El Gouna Film Festival 3rd edition, founded by Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris, is scheduled to run from September 19 to 27 at El Gouna Resort-town، in Red Sea governorate.
“The festival was a born big and successful all thanks to its organizers and to the festival’s director Mr. Intishal Al Tamimi who dedicated his life to cinema,” said Eng. Naguib Sawiris at the festival press conference held on Monday.
“The “Cinema for Humanity” slogan is a permanent slogan for the festival because so far, there have been too many human violations around the world, ” he pointed out.
The conference was also attended by El Gouna founder Engineer Samih Sawiris, GFF co-founder and CEO of GFF’s organizing company Amr Mansi, GFF co-founder and COO of GFF’s organizing company Bushra Rozza, and GFF director Intishal Al Timimi.
Many Egyptian, Arab, and Hollywood celebrities are scheduled to attend the festival including Egyptian-Canadian actor, Mena Massoud.
Noteworthy, 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.
Contributed by: Yara Sameh
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