Cairo Film Connection reveals project lineup
Cairo Film Connection (CFC) has announced the selected projects for its 10th edition, which will take place from November 17 to 20, 2024, on the sidelines of the 45th Cairo ...
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Cairo Film Connection (CFC) has announced the selected projects for its 10th edition, which will take place from November 17 to 20, 2024, on the sidelines of the 45th Cairo ...
Amjad Al Rasheed's debut feature made history earlier this year when it became the first Jordanian feature film to premiere in Cannes.
The film received post-production funding from the Cairo Film Connection and the Doha Film Fund.
The film received post-production funding from the Cairo Film Connection and the Doha Film Fund.
Suzannah Mirghani’s 'Cotton Queen' and Mahdi El-Tayeb’s 'Lamp in the Dark' each took home the biggest prize from MAD Solutions which offers a minimum of $50,000 for distribution in the Arab world.
Three films will compete in the International Competition, three short films will compete in the Official Competition, and one in the Cairo Film Connection.
The movie is a semi-biographical tale about the director's early life and how he fell in love with filmmaking.
Among the 15 projects are Tamer Ashry's 'Inshallah A Boy', which won the Final Cut award in Venice, and Suzannah Mirghani's 'Cotton Queen'.
Written and directed by Bassel Ghandour, the film stars Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, and Nadim Rimawi.
Over the past three years, CFC has awarded more than $600,000 to support Arab filmmakers.
The Cairo Film Connection has received 110 submissions from across the Arab world and diaspora this year.
To be eligible for submission, projects must be directed by filmmakers of Arab nationality or origin.
The third edition of Cairo Industry Day will be held from December 4 to 7 and the Cairo Film Connection will be held from December 5 to 7.
Seven feature narratives in development have been selected, including 'The Legend of Zainab and Noah' by director Yousry Nasrallah and 'I Can Hear Your Voice… Still' by director Sameh Alaa.
To be eligible for submission, projects must be directed by filmmakers of Arab nationality or origin.
The Saudi-based festival, will select a Cairo Film Connection project from the fiction projects to attend the inaugural Project Market of the Red Sea Souk from March 13-16, 2020.
