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Ismailia International Film Festival prepares for 20th edition

Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films is due to…

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Cannes jury council close to completion

Latest appointment saw Ursula Meier heading Caméra d'Or jury

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Sarah Francis’ Dead Dog wins CineGouna award at Beirut Cinema Platform 

CineGouna Platform presented award to Dead Dog by Sarah Francis at Beirut…

Mohamed Samir

Experts, artists, academics at Luxor African Film Festival assert culture’s importance to development

Cultural development should get same attention as militaries, economies in Africa, says…

Adham Youssef

Remembering Samir Farid at the Luxor African Film Festival

New book discusses humane relations between late film critic, younger generation of…

Adham Youssef

African documentaries become main focus of Luxor film festival 

Opening featured documentary profiling Liberian anti-corruption activist

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Gender inequality in film

Women are still at a disadvantage in the film industry, underrepresented in…

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Luxor African Film Festival kicks off with marathon of distinguished screenings from the continent

Inauguration ceremony witnessed honouring of prominent director Youssef Chahine

Adham Youssef

Victims & Heroes of Egyptian Cinema (5): Hala Khalil’s Nawwara (2015)  

In Hala Khalil’s film that is written by Mourad Mustafa and produced…

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11th Cairo International Women’s Film Festival’s kicks off 

The 11th edition of the Cairo International Women’s Film Festival kicked off…

Shaimaa Raafat