The event was attended by GFF’s director Intishal Al-Timimi and artistic director Amir Ramses, along with a number of industry professionals.
El-Gouna Film Festival (GFF) has joined forces with Marché du Film (Cannes Film Market) and Cinando to take part in the Cannes Film Festival’s inaugural mixer event – the Festivals Hub.
The new initiative, launched by Marché du Film and Cinando, has been designed to bring together festivals, markets, sales agents, distributors, film institutes, and service providers from all over the world to connect and network.
El Gouna Film Festival co-hosted the networking event at Plage des Palmes, to support the global industry event and celebrate their fifth anniversary of showcasing new cinematic storytelling from the Arab world and bringing the exciting world cinema to audiences in Egypt.
Speaking about the event, Jérôme Paillard, Executive Director of Marché du Film, said: “Recognising the key role that film festivals and markets play in the promotion and circulation of films around the world, we have decided to take our commitment one step further by creating a physical space within the Palais, the ‘Festivals Hub’, designed to be the meeting place for all things festival related. To celebrate the launch of this new space, we are thrilled to collaborate on a joint cocktail party with El Gouna Film Festival to welcome all festivals and markets from around the world and to share the joy of being brought together again this year.”
GFF director, Intishal Al Timimi added: “We are thrilled to co-host this event to support the ‘Festivals Hub’, it’s the perfect platform to bring all the festivals together to unite through our shared love of cinema. Film festivals are the beating heart of our industry, they enable us to experience a rich diversity of voices, explore new cultures and celebrate creativity. The last 12 months with so much uncertainty, have taught us together as an industry we are stronger and more aware than ever of the transformative power of the cinema experience to connect and inspire us.”
