Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The 40th edition of the festival has begun Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Tuesday, in Egyptwhich will last until October 5 this year.
At the opening ceremony the Egyptian star Nelly and the Egyptian artist were honored sweet lips.
The name Nelly is on this year’s edition of the festival, and among the honorees at the opening ceremony were the Iraqi critic Mahdi Abbas, the Moroccan actress Souad Khouii, the Italian actresses Isabelle Adriani and Francesca Ritondini, and the French Anne Barriot.
Egyptian actress Menna Shalaby was scheduled to be honored at the opening ceremony, but a “situation filming a new job” prevented her from attending, and will be honored at the closing ceremony, according to the administration of the a festival
The opening film was the Syrian film “Two Days” by the director Basil Al-Khatib, which featured the renowned Syrian artist Duraid Lahham, who were both absent, while their film participate in the festival’s two official competitions, the feature film competition, and the Arab film competition, named after the late Egyptian artist Nour El-Sherif.
The festival had previously announced that Syrian artist Ayman Zidane had apologized for the honor “due to events”. Lebanon “Unfortunately.”
