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36th Cairo International Film Festival

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36th Cairo International Film Festival
Opening filmNovember 9, 2014
Closing filmNovember 18, 2014
LocationCairo Citadel, Cairo, Egypt
Film titles155
Editor-in-chiefYousra

The 36th Cairo International Film Festival (Arabic: مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي السادس والثلاثون) was held from November 9–18, 2014, including 17 films from ten Arab countries. Six films featured were nominated for the 87th Academy Awards the following year.[1] The jury included four male and four female filmmakers representing the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe as well as the disciplines of direction, screenwriting, production, cinematography, and criticism, headed by Egyptian actress Yousra.

Background

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Festival management chose Yousra as the first Egyptian jury chair in the history of the Festival.[2] animated and a documentary films also made their first appearances with one of each. Another unprecedented move was hiring an Egyptian designer, Karim Adam, to design the official poster, featuring local actress Nadia Lutfi.[3]

Lutfi received a special Lifetime Achievement Award during the opening ceremony, and the Festival prepared a documentary on her career that was shown on the second day. The first submissions in Festival history opened from the United Arab Emirates (Ali F. Mostafa’s From A to B) and Iran (Abed Abest’s The Corner).[4]

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Six Egyptian films were featured at the Festival. The International Features category included Karim Hanafi’s Bab Al-Wadaa (“The Farewell Gate”), starring Salwa Khattab and Ahmed Magdy. The Short Film category featured Ahmed Abdalla’s Décor, starring Kal Naga and Horeya Farghaly, along with Mouhamed Rady’s Wall of Heroism. The Classics category showed a restored version of Henry Barakat’s 1965 film The Sin in honor of what would have been his 100th birthday. Finally, the late director and singer-actor Hussein al-Imam’s black-and-white film Like a Matchstick was screened.[5]

Juries

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International Competition

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International Critics’ Week

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Horizons of Arab Cinema

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  • Khamis Al-Khayati, Tunisian critic (Chair)
  • Deborah Young, American critic
  • Barbara Löwe, German critic

Films

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International

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Films featured
Title Director Country
Bab Al-Wadaa Karim Hanafi Egypt
Eyes of a Thief Najwa Najjar Palestine
Through a Lens Darkly Thomas Allen Harris United States
We Come as Friends Hubert Sauper France
Boy and the World Alê Abreu Brazil
Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Australia
Love at First Fight Thomas Cailley France
Red, Blue, Yellow Nujoom Al-Ghanem United Arab Emirates
Giovanni's Island Mizuho Nishikubo Japan
Forever Margarita Manda Greece
And There Was Evening and There Was Morning Emanuele Caruso Italy
Sand Dollars Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas Dominican Republic
Melbourne Nima Javidi Iran
Five Star Keith Miller United States
Miss Brackets, the Baby-sitter, the Bastard Grandson, and Emma Suarez Sergio Candel Spain
The Blinding Sunlight Yu Liu China

International Critics’ Week

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Films featured
Title Director Country
* No One's Child Vuk Ršumović Serbia/Croatia
* Costa da Morte Lois Patiño Galicia (Spain)
* Viktoria Maya Vitkova Bulgaria
* Hold Your Breath Like a Lover Kohei Igarashi Japan
* Brides Tinatin Kajrishvili Georgia
* The Iranian Film Yassine El Idrissi Morocco
* Dancing with Maria Ivan Gergolet Italy/Argentina

Awards

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International Competition

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  • Golden Pyramid Award: Melbourne, Nima Javidi
  • Silver Pyramid for Best Director: Forever, Margarita Manda
  • Silver Pyramid for Best Screenplay, Boy and the World, Alê Abreu
  • Silver Pyramid for Best Artistic Contribution: Bab Al-Wadaa, cinematographer Zaki Aref
  • Best Actor: Eyes of a Thief, Kal Naga
  • Best Actress: Love at First Fight, Adele Hamlin

International Critics’ Week

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The following were unanimously announced:

  • Shadi Abdeslam Prize: No One's Child, Vuk Ršumović
  • Fathi Farag Award for Best Artistic Contribution: Brides, Tinatin Kajrishvili

Prospects of Arab Movies

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References

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  1. ^ "17 فيلماً من 10 بلدان عربية في مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي". Al Bayan. October 25, 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "" يسرا " أول فنانة وسيدة مصرية ترأس لجنة التحكيم بمهرجان القاهرة". Maspero. November 3, 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ^ "لماذا اختار مهرجان القاهرة "عيون" نادية لطفي شعار المهرجان؟". Layalina. November 9, 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ Abdelkarim, Ehab Ali (November 8, 2014). "نادية لطفي تحضر حفل افتتاح مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي غدًا". El Cinema. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ El-Sherif, Heba (September 10, 2014). "Cairo Film Festival promises fresh comeback". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  6. ^ Gweida, Rasha (November 19, 2014). "الأفلام الفائزة في مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي". Erem News. Retrieved 6 June 2021.