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The third Cairo Human Rights Film Festival closes tomorrow

The third Cairo Human Rights Film Festival closes tomorrow

The third Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, which kicked off last Saturday at Sawy Culture Wheel, ends tomorrow with a…
Festival Films: France’s ‘Copacabana’

Festival Films: France’s ‘Copacabana’

Renowned French actress Isabelle Huppert plays Babou in Marc Fitoussi’s latest feature comedy, “Copacabana,” the only French production entered in…
Festival Films: Tunisia’s ‘Late December’

Festival Films: Tunisia’s ‘Late December’

Screened in the Arab Competition of the 34th edition of Cairo Festival, “Late December” is one of only a few…
The Arab Shorts 2010: Independent Short Films and Media Art Festival

The Arab Shorts 2010: Independent Short Films and Media Art Festival

The Arab Shorts 2010: Independent Short Films and Media Art Festival opened last Saturday at the Goethe Institute in Cairo…
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Tasmimat design

Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Tasmimat design

What makes Jenan Azmi unique is her sense of her surroundings. Azmi is a young architect who opened her own…
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Lust’

Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Lust’

“Al-Shouq” (Lust) is the latest addition to a relatively new trend in Egyptian cinema: movies that realistically follow the lives…
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’

Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’

In "Heliopolis," Ahmad Abdalla’s fiction debut, a seminal scene depicts a couple gazing at each other for a moment in…
Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’

Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’

The ominous, low grumble of a bomber, slowly and methodically patrolling the vast skies above, ushers in the Iraqi soldier’s…
Festival Talks: What is African cinema?

Festival Talks: What is African cinema?

“This is a symposium of love, a symposium from the heart,” Soheir Abdel Kader, Vice President of the 34th Cairo…
Festival Films: Hungary’s “So Much For Justice!”

Festival Films: Hungary’s “So Much For Justice!”

It’s a shame that the Cairo International Film Festival doesn’t give out an award for Most Annoying Film—“So Much for…
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