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32nd Cairo International Film Festival
32nd CIFF Official Poster
LocationCairo, Egypt
Founded1976
AwardsGolden Pyramid
Festival dateNovember 18–28, 2008
Websitehttp://www.cairofilmfest.org/

The 32nd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 18 to November 28, 2008. Spanish director Imanol Uribe was the President of the Jury.

Films in competition

The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
The Tango Dancer Gabriel Adrian Arregue  Argentina
Cut Loose Los Jan Verheyen  Belgium
Dancers Dancen Pernille Fischer Christensen  Denmark
The Day We Met يوم ما اتقابلنا Ismail Murad  Egypt
Séraphine Séraphine Martin Provost  France
Mark of an Angel L'empreite de l'ange Safy Nebbou  France
Where the Grass is Greener Nur ein Sommer Tamara Staudt  Germany/  Switzerland
El Greco Ελ Γκρέκο Yannis Smaragdis  Greece
Mario the Magician Márió, a varázsló Tamás Almási  Hungary/ Italy
In the Flesh Il Tuo Disprezzo Christian Angeli  Italy
Tea Fight 闘茶 Wang Yeming  Japan/ Taiwan
The Collectress Kolekcioniere Kristina Buozyte  Lithuania
Finding Shangri-La 這兒是香格里拉 Ismene Ting  China
The Vanished Empire Исчезнувшая империя Karen Shakhnazarov  Russia
Return to Hansala Retorno a Hansala Chus Gutiérrez  Spain
The Blind Sunflowers Los girasoles ciegos José Luis Cuerda  Spain
Tandoori Love Oliver Pavlus   Switzerland
The Messenger Ulak Çağan Irmak  Turkey

Digital Competition

The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
No One's Normal When You're Near De cerca nadie es normal Marcelo Mosenson  Argentina
Behind the Glass Iza stakla Zrinko Ogresta  Croatia
The Story of the Virgin Butterfly قصة الفراشة العذراء Walid Aouni  Egypt
W.C. Liam O Mochain  Ireland
Three Lira Lira 3 Andrea Pellizzer  Italy
Goodbye へばの Bunyo Kimura  Japan
Be With Me خليك معي Elie Habib  Lebanon
Seasons of Life Charles Shimu Joya  Malawi
Changing Faces Faruk Afolabi Lassaki  Nigeria
Zimbabwe Darrell Roodt  South Africa
Ordinary Boys Chicos normales Daniel Hernandez  Spain
Dot Nokta Derviş Zaim  Turkey
Mozlym Edreace Purmul  United States
Shades of Ray Jaffar Mahmood  United States/ Pakistan

Arab Competition

The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Men's Affair Amine Kais  Algeria/ United States
Mascarades مسخرة Lyes Salem  Algeria/ France
Adhen Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche  Algeria/ France
Four Girls أربع فتيات Hussein El Hulaibi  Bahrain
Basra بصرة Ahmed Rashwan  Egypt
Fawzeya's Secret Recipe خلطة فوزية Magdy Ahmed Ali  Egypt
Swimming Bolteya بلطية العايمة Ali Ragab  Egypt
Number One رقم واحد Zakia Tahri  Morocco
Laila's Birthday عيد ميلاد ليلى Rachid Masharawy  Palestine
Salt of this Sea ملح هذا البحر Annemarie Jacir  Palestine
Hassiba حسيبة Raymond Boutros  Syria
Days of Boredom أيام الضجر Abdellatif Abdelhamid  Syria
The Accident حادثة Rachid Ferchiou  Tunisia
Five خمسة Karim Dridi  Tunisia/ France

Films out of competition

The following films were screened out of the competition.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
The Homecoming Μπαρ Φλωμπέρ Vassilis Douvlis  Greece
The Last Year Rituparno Gosh  India
Ocean of an Old Man Rajesh Shera  India
The Sea Within Ore Kadal Shyamaprasad  India
Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story Akbar Khan  India
The Demons of St. Petersburg I demoni di San Pietroburgo Giuliano Montaldo  Italy
Gomorra Matteo Garrone  Italy
All the Women in My Life Tutte le donne della mia vita Simona Izzo  Italy
Teo's Voyage El viajo de Teo Walter Doehner  Mexico
The Tour Турнеја Goran Marković  Serbia
Promise Me This Завет Emir Kusturica  Serbia/ France
Three Monkeys Üç Maymun Nuri Bilge Ceylan  Turkey
It's a Free World... Ken Loach  United Kingdom
Battle In Seattle Stuart Townsend  United States
Into the Wild Sean Penn  United States
Margot at the Wedding Noah Baumbach  United States

Juries

Awards

The winners of the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival were: