31st Cairo International Film Festival
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 31st CIFF Official Poster | |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Awards | Golden Pyramid |
| Festival date | November 27 – December 7, 2007 |
| Website | http://www.cairofilmfest.org/ |
The 31st annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 27 to December 7, 2007. English director Nicolas Roeg was the President of the Jury.
Films in competition
The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.
Digital Competition
The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Ararat: 14 Views | Don Askarian |  Armenia
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| The Deal | El trato | Francisco Norden |  Colombia
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| LaBoom! Exclusive | LaBoom! Exklusiv | Jeffery Berlin Green |  Germany
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| Sovia: Death Hospital | Robert Franke | Germany
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| Quijates | Rimmo Paladino |  Italy
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| House of the Sleeping Beauties | 眠れる美女 | Akemi Tachibana |  Japan
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| Marrakech Inshallah | Steffen Pierce & Christian Pierce |  Morocco
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| Little Moth | 血蝉 | Peng Tao |  China
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| The High Cost of Living | Leonard Lai Yok Wai |  Singapore
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| The Englishman | Ian Sellar |  United Kingdom
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| American Combatant | Charles Libin |  United States
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| For Never | Adam Zayed | United States
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Arab Competition
The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| The Yellow House | البيت الأصفر | Amor Hakkar |  Algeria/ France
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| Delice Paloma | Nadir Moknèche | Algeria/ France
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| Summer of '62 | Cartouches Gauloises | Mehdi Charef | Algeria/ France
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| Demons of Cairo | الغابة | Ahmed Atef |  Egypt
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| Girls | بلد البنات | Amr Bayoumi | Egypt
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| The Seventh Heaven | ألوان السما السبعة | Saad Hendawi | Egypt
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| On Air | ع الهوا | Ihab Lamei | Egypt
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| Caramel | سكر بنات | Nadine Labaki |  Lebanon
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| Waiting for Pasolini | في انتظار باسوليني | Daoud Aoulad-Syad | Morocco
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| The Lost Beauty | الجمال المفقود | Lahcen Zinoun | Morocco
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| The Satanic Angels | ملائكة الشيطان | Ahmed Boulane | Morocco
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| Out of Coverage | خارج التغطية | Abdellatif Abdelhamid |  Syria
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| I.D. | الهوية | Ghassan Chmeit | Syria
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Films out of competition
The following films were screened out of the competition.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Warden of the Dead | Пазачът на мъртвите | Ilian Simeonov |  Bulgaria
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| Upside Down | Превртено | Igor Ivanov Izy |  Macedonia
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| Boxes | Jane Birkin | France
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| In the Name of Father | به نام پدر | Ebrahim Hatamikia |  Iran
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| Preserve | Rezerwat | Łukasz Palkowski |  Poland
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| Attack On Leningrad | Ленинграда | Aleksandr Buravsky |  Russia
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| Rendition | Gavin Hood | United States
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| A Mighty Heart | Michael Winterbottom | United States
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Juries
International Competition
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Digital Competition
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Arab Competition
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Awards
The winners of the 2007 Cairo International Film Festival were:
- Golden Pyramid: L'ennmie intime by Florent Emilio Siri
- Sliver Pyramid: Khuda Kay Liye by Shoaib Mansoor
- Best Director: Florent Emilio Siri for L'ennmie intime
- Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay): Albert Ter Heerdt for Kicks
- Best Actor: Albert Dupontel for L'ennmie intime
- Best Actress:
- Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Directorial Debut): Juan Patricio Riveroll for Ópera
- Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Derviş Zaim for Cenneti Beklerken
- Special Mention: Matthew Beard for And When Did You Last See Your Father? (For Acting)
- Best Arabic Film: Waiting For Pasolini by Daoud Aoulad-Syad
- Arabic Film Special Mention:
- Golden Award for Digital Films: Xue chan by Peng Tao
- Silver Award for Digital Films: The Englishman by Ian Sellar
- FIPRESCI Prize: Juan Patricio Riveroll for Ópera