Amid the Sudan war and Darfur genocide, comes Goodbye Julia, a beacon of hope for healing and unity, the first Sudanese film to screen and win the prestigious Un Certain Regard Prize at 2023 Cannes Film Festival, but it failed to find a place on the Oscar longlist of 15 entries for Best Foreign Language Film prize announced on December 21.
Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, whose epic “Kira and El Gen” about local resistance to British occupation recently scored at the local box office, is being feted with a career award by the El Gouna Film Festival. The Egyptian fest, running Oct. 13-20 in the Red Sea resort roughly 250 miles south of Cairo, is also paying …
El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) and its partners announced a list of attendees, details of film screenings, and several new initiatives on Monday, 18 September in anticipation of the festival’s sixth edition, to be held from 13 to 20 October of this year. Among those attending the festival are GFF founder Naguib Sawiris and El
Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”) will preside over the main jury of the 6th edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, which has announced its full lineup, featuring a rich mix of Arabic and international titles making their Middle East premieres as they compete for top prizes. Following a one-year hiatus, the Oct. …
Under the surface of its calm water, the Red Sea has one of the most abundant coral reef ecosystems in the world, hosting countless living organisms between its grooves and crevices. However, despite the reef’s undeniable ecological importance, it poses a formidable threat to ships traversing the sea. Over the centuries, the Red Sea has