CIFF 42 to Premiere "The Curfew" by Amir Ramses

The Cairo International Film Festival CIFF 42 announces the selection of the Egyptian feature film ‘The Curfew' by Amir Ramses to participate in the international competition at the 42nd edition.

The film takes place in late autumn 2013 during the curfew in Egypt, “Faten” who gets out of prison after 20 years to find her daughter “Leila” unable to overcome the past and abandons her.

The only thing on her mind is that her mother murdered her father. On the other hand, ‘Faten” refuses to reveal the main reason for the murder, leaving her daughter believing all the rumors said by the neighbors, that she cheated on her husband with ‘Yehia”.

‘Yehia’ never tried to defend himself because of the promise he made to “Faten”. This situation puts “Leila”, Faten’s daughter in conflict between rejecting her own mother and gradually missing her.

Mohamed Hefzy, The President of the Festival, says that the audience of the Cairo International Film Festival is always interested in any participation of an Egyptian movie in the international competition.

It is a challenge that the jury undertakes every year to choose the right Egyptian film that will represent the Egyptian cinema internationally and able to compete amidst the most important films of the year internationally.

This was achieved at the 42nd edition of the world premiere of the feature film 'The Curfew'.

It premiered at The Arab World and Africa for the documentary film ‘Ash ya Captain (Lift like a Girl)’ by May Zayed, after its international premiere at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival.

“Cairo International Film Festival is the best start for the film's journey”, commented Amir Ramses in his film “The Curfew” after being chosen to participate in the international competition. Assuring that the crew did not hesitate for a moment to postpone it after its world premiere in the 42nd edition of the Cairo International Film Festival.

Ramses said he is contented to be back for the official participation in Cairo International Film Festival after 15 years of the screening of his first feature film ‘End of the World' in 2005.

Ramses explained that ‘The Curfew' was made for the Egyptian public, and therefore it's first

Screening at the prestigious Cairo International Film Festival is the proper launching of the film before it is officially released in theaters by the end of this year.

The film, written and directed by Amir Ramses, stars Elham Shahin, Amina Khalil, Ahmed Magdi, Arefa Abdul Rasoul Mahmoud El-Leithy, and Ahmed Hatem with the Palestinian actor Kamel El-Basha, with a special appearance for the director Khairy Beshara. The film is produced by Safielden Mahmoud, Baho Bakhsh, Sally Wally, Moataz Abdul Wahab, and Sherif Fathy.

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