All El Gouna articles
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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.
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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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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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News‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ triumphs at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
16 international titles competed in the fourth edition unfolding in Egyptian Red Sea resort.
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News‘Goodbye Julia’, ‘Life Suits Me Well’ scoop El Gouna project prizes
CineGouna project development event metes out $250,000-worth of awards.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival fetes Gerard Depardieu, Peter Webber as 2020 edition kicks-off
16 regional and international features are competing for the festival’s $50,000 Golden Star award.
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News‘Another Round’, ‘Falling’ to play Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
12 features and four shorts selected for the international line-up.
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival announces new later festival dates
The event has pushed back the dates of its fourth edition by a month.