All Egypt articles – Page 2
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Features“I like a challenge”: director Karim Elshenawy on telling ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’
The inspirations behind family drama ’The Tale Of Daye’s Family’, which opens the 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival.
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FeaturesArab studio MAD Solutions looks back on 15 years of growth and readies its next chapter
After 15 years in business, Arab entertainment studio MAD Solutions is entering its next phase.
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NewsCairo Film Connection’s funding platform spotlights 18 projects by Arab filmmakers
Rodrigo Brum, director of the Cairo Film Festival’s funding platform, on the selected projects for its 10th anniversary edition.
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Reviews‘Spring Came On Laughing’: Cairo Review
Heightened Cairo-set melodrama features five tales of fracturing female relationships
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NewsRed Sea selects five features for Arab Spectacular strand
Four of the selected films are world premieres.
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NewsWorld premiere of ‘Passing Dreams’ to open Cairo International Film Festival; full line-up revealed
The festival will feature a programme of Palestinian cinema.
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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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NewsEgyptian authorities close down MENA’s largest piracy site
Laroza site provided access to more than 29,000 movies and TV series viewed the world over.
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Reviews‘Perfumed With Mint’: Venice Review
A decaying Egyptian city teems with ghosts both literal and metaphorical in this meditative debut
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NewsMorad Mostafa’s ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ wins top prize at Venice’s Final Cut programme
’Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ is debut feature for Screen Arab Star of Tomorrow Mostafa.
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NewsEuropean and Middle Eastern film execs talk challenges and opportunities of preserving film heritage
Screen International roundtable at the Venice Film Festival explored topics such as AI, costs and technology of restoring classic movies.
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NewsVenice Critics’ Week title ‘Perfumed With Mint’ picked up for sales (exclusive)
It is the feature debut from Egyptian filmmaker Muhammed Hamdy.
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Reviews‘The Brink Of Dreams’: Cannes Review
An all-female Egyptian street theatre troupe act out their frustrations in this appealing Critics Week documentary
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Reviews‘East Of Noon’: Cannes Review
Surrealist-tinged Egyptian fable is Hala Elkoussy’s distinctive follow-up to ‘Cactus Flower’
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Mouwafak Chourbagui (Egypt)
Chourbagui has been part of El Gouna Film Festival’s programming team since its launch in 2017.