Three films will compete in the International Competition, three short films will compete in the Official Competition, and one in the Cairo Film Connection.
MAD Solutions will feature seven films from its distribution slate at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), including three features, three shorts, and one project.
The film festival will be held from November 13 to 22, 2022.
Firas Khoury’s Alam, a participant in Cairo Film Connection’s eighth edition, will land its Arab World premiere in the festival’s International Competition. Rounding off MAD Solutions’ features at CIFF are Roschdy Zem’s Our Ties and Rachid Hami’s For My Country will both land their Arab World premiere in the festival’s International Panorama section, following their recent selections at Venice Film Festival.
MAD will have three short films competing in the festival’s Official Competition, including Mohamed Fawi’s Buzz, produced by director Amjad Abu Alala and Ward Kayyal’s Hamza: Chasing The Ghost Chasing Me will both land their world premiere, while Nejib Kthiri’s Trinou will have its Arab world premiere at the festival. Also, Amjad Al-Rasheed’s Inshaallah A Boy, winner of four awards at the Final Cut in Venice workshop, will be featured at Cairo Film Connection (CFC) ninth edition as part of Cairo Industry Days.
MAD Solutions will offer a film an award for distribution and marketing in the Arab world with a minimum guarantee of $50,000.
