Between October 24 and November 1, the activities of the seventh session of the El Gouna Film Festival will be held under the slogan: Cinema for Humanity, with the aim of shedding light on the most important issues happening in the region and art and art promotion. cultural communication between people. This session honors artist Mahmoud Hamid with the Creative Achievement Award, as well as Lebanese directors: Joanna Hadji Touma and Khalil Joreige.
71 films from 40 countries will compete in the festival, distributed as follows: 55 feature films and documentaries, and 16 short films The presence of women in directing these films makes up 44 percent, and 11 films are the first with their directors the film will be: The Last of the Miracles, by the director Abdul Al-Wahab Shawqi, in 20 minutes about Yahya, the editor in the investigative department, is it happens that he makes a mistake in publishing the name of a Sufi sheikh who died, so he the boss harms him, and then the sheikh calls him on the phone, asking to meet
Competing in the special film competition: “196 Meters” by director Chakib Talib Ben Diab – Algeria. “Everybody Loves Toda” by Nabil Ayouch – Morocco. “The White Dress” by director Gilan Awad – Egypt. “Ain Water” by Maryam Saber – Tunisia. “Thank you for dreaming with us” by Laila Abbas – Palestine. “Ghosts” by Jonathan Mayer – France. “Little Lights” by Beata Parka Toma – Czechia. “When you hear a cricket, it’s your turn” by Olga Kurtko – Kazakhstan. “Sam” by Sulli Ploate – Lithuania. “Peace be with you, Mary” by Marcole – Spain. “Strange” by Shuifani Yang – America. “Girls Stay Girls” by Shuchi Talati – India. “The Kingdom” by Julien Colonna, “Of No Africans” by Sophie Bailly – both from France.
Two Lebanese films are competing in the main documentary competition: “Selma” by Hadi Zakak. And “We’re in” by Farah Qasim. Plus: “Tell Them About Us” by Rand Biruni – Saudi Arabia. “I lifted my eyes to heaven” by directors Nada Riad and Ayman Al-Amir – Egypt. “My memory is full of ghosts” by Anas Zawahri – Syria. “Voice Without Mercy” by Waad Al-Khatib – Jordan. And “The Mistress Chaser” – China.
At the Cinema Classics show, “The Snake and the Ladder” by Tariq Al-Erian will be shown. And “The Lion of the Desert… Omar Al-Mukhtar” by Mustafa Al-Akkad. And “Nut Peel” by Khairy Bishara.
