All El Gouna articles
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News‘Ghost Trail’ leads winners at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
The festival ran October 24-November 1.
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NewsEgyptian magical realism drama, Libyan doc win top prizes at CineGouna industry platform
Running October 25-31, the industry platform of El Gouna Film Festival showcased 21 projects in development and post-production.
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News“It’s a tough and uneven competition”: Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy on the challenges facing Arab cinema
Hefzy, producer of Egyptian Oscar submission Flight 404, was speaking at the El Gouna Film Festival
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News“We are planting a seed”: CineGouna’s Ahmed Shawky on increased support for Arab filmmakers
El Gouna Film Festival’s industry platform aims to compensate for lack of national funding
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival opens 2024 edition with star power and calls for peace
The night also saw an honorary award presented to actor and producer Mahmoud Hemida.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival pulls opening film ‘The Last Miracle’ hours before screening
The festival in Egypt will instead open with Palme d’Or-winning short ‘The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent’.
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FeaturesEl Gouna artistic director Marianne Khoury talks festival’s comeback edition
The festival in Egypt will screen more than 80 films during its seventh edition.
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival cancels 2022 edition
Previous edition was marked by a series of mishaps and controversies.
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NewsEl Gouna confirms Intishal Al Tamimi as director, sets 2022-24 dates
Date announcement signals commitment to continue the festival after eventful fifth edition.
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FeaturesEgyptian filmmaker Sara Shazli on how Cairo lockdown inspired doc ‘Back Home’
Debut feature documentary world premiered in El Gouna Film Festival.
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FeaturesEgyptian director Omar El Zohairy talks ‘Feathers’ backlash, next film
Social satire defied local criticism to win best Arab narrative film at the El Gouna Film Festival this year.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival director Intishal Al Tamimi talks eventful fifth edition
Egyptian Red Sea event marked its fifth edition from October 14-22.
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NewsAlgerian, Palestinian projects scoop top prizes at CineGouna Platform
The El Gouna Film Festival’s project development platform showcased 20 projects in development and post-production.
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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.