The award-winning films will be screened the day after the closing ceremony, November 23.
Cairo International Film Festival has announced its first wave of 10 films that will have MENA premiere in the festival’s particoloured sections.
The 44th edition will be held from November 13 to November 22, 2022, at the Cairo Opera House.
The revealed lineup includes five films at the festival’s Out of Competition programme, three films, each will be screened at the Special Screenings, International Competition, and Midnight Screenings, in addition to two films at the International Panorama.
The festival’s lineup includes Alcarràs, EAMI, Tori & Lokita, Utama, R.M.N, Butterfly Vision, Robe of Gems, Final Cut, Nostalgia, and A Far Shore.
Recipient of the Golden Bear Award at Berlin International Film Festival this year, Alcarràs (Spain, Italy) by director Carla Simon, is slated to screen at the Out of Competition section of Cairo International Film Festival. The film tells the story of the daily struggles of a group of peach growers in Catalonia, Spain, and how their lives change when the owner of their large estate dies and his heir decides to sell the land, which abruptly threatens their livelihood.
A film by director Paz Encina, EAMI (Paraguay, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, France, Mexico) is slated to showcase among the Special Screenings section of the CIFF. The film is the winner of the prestigious Tiger Award of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2022. It follows Eami, a child who embodies a bird-god and, in a trance, imagines herself wandering through the forest in constant contact with the cruel reality that surrounds her in the form of deforestation which is a very real, very tangible danger for the Ayoreo Totobiegosode.
Slated to screen in the festival’s Out of Competition programme, Tori & Lokita (France, Belgium) is directed by the two-time Palme d’Or winners Jean- Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film was recognised by Cannes Film Festival earlier this year receiving its Special 75th Anniversary Prize.
Director Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s award-winning debut feature, Utama (Bolivia, Uruguay, France), will showcase in the Out of Competition section of CIFF this year. The film won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic competition at Sundance this year and took home top honours at the closing ceremony of the Transilvania Film Festival.
R.M.N (Romania, France, Belgium, Sweden) by director Cristian Mungiu will be among the screenings of the Out of Competition section.
Butterfly Vision (Croatia, Czech, Sweden, Ukraine) directed by Maksym Nakonechynl will screen in the International Competition. The film competed at the Un Certain Regard programme of the 75th Cannes Film Festival this year.
Robe of Gems (Argentina, Mexico) by director Natalia Lopez will screen in the Out of Competition section. It received the Berlinale’s Silver Bear Award Jury Prize. The film is produced by Joaquin del Paso, who received the prestigious Golden Pyramid for Best Film at the previous edition of the Cairo International Film Festival.
A film by the Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius, Final Cut (France, UK, Japan) will be featured in the Midnight Screenings. Final Cut was the opening film of the Cannes International Film Festival this year.
Directed by Mario Martone, Nostalgia (Italy, France) will be among the film screenings of the International Panorama section. It was an official selection at Cannes Film Festival this year.
A film by director Masaaki Kudo, A Far Shore (Japan) will be showcased in the International Panorama section. It has previously screened at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this year.
