Cairo Int’l film fest and El Warsha organise acting workshop
This workshop is part of Cairo Industry Days' commitment to supporting young filmmakers and providing a platform to develop their artistic talents.
This workshop is part of Cairo Industry Days' commitment to supporting young filmmakers and providing a platform to develop their artistic talents.
The event will feature a curated film programme dedicated to supporting emerging talents, providing a space for industry professionals to come together over a two-day programme.
MAD Distribution’s acquisition spree underscores its commitment to bringing a rich variety of films to audiences in the Arab world, enhancing the region's cinematic landscape.
CFC is targeted at supporting talents in the Arab world and this year's selection stands out with the presence of strong female-driven projects.
The project has received support from El Gouna Film Festival, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Doha Film Institute and Red Sea fund.
The initiative will select 45 women hailing from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, and Egypt to participate.
'Kallam Al Layl' by director Inas El Degheidy marked Ezz's acting debut in 1999.
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To be eligible for submission, which ends on August 7, projects must be directed by filmmakers of Arab nationality or origin.
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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.
The festival will open with Shekhar Kapur’s romantic comedy ‘What's Love Got to Do With It?’ and conclude with 'Valley Road' by Saudi director Khaled Fahd.
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'.
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.
Hussein Fahmy, who served as president of the film festival between 1998 and 2001, will return to the position.
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 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.
CIFF is not only the region’s oldest annual film festival, but also the only internationally accredited one in the Middle East and Africa.
The festival will present more than $250,000 worth of standard and monetary awards to 15 competing Arab films.
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.
Last year, the cash prize was given to 'Severed Head' by director Lotfi Achour at the El Gouna Film Festival.
The award grants the winning film project distribution services across the Arab world with a cash advance of $30,000 for the filmmakers.
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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.
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To be eligible for submission, projects must be directed by filmmakers of Arab nationality or origin.
Offering a total budget of $100,000, at least three Egyptian filmmakers will receive funding to produce or complete their films.
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.
Organised for the second year in a row, the film script development lab will be dedicated to six teams of Arab writers and producers.
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