LAFF receives applications for participating films

CAIRO – 17 November 2017: The seventh annual Luxor African Film Festival opened its doors to receive applications for films that wish to participate in the festival next edition, kick off on March 10, 2018.


Application is open till December 20, on condition that all films that wish to apply are Egyptian and directed by African directors, except for the Human Rights category, which is open to receive films from any country.


The President of the Luxor African Film Festival, Sayed Fouad, revealed that the seventh edition of the film festival will be dedicated to the late veteran cinema critic Samir Farid. Farid was considered to be one of the African continent’s most prominent cinema critics.


The poster of the seventh edition of the festival will bear the face of the late African icon Nelson Mandela.


Fouad admitted that the choice of Mandela came because his life's works are a symbol of struggle and contention for one’s homeland and the people who inhabit the African continent and the whole world. The seventh edition of the festival coming next year coincides with what would have been Mandela's centennial birthday; he was born in July 1918 and died in December 2013.


The poster takes the shape of Africa continent, which is the festival's top priority. The festival will feature a number of films on the life and struggle of Mandela. The festival poster was designed by Ahmed Seyam, being used previously at the third edition of the festival, where it was admired by festival guests at that time.


The LAFF was founded and evaluated by the Youth Artists Foundation under the auspices and support of the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism, Luxor governorate and the Film Syndicate.