El Gouna Festival to Honor Mohamed Henedy

El Gouna Film Festival management held on Monday its annual conference to announce details about its third edition.

El Gouna Film Festival Director Intishal Al Tamimi revealed that the third edition will witness the honoring for prominent Arab figures.

Intishal announced that Egyptian comedian-actor، Mohamed Henedy will receive the Creative Achievement Award in recognition for his outstanding career, as well as Palestinian director, Mai Masri.

Many Egyptian, Arab, and Hollywood celebrities are scheduled to attend the festival including Egyptian-Canadian actor, Mena Massoud.

El Gouna Film Festival 3rd edition is scheduled to runs off from September 19 to 27 at El Gouna Resort-town، in Red Sea governorate.

The festival’s official Facebook page unveiled the 3rd edition official poster on Sunday, featuring a girl standing in a red sleeveless dress.

El Gouna Film Festival was established to underscore the role film plays in promoting cultural interaction, fostering an awareness of different cinematic voices through encouraging dialogue and by building bridges of creative intellect, according to el Gouna film festival website.

The goal is to generate opportunities for development and support for all contemporary forms of creative expressions in the MENA region, especially between young generations from the Arab world and their international counterparts.

The festival will present a selection of the newest films from around the globe and host established and emerging filmmakers.

The program will include three competitive sections (Feature Narrative Competition, Feature Documentary Competition, and Short Films Competition) an official selection out of competition and a section devoted to special programs.

The festival will also give special attention to films with humanitarian content.

In parallel to the screenings, the festival will organize the “CineGouna platform”, which is a creative and business hub designed to support Egyptian and Arab talents; a wide range of meetings will be organized between Arab and international directors, producers, and distributors to enhance business opportunities for the Arab cinema. It will also present round-tables, workshops, panels, and masterclasses.