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Today — 14 November 2024Main stream

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 […]

Yesterday — 13 November 2024Main stream

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 […]

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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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