Rise Studios supports Arab talent at Cairo International Film Festival
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As a Platinum sponsor, Rise Studios supported Cairo Industry Days, the festival's immersive workshop platform.
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.
Set to hold its Arab world premiere at the festival’s International Competition, 'Alam' follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.
'Our Ties' is produced by Why Not Productions and Hole In One Films, and is sold worldwide by Wild Bunch International.
The winner will be announced during the Cairo International Film Festival.
The film will screen at the Cairo International Film Festival on November 19 and 20.
Among seven titles from MAD Solutions' distribution slate, 'Alam' will be screened at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
Cairo International Film Festival will take place between November 13 and 22.
The film will also have its MENA premiere at the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival.
The jurors will evaluate the nominated films using the Festival Scope digital platform, which is a partner of the ACC.
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.
'Pamfir' landed its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Caméra d’Or award
Kawase is the youngest person to win Cannes’ Palme d’Or for best debut which she picked up in 1997 for 'Suzaka'.
The 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival will take place from November 13 to 22, 2022.
The film follows the harrowing journey of two young sisters from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Starring Egyptian actors, the plot follows a doorman who lives in an abandoned villa until an interaction with a neighbour changes the trajectory of his life.
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'.
Born Ninochka Manoug Kupelian, Lebleba began her acting career when she was five years old in a film directed by Niazi Mostafa, who gave her the stage name Lebleba.
CIFF will grant the award to celebrate Tarr's iconic contributions to world cinema.
Abouzekri began her journey in 1993 as an assistant director for the film ‘131 Hard Labour’ after graduating from the High Cinema Institute.
Allam has replaced Myriam Degheidy, the director of the fourth edition.
The award-winning films will be screened the day after the closing ceremony, November 23.
The submissions for the 44th edition will officially open on May 15 and close on August 15.
Ramses will take up the role immediately to manage the 44th edition, which is expected to take place in the second half of November 2022.
Hussein Fahmy, who served as president of the film festival between 1998 and 2001, will return to the position.
Powerful female voices are emerging on the MEA film landscape, and their stories are receiving recognition and applause across the globe. Canon brought together a small group at Expo 2020 ...
'Banat Abdul Rahman' is the debut feature of Jordanian writer/director Zaid Abu Hamdan and AMN’s first attempt at producing a feature film.
Palestine has selected 'The Stranger' as its official entry for the Academy Awards 2022.
Weyyak was also one of the main sponsors of the film festival, which concluded on December 5.
The film is also competing at the International Competition of Cairo International Film Festival.
This project had received the IWC Filmmaker Award worth $100,000 at the Dubai International Film Festival several years ago.
This year’s jury of the Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films brings together 71 film critics from 15 Arab nations.
The Cairo Industry Youth Days will also feature a Costume Design workshop from El Adl.
This year also marks the return of Cairo Industry Days, a subsection of the festival that helps budding filmmakers from the MENA region get into the industry.
At CID, there will be masterclasses, workshops, and panel discussions with Netflix executives, as well as Netflix Arabic series producers and actors
Over the past three years, CFC has awarded more than $600,000 to support Arab filmmakers.
The CIFF 43rd edition is scheduled to take place from November 26 to December 5.
With the aim to discover the Arab world, EFP and the ACC launched the Arab Critics' Award for European Films in 2019 dedicated to European cinema.
The Cairo Film Connection has received 110 submissions from across the Arab world and diaspora this year.
Egyptian film critic Andrew Mohsen has been appointed as CIFF’s artistic director, working alongside festival president Mohamed Hefzy.
To be eligible for submission, projects must be directed by filmmakers of Arab nationality or origin.
The event will accept applications until August 31, 2021, on the official website for feature-length and short films.
The film festival will take place from June 11 to June 20, 2021.
CIFF is not only the region’s oldest annual film festival, but also the only internationally accredited one in the Middle East and Africa.
Directed by Hossam El Gohary, the series is co-written by Menna Ikram, Omar Khaled and Mohammad Hisham Obya.
The line-up included Tunisian-French documentary 'I Bite My Tongue' directed by Nina Khada and Venezuelan film 'The Red Vortex' directed by Lorena Colmenares.
The festival will present more than $250,000 worth of standard and monetary awards to 15 competing Arab films.
Directed by Saudi filmmaker Sara Mesfer, the film is scheduled to be screened at the festival which will kick off from December 2 to 10.
Directed by Mahmoud Kamel, and co-written by Ahmed Al-Dahan and Haitham Al-Dahan, 'Ammar' stars Sherif Salama and Eman El Assi.
The Cairo International Film Festival will be held from December 2 to 10 and the third edition of Cairo Industry Day will be held from December 4 to 7.
The line-up features titles that will mark their world and international premieres in Cairo.
Zaki is known for her roles in films including 'Seidy fe Gamea Amrekiya', 'Africano', 'Taymour w Shafika', and 'Abu Ali'.
'Gaza Mon Amour' recently won the NETPAC award at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and received critical acclaim at the Venice International Film Festival.
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.
The deadline for receiving applications is October 6, through the festival's official website.
The film is the first Egyptian feature-length narrative confirmed for the 2020 edition of the festival.
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.
The film festival recently confirmed that it will hold its 42nd edition from November 19 to 28, 2020.
To be eligible for submission, projects must be directed by filmmakers of Arab nationality or origin.
