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Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’
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Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’

The ominous, low grumble of a bomber, slowly and methodically patrolling the vast skies above, ushers in the Iraqi soldier’s…
Preparations underway for the 34th annual Cairo International Film Festival
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Preparations underway for the 34th annual Cairo International Film Festival

Preparations for the 34th annual Cairo International Film Festival, scheduled for 30 November  to 9 December, 2010, are underway. According…
Alex Film Festival day four : On different paths, ‘forgottens ones’ and potato salads
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Alex Film Festival day four : On different paths, ‘forgottens ones’ and potato salads

Day four of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries was—much like the featured films—a low-key affair. As usual, jury…
Farouk Hosni inaugurates 26th Alexandria Film Festival
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Farouk Hosni inaugurates 26th Alexandria Film Festival

The opening and closing ceremonies of the 26th Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, hosted by the Alexandria Opera House,…
Eid film review
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Eid film review

With Ramadan over, audiences are ungluing their eyes from the small screen and seeking entertainment elsewhere. Al-Masry Al-Youm takes a…
Featuring documentaries
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Featuring documentaries

As a director of independent, short and documentary movies and winner of the Saad Nadim prize for documentary films from…
Cinema: the year in review
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Cinema: the year in review

Thirty seven feature films were screened in cinemas from 28 January to 23 December 2009.
Scorsese talks films at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Scorsese talks films at Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Universally acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese visited the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on Wednesday for a lecture on his work, and the films…
Modest revenues and little success
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Modest revenues and little success

For almost all producers, the poor performance of Eid el-Fitr films concluded disappointing summer season for Egypt's cinema industry
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