cinema
Seminar held on independent film industry held at Supreme Council of Culture
Books
November 14, 2014
Seminar held on independent film industry held at Supreme Council of Culture
A seminar on the independent film industry was held under the title "Free Cinema" at the Supreme Council of Culture…
Young producers win climate change movies awards
Cinema/TV
November 1, 2014
Young producers win climate change movies awards
Young multi-national producers have won the Action4Climate documentary competition awards for works that tackle climate change, the World Bank reported…
Kurdish movie recalls 25-year-old woes
Cinema/TV
October 28, 2014
Kurdish movie recalls 25-year-old woes
In his third cinematic endeavor, "Memories on Stone," featuring at the narrative competition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, director…
Filming of Cairo Local Time ends
Cinema/TV
October 28, 2014
Filming of Cairo Local Time ends
Director Amir Ramses has declared that the filming of his newest work, Cairo Local Time, has come to an end,…
Screening rights for 200 movies forged, sold to Arab channel
Cinema/TV
October 23, 2014
Screening rights for 200 movies forged, sold to Arab channel
Broadcast rights of 200 Egyptian movies and plays have been illegally sold to an Arab channel by a scammer, the…
PM to restructure censorship authority after film crisis
Culture
April 19, 2014
PM to restructure censorship authority after film crisis
The Cabinet said Saturday Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb decided to form a panel tasked with restructuring the Censorship Authority following…
The Square: Story of lost revolutionaries
Cinema/TV
January 29, 2014
The Square: Story of lost revolutionaries
Today at 2am Cairo time, viewers from around the world will tune into the annual Oscars ceremony, where an Egyptian…
Fourth explosion Friday kills one, injures four in Haram
Egypt
January 24, 2014
Fourth explosion Friday kills one, injures four in Haram
A bomb exploded on Friday afternoon near Radubis cinema on Haram street in Giza, killing one person and injuring four…
State-run authority releases a book on Jews in Egyptian Cinema
Books
November 21, 2013
State-run authority releases a book on Jews in Egyptian Cinema
The state-owned General Authority for Cultural Palaces has recently released the book “Jews and cinema in Egypt and the Arab…
Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed
Cinema/TV
November 27, 2012
Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed
The opening of the Cairo International Film Festival’s 35th session will be delayed to 28 November, said Soheir Abdel Qader,…