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‘You Don’t Die Two Times,’ ‘Amal,’ ‘The North Wind’ Win Top Prizes at Cairo Film Connection

By: Becroll
20 November 2024 at 20:02
Three documentary projects took top honors at this year’s Cairo Film Connection, with Ager Oueslati’s “You Don’t Die Two Times” winning the post-production prize as development laurels went to Khaled Al Swidan’s “Amal” and Eliane Raheb’s “The North Wind.” Marking his first year at the head of the Cairo Film Festival’s development and postproduction showcase, […]

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Lebanese Director Karim Kassem Had Two Weeks to Improvise a New Film on the Fly

By: Becroll
19 November 2024 at 10:07
Two weeks before the cameras were set to roll, everything fell apart. At that point, “Moondove” director Karim Kassem had spent two years developing his fourth feature and then painstakingly getting the project off the ground. The nonfiction film was supposed to follow a young woman who returns to a small village in Mount Lebanon […]

‘Wicked 2,’ Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fountain of Youth,’ Neil Burger’s ‘Inheritance’ Score Big With Egyptian Locations

By: Becroll
18 November 2024 at 21:08
Egyptian locations will soon take the spotlight in three wildly different titles all set for release next year. While blockbusters “Wicked Part Two” and “Fountain of Youth,” from director Guy Ritchie, both make use of the country’s historical riches and otherworldly expanses, filmmaker Neil Burger will channel the breakneck pace of modern Cairo with his […]

Jim Sheridan Mounts Equestrian Epic ‘King of the Wind,’ Road Dramedy ‘Into Africa and Out’ (EXCLUSIVE)

By: Becroll
18 November 2024 at 17:30
Irish auteur Jim Sheridan will direct the equestrian epic “King of the Wind,” an historical drama about an 18th century Arabian colt that would go on to sire the modern thoroughbred bloodline.    Produced by Alan Moloney (“Small Things Like These”) and Gary Levinsohn (“Saving Private Ryan”) and adapted by Sheridan from Marguerite Henry’s eponymous […]

Gaspar Noé Considers His Next Move: ‘I’d Like to Do a Movie With Kids, or for Children’

18 November 2024 at 09:04
Following a two-hour masterclass at the Cairo Film Festival, Gaspar Noé spoke with Variety about future genres he’d like to tackle: “The main film genres that really would interest me for a future project are documentary, war film, and horror. Probably I should even try to mix those three genres. I also would like to […]

Cairo Film Festival Launches New Market to Foster International Co-Productions

By: Becroll
14 November 2024 at 09:05
For the first time in more than a decade, the Cairo Film Festival will open for business. Now kicking off its 45th edition, the Egyptian event has remained a key cultural and artistic showcase for the region and for the wider Middle East and North Africa world – but Cairo has gone without a market […]

Cairo Film Festival Roars Back With Humanist Focus, Populist Flair

By: Becroll
13 November 2024 at 18:55
After going dark last year due to the war in Gaza, the Cairo Film Festival now returns with a super-sized program and a more humanist remit. Running Nov. 13 – 22, this bulked out edition aims for wider international visibility and greater attendance, all while keeping the projectors running longer than ever before. “We have […]

4K Restoration of Moustapha Akkad’s ‘Lion of the Desert,’ Starring Oliver Reed and Anthony Quinn, Bows at Cairo Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

13 November 2024 at 14:19
A 4K restoration of the 1981 film “Lion of the Desert” is to premiere at the Cairo Film Festival this week. Telling the story of Benito Mussolini’s attempt to defeat the Libyan rebellion against fascist Italian rule, the film stars Oliver Reed and Anthony Quinn and was produced and directed by Syrian-American filmmaker Moustapha Akkad. […]

Palestinian Filmmaker Rashid Masharawi Talks About Opening Cairo Film Festival With ‘Passing Dreams’: ‘Hope Is Part of the Resistance’

13 November 2024 at 12:43
Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi opens the Cairo Film Festival with the world premiere of his new film “Passing Dreams” — that most unlikely of genres: the Palestinian road movie. The film tells the story of Sami (Adel Abu Ayyash), a 12-year-old living in a refugee camp in the West Bank. His father is in jail […]

Kevin Spacey Plays ‘The Devil’ in Trailer for Italian Indie Thriller ‘The Contract,’ Set for Cairo Film Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

12 November 2024 at 20:22
Italian indie thriller “The Contract,” starring Kevin Spacey as a character named “The Devil,” is set to world premiere at the Cairo Film Festival this week, without Spacey on the red carpet in the Egyptian capital’s Opera House. In the film, Spacey plays a role that has been described in promotional materials as somewhat akin […]

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