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In this episode of arts24, Eve Jackson sits down with Scandar Copti – a Palestinian filmmaker, Israeli citizen and one of the most original cinematic voices working today. His new film, “Happy Holidays”, is set in the northern city of Haifa and unfolds in four interwoven chapters, following the intersecting lives of Palestinian Christians and Jewish Israelis. As these characters navigate love, gender roles and the invisible weight of politics, the film reveals a society shaped as much by silence as by conflict. Source link

The megastar plays a philosophy professor shaken by a student’s sexual assault allegation against a colleague in Luca Guadagnino’s new film – and she’s easily the best thing about it.Julia Roberts doesn’t make many films these days. She was in Leave the World Behind in 2023; in 2022, there was her tropical romantic comedy with George Clooney, Ticket to Paradise; and then we have to jump all the way back to 2018 for her previous turn in Ben Is Back. But you can see why she chose to star in After the Hunt, a contentious campus drama directed by Luca…

Now, more than ever, it is time to turn the tide and build a future where every young South African could thrive. The global community celebrated International Youth Day, as South Africa’s youth unemployment rate continues to soar over 45%; more than double that of Brazil (20%), India (17%), and Indonesia (16%). According to Nkosinathi Mahlangu, Head: Youth Employment Portfolio at Momentum Group, this stark disparity underscores the serious and unique challenges facing South African youth, compared to their peers in other major developing economies. He said: “South Africa’s youth are at a crossroads. Without urgent and coordinated action from…

Note: This contains spoilers for Squid Game‘s final season.As Squid Game’s third season wraps up with a finale titled “Humans are…,” we are left pondering how to complete that phrase. Looking back over three seasons of primary-colored sets splattered with gore, that open statement is also an open question to the audience.Squid Game is the sort of show you can’t be too enthusiastic about enjoying. At its core, the spectacle is gladiatorial; it’s bloodsports, the sort of thing a modern audience can watch with good conscience only because it’s fictional. 456 desperate and indebted people are scooped off South Korean…

Arts24 returns with a special programme dedicated to the Rock en Seine music festival, which took place over three days in the Parc de Saint-Cloud, just outside Paris. FRANCE 24’s Jennifer Ben Brahim looks back at the exceptional lineup for this 21st edition, which kicked off with a highly anticipated concert by Chappell Roan, performing her only show in France. Other headliners included Suki Waterhouse, Queens of the Stone Age, Fontaines D.C., and London Grammar. Source link

Alamy5. CeremonyLawrence Alma Tadema, A Foregone Conclusion, 1885The sense of suspenseful ceremony is skilfully acknowledged and manipulated in London-based Dutch artist Lawrence Alma Tadema’s charming enactment of the moments immediately preceding a proposal. Though the outcome of the ensuing encounter may be “a foregone conclusion”, as the painting’s title assures, the work cleverly captures both the anxious mindset of the young man, who ascends a staircase towards us, nervously staring at the ring he carries, and the eager anticipation of the young woman, whom we see spying on him from beneath an oversized urn. Though many may have seen the…

Funding to drive digital innovation and sustainable growth for independent publishers The Digital News Transformation Fund (DNTF) will open its first application window on 25 August 2025, offering small, medium, and community-based independent news publishers an opportunity to secure funding for projects that drive digital transformation and long-term sustainability in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Independent publishers are a vital part of South Africa’s democratic infrastructure, providing local, community, and public-interest journalism often not covered by larger news outlets. Yet many face increasing pressure to adapt and survive in a fast-changing media environment. Structural challenges, including declining print revenue, shifting…

In this edition of arts24 with Eve Jackson, dive into the dazzling opening night of the Venice Film Festival. From Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton to George Clooney and Heidi Klum, we take you inside the star-studded red carpet moments. Also on the programme: an exhibition giving “Downton Abbey” fans the chance to own a piece of television history. From costumes to iconic props and even the Grantham family’s car, these treasured items are on display in London ahead of a charity auction at Bonhams. Source link

But Epstein had taken a curious route to the world of pop, and Charlton noted that he still seemed to be something of an outsider. “He himself doesn’t seem part of this world, and yet he’s genuinely absorbed by young people and young enthusiasms,” Charlton said.Born in 1934, Epstein was the eldest son of a Jewish family that ran a successful retail business in Liverpool. He hoped to pursue a career in something creative, but his family had other plans for him. “When I left school, at the age of 16, I had ambitions to be a dress designer, and…

By Katie Hill, Expert Partner, Boston Consulting Group in Nairobi Africa holds 40% of the world’s solar energy potential—and yet receives just a fraction of the capital needed to unlock it. This is not just an inefficiency. It’s a failure of capital architecture—and a threat to global climate progress. Similarly, Africa is home to 65% of unused arable land and could become the climate-smart global food basket if matched with the right financing. Traditional private capital, which has proven effective in developed markets, encounters significant structural barriers in Africa. Historically in the United States 20% of climate finance originated from…