Cairo Film Fest: 25 Years.Hussein Fahmy Hussein Fahmy, (Arabic: حسين فهمى ) is an Egyptian actor born in 1940 in Cairo. He is the brother of actor Mustafa Fahmy. , president of the Cairo International Film Festival, announced last fall that organizers would "be gearing up for a large 25th Silver Jubilee celebration" in 2001, as the Festival "further develops into a major showcase of cinema as well as a film market for the Middle East." The 24th edition of the film fest was held November 7-19, 2000 and focused on the theme of romance. Italian luminaries such as Sophia Loren Noun 1. Sophia Loren - Italian film actress (born in 1934) Loren, Sofia Scicolone , actress Ornella Muti Ornella Muti (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother. She has an older sister, Claudia (1951). and director Michelangelo Antonioni participated in the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . The film event also featured tributes to stars of the Egyptian silver screen. Due to a wealth of features still in pre-production, the Festival screened only one Egyptian film and a handful of films from the Middle East region, including six from Iran. The jury, headed by director Roland Joffe, awarded the top Golden Pyramid prize to the Chinese film The Sigh by Feng Laogang, which also won best actor, actress and script. Second place went to the controversial Egyptian film The Storm by first-time director Khaled Yossef, whose anti-American attitudes were endorsed as he nabbed the best Arabic film prize -- a $25,000 jackpot. Joffe remarked, "The way the markets are now, there is globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation . The goal is to strengthen financial bonds and develop the Arab film market." This sentiment was echoed by foreign distribution manager Sayed Shalaby of the government-run Misr International, who remarked, "We are focusing on increased DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , television and technical co-productions." |
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