All Egypt articles – Page 4
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News‘The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic’ wins top prizes at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
In other prizes Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon clinches Fipresci prize and inaugural Green Award.
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NewsMorocco’s Hicham Lasri says new film ‘Happy Lovers’ will be more mainstream
Producer Lamia Chraibi describes it as a black comedy with elements of Irreversible and Fargo.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival artistic director Amir Ramses resigns
The resignation comes amid a challenging fifth edition for the Egyptian Red Sea event.
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NewsCan a tech start-up help to revolutionise Egypt’s local film industry?
Cinema-focused start-up incubator unveiled a new round of supported projects at the El Gouna Film Festival this year.
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NewsActor Mohammad Bakri pulls out of El Gouna after Palestinian director deported
Celebrated Palestinian actor and director was to have received career achievement award.
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NewsUK-based Palestinian director detained, deported en route to El Gouna
UK-based filmmaker was to have pitched upcoming feature project Weedestine at the CineGouna Springboard platform.
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival opens fifth edition against the odds
Unfolding in the Red Sea resort of El Gouna, the festival will showcase 52 features this year.
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NewsFire breaks out at El Gouna Film Festival main venue
The fire at the festival plaza has now been extinguished.
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NewsCairo Film Connection unveils 2021 project selection
Project incubator will take place during Cairo International Film Festival.
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Reviews‘The Alleys’: London Review
Bassel Ghandour’s debut juggles tones and storylines for a labyrinthine portrait of a Jordanian neighbourhood
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NewsNew projects from Sofia Djama, Ala Eddine Slim head to Egypt's CineGouna Platform
The fifth edition of project incubator event will showcase 20 projects in development and post-production.
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Reviews‘You Resemble Me’: Venice Review
Spike Lee and Jonze produce this debut, hybrid feature about the the French radical Islamist Hasna Ait Boulahcen
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FeaturesEgypt’s Mohamed Diab talks Palestinian drama ‘Amira’, working with Marvel and US projects
Diab is currently directing Marvel series Moon Knight after a trio of Arab-language features, 678, Clash and Amira.
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NewsCairo 2021 moves forward to avoid Red Sea overlap
It will now not overlap with the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.
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Reviews‘Feathers’: Cannes Review
Unsettling, wry drama/comedy from Egypt is the winner of the 2021 Critics’ Week top prize at Cannes
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week jury dishes out top prize to Egypt’s ‘Feathers’
The 60th edition marks film critic Charles Tesson’s last year at the helm.
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News‘Gaza Mon Amour’ wins best film at Critics Awards for Arab Films
Annual award voted on by 160 critics from 63 territories.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2021: Meriame Deghedi (Egypt)
Deghedi is sales and distribution manager, Mad Solutions.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival moves 2021 dates
The inaugural edition is being moved back by two weeks to December 6-15.
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NewsChadi Zeneddine joins Cairo International Film Festival’s industry team
Zeneddine will head up the festival’s Cairo Film Connection project market.