cinema
Filming of Cairo Local Time ends
Cinema/TV
October 28, 2014
Filming of Cairo Local Time ends
Director Amir Ramses has declared that the filming of his newest work, Cairo Local Time, has come to an end,…
Screening rights for 200 movies forged, sold to Arab channel
Cinema/TV
October 23, 2014
Screening rights for 200 movies forged, sold to Arab channel
Broadcast rights of 200 Egyptian movies and plays have been illegally sold to an Arab channel by a scammer, the…
PM to restructure censorship authority after film crisis
Culture
April 19, 2014
PM to restructure censorship authority after film crisis
The Cabinet said Saturday Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb decided to form a panel tasked with restructuring the Censorship Authority following…
The Square: Story of lost revolutionaries
Cinema/TV
January 29, 2014
The Square: Story of lost revolutionaries
Today at 2am Cairo time, viewers from around the world will tune into the annual Oscars ceremony, where an Egyptian…
Fourth explosion Friday kills one, injures four in Haram
Egypt
January 24, 2014
Fourth explosion Friday kills one, injures four in Haram
A bomb exploded on Friday afternoon near Radubis cinema on Haram street in Giza, killing one person and injuring four…
State-run authority releases a book on Jews in Egyptian Cinema
Books
November 21, 2013
State-run authority releases a book on Jews in Egyptian Cinema
The state-owned General Authority for Cultural Palaces has recently released the book “Jews and cinema in Egypt and the Arab…
Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed
Cinema/TV
November 27, 2012
Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed
The opening of the Cairo International Film Festival’s 35th session will be delayed to 28 November, said Soheir Abdel Qader,…
Cairo security tells movie star to avoid downtown cinemas
Egypt
October 30, 2012
Cairo security tells movie star to avoid downtown cinemas
Film producer Ahmed al-Sobky, acting on the advice of Cairo security authorities, is preventing actor Mohamed Ramadan from going to…
At 81, Faten Hamama says she might return to cinema
Cinema/TV
June 3, 2012
At 81, Faten Hamama says she might return to cinema
Faten Hamama, one of Egypt’s most renowned actresses, has said she wouldn’t mind returning to act in movies again, but…
Nour Party counters rumors it shuns art
Egypt
May 10, 2012
Nour Party counters rumors it shuns art
The Salafi-led Nour Party is not hostile toward art, said a party spokesperson Wednesday evening, noting the party only objects…