GFF Postpones Forthcoming Edition Due to Tragic Situation in Gaza

The organizers of El Gouna Film Festival announced postponing the forthcoming edition due to the tragic situation in Palestine, especially in Gaza. 

The new dates were not set yet. 

The festival was previously rescheduled to run between October 27 to November 2. 

Moreover, the festival announced donating EGP 5 million to aid “the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.”

The festival said in a statement: “In light of the deeply distressing circumstances prevailing in Gaza, the management of El Gouna Film Festival has made the conscious decision to postpone the forthcoming sixth edition of the festival."

“A charitable amount of EGP 5 Million has been donated to fortify the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in partnership with the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development and the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. These measures resonate profoundly with the spirit of solidarity extended by the El Gouna Film Festival’s administration toward the Palestinian people and the civilian population of Gaza. 

El Gouna Film Festival has, since its inception, adopted the principle of ‘Cinema for Humanity’ as a core belief bolstering all humanitarian understanding values. The GFF management aspires for the resumption of the 6th edition, when the situation stabilises in the Palestinian lands.”