The seventh edition of the El Gouna Film Festival took place from October 24 to November 1 in El Gouna, Egypt., held at the El Gouna Convention and Culture Centre.
Official sections Feature Narrative Competition The following films were selected to compete for El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film Prize: English TitleDirector(s)Production Country Algiers Chakib Taleb-Bendiab Algeria, Tunisia, France, Canada Crickets, It's Your Turn Olga Korotko France, Kazakhstan Everybody Loves Touda Nabil Ayouch France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway Ghost Trail Jonathan Millet France, Germany, Belgium Girls Will Be Girls Shuchi Talati India, France, Norway, USA My Everything Anne-Sophie Bailly France On Falling Laura Carreira UK, Portugal Salve Maria Mar Coll Spain Stranger Zhengfan Yang China The Inevitable Journey to find a Wedding Dress Jaylan Auf Egypt Thank You for Banking with Us Laila Abbas Palestine, Germany, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia The Kingdom Julien Colonna France Tiny Lights Beata Parkanová Czech Republic, Slovakia Toxic Saule Bliuvaite Lithuania Who Do I Belong To Meryam Joobeur Tunisia, France, Canada
Feature documentary The following films were selected to be compete for El Gouna Golden Star for Documentary Film: English TitleDirector(s)Production Country A New Kind Of Wilderness Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Norway Cilama Hady Zaccak Lebanon, Qatar Death Without Mercy Waad Al-Kateab UK Elementary Claire Simon France Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo China, UK Thakerati Maleaa Bel Ashbah Anas Zawahri Syria Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez Belgium, France, Netherlands Tata Radu Ciorniciuc, Lina Vdovii Romania Tell Them About Us Rand Beiruty Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Germany The Brink of Dreams Ayman El Amir, Nada Riyadh Country The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners Samir Switzerland, Italy We Are Inside Farah Kassem Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark
CineGouna funding +CineGouna funding English TitleDirector(s)Production CountryProjects in Development The Gardian Muhannad Lamin TBA House No. 7 Rama Abdy TBA Running With Beasts Leila Basma TBA Amara Michelle Keserwany TBA Al Madeeneh 2008 Youssef Assabahi TBA Leila's Trial Charlie Kouka TBA Elsewhere Issraa ElKogali TBA Remind Me to Forget Lama Jamjoom TBA Dwellers of The Cabins Hend Bakr TBA A Pair of Shoes in The Dark Corner of The Moon Ayman El Amir TBA The Cow Thief Mohamed Zedan TBA The Masters of Magic and Beauty Jad Chahine TBA The Myth of Mahmoud Mayar Hamdan, Shaima Al Tamimi TBAProjects in Post Production Exile Mehdi Hmili TBA Life After Siham Namir Abdel Messeeh TBA In The Darkness I See You Nadim Tabet TBA My Father and Qaddafi Jihan TBA Son of The Streets Mohammed Almughanni TBA The Settlement Mohamed Rashad TBA Those Who Watch Over Karima Saidi TBA The Meursault Investigation Malek Bensmail TBA
CineGouna Shorts +CineGouna Shorts English TitleDirector(s)Producer The Last Performance Abanoub Nabil Rouba Atiyeh The Bar Girl Yassir Naeim Doaa Saber The Last Request Hozifa Abdelhalim Noura Abdelrahman Yellow Sherouk Helal Ahmed El Shebiny In Such Moment, We Cry Ahmed Sobhy Marwa Tammam A Little "Rosy" Journey Ahmed El-Hawarey Hala Lotfy Dead Tired Beshoy Youssef Ramy El Gabry Lemon Trees Mariam Nasser Mohamed Gaber
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