El-Gouna Film Festival announces its new advisory board

CAIRO - 24 August 2017: El-Gouna Film Festival has announced its international advisory committee on their official Facebook page on August 23.

The board is said to consist of ten Arab and international cinema stars including the famous Egyptian actress Yousra, director Mohamed Malas, Tunisian star Hend Sabri, Afghani writer and director Atiq Rahimi, Palestinian writer and director Hayam Abbas, Tunisian producer and distributor Tariq ben Ammar, Egyptian director Yusri Nasrallah, Mauritanian filmmaker Abdel Rahman Sissako, German Margarita von Trotta, and American artist Forest Whitaker.

El-Gouna Film Festival also announced a press conference that will take place on Sunday, August 27 at Cairo Hotel and will be conducted by Yousra, Naguib Sawiris and Anshal Tamimi, where they announce the detailed program of the festival.

The first edition of El-Gouna Film Festival will kick off on September 22 to September 29.

“We are honored to announce the launch of El-Gouna Film Festival next September.

The Festival aims to promote the Egyptian film industry and provide opportunities to encourage young talents in the Middle East,” Sawiris said at a press conference.

Last month, the festival closed its doors for film submissions and is evaluating submissions.