FIPRESCI re-elects Egyptian film critic Ahmed Shawky as President
Shawky also serves as Head of the CineGouna Platform at El Gouna Film Festival, where he leads the festival’s industry and funding division.
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Shawky also serves as Head of the CineGouna Platform at El Gouna Film Festival, where he leads the festival’s industry and funding division.
Shawky will oversee the jury while also serving as a judge for the films in the international competition.
The 21 selected projects bring stories from 13 Arab nations, involving co-productions from nine international collaboration.
The conference will foster cultural exchange among critics, writers and film enthusiasts.
Since the federation's founding in 1925, Shawky is the first non-European or American to take over as president.
Shawky is the first Egyptian to be appointed chair of the jury.
