Egypt’s movie ‘Curfew’ will be making its world premiere at Cairo International Film Festival on December 4

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Mon, 30 Nov 2020 - 03:13 GMT

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File: Curfew poster.

File: Curfew poster.

 

CAIRO - 30 November 2020: Egyptian movie Curfew will be making its world premiere at Cairo International Film Festival on Friday, December 4th, 9 p.m at the Grand Hall at Cairo Opera House.
 
 
The film takes place late autumn 2013 during the curfew in Egypt, “Faten” who gets out of prison after 20 years to find her daughter “Leila” unable to overcome the past and abandons her.
 
The only thing on her mind is that her mother murdered her father.
 
On the other hand, ‘Faten” refuses to reveal the main reason of the murder, leaving her daughter believing all the rumors said by the neighbors, that she cheated on her husband with ‘Yehia”.
 
‘Yehia’ never tried to defend himself because of the promise he made to “Faten”.
 
This situation puts “Leila”, Faten’s daughter in conflict between rejecting her own mother and gradually missing her.
 
Mohamed Hefzy, The President of the Festival, previously said that the audience of Cairo International Film Festival are always interested in any participation of an Egyptian movie in the international competition.
 
It is a challenge that the jury undertakes every year to choose the right Egyptian film that will represent the Egyptian cinema internationally and able to compete amidst with the most important films of the year internationally. This was achieved at the 42nd edition throught the world premiere of the feature film ‘The Curfew’.
 
 

In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, CIFF has changed its date to take place from December 2-10.

 
The 42nd edition will be held under strict WHO-approved precautionary measures taken by the Egyptian government.
 
Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) is one of the oldest cultural events in Africa and the Middle East, and is one of the 15 festivals in Africa and the Middle East to be accorded category “A” status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) in Paris.
 
 

CIFF will grant the Golden Pyramid to veteran screen writer Waheed Hamed and Faten Hamam Award to Egyptian superstar Mona Zaki”.

 

CIFF head head Mohamed Hefzy announced that the festival will honor veteran writer Christopher Hampton.

 

Hefzy said that the 42nd edition houses 84 films.

 

20 films will have their world premiere at Cairo Film Festival”.

 

CIFF this year will celebrate the passage of a century on Federico Fellini birth with organizing an exhibition to him.

 

The upcoming edition will witness the release of three new awards.

 

Watch iT will present a new Award worth 5000$ and Nut Award which is amounted to 10000$ will be presented for the best movie discussing women issues.

The acclaimed Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov will be the head of the jury members and veteran actress Lebleba will serve as a jury member.

 
 
 

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