2017...
Ahmed Al-Khatib, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), had told Reuters in April that cinemas would come to Saudi Arabia eventually, but this would happen as per official measures that the Kingdom...
As the traditionally austere kingdom cautiously embraces more forms of entertainment, local film-makers are exploring a new frontier in Saudi art, using the internet to screen films and pushing boundaries of expression often with surprise backing from top royals...
“Saudi Arabia is the future of film-making in the Gulf,” said Butheina Kazim, co-founder of Dubai’s independent cinema platform “Cinema Akil”, pointing to a crop of Saudi...
KARACHI: Shoaib Mansoor’s Verna got released in the country on Friday evening after a battle with the censor board...
”According to Hum Films’ PR representatives, the film will be screened in Sindh, Islamabad and cantonment areas across the country, but it awaits a No Objection Certificate in Punjab — the decision of which was expected later in the day...
This year's August is turning out to be a very filmi month...
The Independence Day opening of Moor, Dekh Magar Pyaar Say and Shah will soon be followed by Halla Gulla's release on August 20
The cinema houses started screening films from first day of Eidul Fitr that fell on Saturday in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar...
Better law, order situation allows cinemas to run six showsHe said that he liked the performance of Laila Khan and new actor Aryan Khan...
All caught up on the local cinema front? Think again...
Drama film Swaarangi, which marks Resham's comeback to cinema after seven years, is set to hit the screens on August 28
ISLAMABAD: Due to corruption, mismanagement, relaxation of rules and apathy on the part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) two of the cinemas which were built on the three amenity plots allotted for building cinemas have been abandoned while the purpose of the third has been changed to be used as a commercial plaza...
He said these plots were only meant for running cinemas...
Cinemas in Pakistan will start screening Indian movies from December 19, DawnNews reported on Saturday...
The cinema houses' owners said that they had only suspended the screening of Indian films but had not completely banned them...
NEW DELHI: All cinemas must play the national anthem before screening movies and audiences should stand for it, India’s highest court ruled on Wednesday, drawing angry accusations of an assault on civil liberties...
The Supreme Court panel said cinemas should display the national flag on the screen as the anthem was played, and that making people stand up would instil a sense of patriotism...
The government on Tuesday decided to continue the existing policy to screen all international films, including Indian films, in Pakistani cinemas, said a notification issued by the Ministry of Information...
“Federal government is pleased to continue the existing open policy to screen all international movies (including Indian films) in Pakistani cinemas and is pleased to take the following decisions for revival of the Pakistani film...
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s top religious authority has called cinemas and singing concerts harmful and corrupting, in a move that could complicate government efforts to introduce cultural reforms to the conservative kingdom...
The comments by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, published on his website, said cinemas and round-the-clock entertainment could open the door to “atheistic or rotten” foreign films and encourage the mixing...