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85 articles available in total starting from 30/05/2013. Last article published on 12/08/2026.

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Zurich Film Festival and El Gouna Film Festival forge strategic partnership

Zurich Film Festival and El Gouna Film Festival forge strategic partnership

The collaboration will focus on programming and talent exchange, with the world premiere of Dolphins: My Close Encounters at Zurich marking the beginning of the new alliance  

12/08 | Zurich 2026

Mohammed Hammad • Director of Safe Exit

Interview: Mohammed Hammad • Director of Safe Exit

“The film explores the paradoxes in human relationships – people being together despite differences”

BERLINALE 2026: The Egyptian director breaks down how he intertwined a highly traumatic event with the social status of his character  

20/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Review: Safe Exit

Review: Safe Exit

BERLINALE 2026: The door of the titular safe exit in Mohammed Hammad’s careful and complex psychological thriller is either shut or only slightly ajar  

16/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Review: Hijra

Review: Hijra

The second film by Shahad Ameen is a poignant road movie and a portrait of two generations of Saudi women  

16/12/2025 | Red Sea 2025

Review: My Father's Scent

Review: My Father's Scent

Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Siam’s first narrative feature is an intense family drama that urgently questions the roots of conventional values  

09/12/2025 | Cinemamed 2025

Mohamed Siam • Director of My Father’s Scent

Interview: Mohamed Siam • Director of My Father’s Scent

“I wanted to capture that moment when a child sees their parent not as an authority figure, but as a complex, vulnerable human being”

The Egyptian filmmaker breaks down his story of an intimate and raw exchange between two protagonists at their wits' end  

09/12/2025 | Cinemamed 2025

Dragonfly takes flight, winning the Golden Pyramid at the 46th Cairo International Film Festival

Dragonfly takes flight, winning the Golden Pyramid at the 46th Cairo International Film Festival

Paul Andrew Williams’ drama has bagged the Egyptian festival’s top prize as well as the Best Actress Award, shared between Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn  

26/11/2025 | Cairo 2025 | Awards

Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories

Interview: Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories

"Everybody is the hero of their own story"

We spoke to the Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker about portraying small people in big times, and the sacrifices needed to tell such a tale  

24/11/2025 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Review: The Stories

Review: The Stories

Abu Bakr Shawky retells the tumultuous history of Egypt in the second half of the 20th century in an audience-friendly way, as seen from the perspectives of a couple and an extended family  

18/11/2025 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

CineGouna Funding awards best projects, including European co-productions

CineGouna Funding awards best projects, including European co-productions

El Gouna Film Festival’s lab and pitching platform handed prizes to projects from the MENA region with European participation  

28/10/2025 | El Gouna 2025

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