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Amjad Al Rasheed’s ‘Inshallah A Boy’ among Cairo Film Connection winners
The dark comedy won two $10,000 prizes.
‘Riverbed’: Cairo Review
A mother and daughter struggle to reconnect in Bassem Breche’s imagery-led feature debut
‘The Astronaut’: Cairo Review
Nicolas Giraud’s portrait of a French loner sending himself to space fails to get off the ground
‘19B’: Cairo Review
An elderly caretaker tends to a crumbling Cairo villa in Ahmad Abdalla’s engaging third feature
‘Alam’: Cairo Review
A Palestinian-Israeli teenager struggles to shake off the weight of history in Firas Khoury’s feature debut
‘Bread And Salt’: Cairo Review
Damian Kocur’s mature and thought-provoking debut sees a talented pianist return to the pressure cooker of his small home town
‘I Don’t Want To Be Dust’: Cairo Review
An older woman confronts the end of the world in Ivan Lowenberg’s second feature
‘Far From The Nile’: Cairo Review
Sherief Elkatsha captures the harmonious sound of The Nile Project, a musical collaborative of 11 African countries
‘Tinnitus’: Cairo Review
An professional diver does battle with her body in Gregorio Graziosi’s stylish thriller
‘The Fabelmans’ to open Cairo film festival; full line-up revealed
The Egyptian festival runs November 13-22.
Naomi Kawase to lead Cairo jury
The festival runs November 13-22.
Bela Tarr to receive Cairo film festival lifetime honour
Hungarian auteur will also mentor young Egyptian filmmakers at the festival.
Lynda Belkhiria to head Cairo Film Connection
Project incubator is part of the Cairo International Film Festival.
Mohamed Hefzy steps down as president of Cairo International Film Festival
He will be replaced by veteran actor Hussein Fahmy.
‘Daughters of Abdul-Rahman’: Cairo/Red Sea Review
Squabbling sisters try to find their way in Jordan’s all-powerful patriarchy
‘Abu Saddam’: Cairo Review
A veteran trucker and his assistant deliver a powerful portrayal of toxic masculinity for Egyptian director and co-writer Nadine Khan
‘Becoming’: Cairo/Red Sea Review
All-female anthology takes a sparky driver’s seat approach to life in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
‘The Stranger’: Cairo Review
Palestine’s submission to the international Oscar category is set in the disputed Golan Heights
Peter Kerekes’ ‘107 Mothers’ wins Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films
Previous winners have included God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya and Undine.
‘107 Mothers’: Cairo Review
Inside a women’s prison in Ukraine, incarcerated mothers are forced to hand their children over for adoption
