Zeneddine will head up the festival’s Cairo Film Connection project market.
The Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) has bolstered its industry team with the appointment of Chadi Zeneddine as head of its Cairo Film Connection (Cfc) co-production market.
His predecessor Meriame Deghedi has been promoted to the role of head of the festival’s industry programme, the Cairo Industry Days, taking over from Aliaa Zaky.
Zeneddine is a well-known figure on the Middle East film festival and industry event circuit thanks to his previous role as a senior programmer at the Doha Film Institute (Dfi). During his eight years at the institute,...
The Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) has bolstered its industry team with the appointment of Chadi Zeneddine as head of its Cairo Film Connection (Cfc) co-production market.
His predecessor Meriame Deghedi has been promoted to the role of head of the festival’s industry programme, the Cairo Industry Days, taking over from Aliaa Zaky.
Zeneddine is a well-known figure on the Middle East film festival and industry event circuit thanks to his previous role as a senior programmer at the Doha Film Institute (Dfi). During his eight years at the institute,...
- 6/29/2021
- ScreenDaily
The films are tipped for 2021 festivals.
Egyptian director Sameh Alaa’s coming-of-age story I Can Hear Your Voice… Still and Jordanian director Bassel Ghandour’s drama The Alleys, have led the awards at the Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff).
Eleven projects in development and four works in post-production were showcased at the event which meted out prizes from some 19 organisations worth $250,000 in total
I Can Hear Your Voice… Still won the $10,000 Arab Radio Television (Art) prize, a $10,000 cash award from Egyptian production and distribution company Red Star Films, as well as participation...
Egyptian director Sameh Alaa’s coming-of-age story I Can Hear Your Voice… Still and Jordanian director Bassel Ghandour’s drama The Alleys, have led the awards at the Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff).
Eleven projects in development and four works in post-production were showcased at the event which meted out prizes from some 19 organisations worth $250,000 in total
I Can Hear Your Voice… Still won the $10,000 Arab Radio Television (Art) prize, a $10,000 cash award from Egyptian production and distribution company Red Star Films, as well as participation...
- 12/10/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The festival is one of the last physical film events to take place in 2020.
Running a socially-distanced film festival in one of the most populous cities in the world was never going to be straightforward.
Add in the rumour of a royal procession to celebrate the transfer of 22 3,000-year-old mummies to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, that would bring city centre traffic to a standstill, and the organisers of the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) were facing logistical challenges on another scale entirely.
In the end, the procession of mummies was delayed until after the festival closes today...
Running a socially-distanced film festival in one of the most populous cities in the world was never going to be straightforward.
Add in the rumour of a royal procession to celebrate the transfer of 22 3,000-year-old mummies to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, that would bring city centre traffic to a standstill, and the organisers of the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) were facing logistical challenges on another scale entirely.
In the end, the procession of mummies was delayed until after the festival closes today...
- 12/10/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Cairo International Film Festival, having recently confirmed that this year’s 42nd edition will be held in person in November, has opened the window for submissions to the Cairo Film Connection sidebar, part of Cairo Industry Days.
In its seven years of operation, Cairo Film Connection has helped Arab filmmakers secure funding and partnerships on more than 100 films from across the region. Last year, the event provided more than $200,000 of support between the shortlisted filmmakers.
Eligible projects must be feature length, fiction or non-fiction, from a filmmaker of Arab nationality or origin with at least one finished film on their resume, feature or short. Interested parties have until April 4 to submit via the festival’s website.
Cairo Industry Days is entering its third year in partnership with the Arab Cinema Center, which unites global industry professionals for a series of masterclasses, panels and events designed to promote and provide global networking opportunities to regional talent.
In its seven years of operation, Cairo Film Connection has helped Arab filmmakers secure funding and partnerships on more than 100 films from across the region. Last year, the event provided more than $200,000 of support between the shortlisted filmmakers.
Eligible projects must be feature length, fiction or non-fiction, from a filmmaker of Arab nationality or origin with at least one finished film on their resume, feature or short. Interested parties have until April 4 to submit via the festival’s website.
Cairo Industry Days is entering its third year in partnership with the Arab Cinema Center, which unites global industry professionals for a series of masterclasses, panels and events designed to promote and provide global networking opportunities to regional talent.
- 7/20/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The second edition of the industry event, held during the 41st Cairo International Film Festival, invited over 250 industry professionals from Europe and the USA, among other nations. “The collaboration between Europe and the Arab world is something that has always been present. We had all been working on inviting industry professionals to come to Cairo Film Connection [Cfc] to meet the people behind the projects and hopefully forge a collaboration – and, in the end, make a co-production,” Aliaa Zaky, head of Cairo Industry Days (Cid), told Cineuropa during the 41st Cairo International Film Festival. The number of foreign industry guests shot up from 150 in 2018 to an impressive 250 this year, including 50 professionals from the Continent. The event featured seminars, master classes and a co-production platform, the Cairo Film Connection, and unspooled between 21 and 26 November. The Cfc, which presents fiction and documentary projects that...
The new five-day industry programme will consist of three key strands.
The Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) will launch a new industry platform called the Cairo Industry Days, in partnership with the Arab Cinema Center, at its 40th edition in November.
The new five-day industry programme will comprise three key strands.
They include an expanded version of its existing co-production event the Cairo Film Connection which will showcase up to 15 Arab projects looking for international partners, while a jury will dole out “significant” cash awards and post-production services to winning projects.
The other two key strands comprise the Industry Forum,...
The Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) will launch a new industry platform called the Cairo Industry Days, in partnership with the Arab Cinema Center, at its 40th edition in November.
The new five-day industry programme will comprise three key strands.
They include an expanded version of its existing co-production event the Cairo Film Connection which will showcase up to 15 Arab projects looking for international partners, while a jury will dole out “significant” cash awards and post-production services to winning projects.
The other two key strands comprise the Industry Forum,...
- 5/14/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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