Filmmaker Ofre Sparrow Vaknin‘s Run, Little Rat! tells the story of “a struggling little rat [that] has to escape from home to find where he truly belongs.” This is Ofre’s third year film at CalArts. It screened at the 13th Kuandu International Animation Festival, FIEC Film Festival, Film Night on Fulton, Bass Coast Shorts and […]

Principal photography has commenced on the Arab underworld thriller “Boomah” (“The Owl”), written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan and marking the Jordanian filmmaker’s second feature following his critically acclaimed “Daughters of Abdul Rahman.” Previously announced in December, Rakeen Saad is set to play the titular role of the female thug Boomah. Saad rose to […]