Egyptian National Film Festival to kick off October 18

CAIRO – 17 October 2017: The 21st edition of the Egyptian National Film Festival will take place from October 18-26. The slogan of this edition, headed by the veteran Egyptian director Samir Seif, is ‘’Cinema shoa'a' lel ghad’’ (Cinema Beam for Tomorrow).

The Egyptian National Film Festival is going to honour a group of renowned filmmakers like the great actress Lobna Abdel Aziz, the famous Egyptian director Khairy Beshara, the well-known cinema photographing director Mohsen Ahmed and the montage specialist Laila Fahmy.

‘’Preserving the presence of a competition between the local Egyptian films only, without the participation of foreign films, supports and activates the Egyptian film industry, especially since the majority of its elements are young, and therefore we must motivate them to continue their journey with huge financial prizes in order to help them develop and give their best,’’ Seif recounted.

Seif explained that it is impossible to have Egyptian movies if we do not support the Egyptian film-makers both financially and morally. He expressed his sincere wishes that this edition of the festival be as successful as the previous ones, as all the participating movies were carefully chosen.