Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive his country's film industry (Mahmud TURKIA) (Mahmud TURKIA/AFP/AFP) Mouayed ...

Libya's capital Tripoli was once home to a flourishing cinema scene. But the dictatorship by Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan civil war led to the disappearance of all cinemas and filmmaking in the city ...

Mouayed Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest movie in a studio he built at his Tripoli home. For the filmmaker, it is one way to overcome the obstacles he faces in a country where cinema once ...

Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive his country's film industry — Mahmud TURKIA Mouayed Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest movie in a studio he built at his Tripoli home. For ...

Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive his country's film industry - Copyright AFP Mahmud TURKIA Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive ...

Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive his country's film industry Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest film in a studio he built at his Tripoli home Mouayed Zabtia shoots most ...

Authorities have in recent years attempted to revive the artform through festivals and the creation of the Libyan Film Institute in 2021. Zabtia said most of his work is filmed in the studio as ...