Cairo Film Fest: 60 countries, 300 films. (World).The 26th Cairo International Film Festival, held last October, received a global boost with new president Cherif El-Shoubashy and dynamic jury chief Ismail Merchant, whose many films as producer-director were highlighted. More than 300 films from 60 countries were screened. "We hope that the Cairo Film Festival will be the place in the Middle East for films and where distributors can meet," said Shoubashy, who also serves as Egyptian Secretary of International Cultural Relations. "We featured a delegation of 25 film and TV distributors from China and a two-day seminar on film and TV distribution in the region." The "South-North Film and TV Film Production and Distribution Exchange" conference visibly had little American participation (which was promised to be rectified rectified refined; made straight. next year), but featured an impressive line-up, including Paris-based ARTE TV programming director Michel Reilhac, French Middle East audiovisual director David Hivet, Shanghai Film Studio chief Zhy Yongde, Mossfilm Cinema Center chairman M. Riassov, Indian distributor Manav Jalan (who sold some Indian films to Egyptian TV) and Japanese exhibitor Komasa Kawakita, who said he is planning the first Arab Film Fest in Japan next year. "ARTE is not only interested in European projects--we are currently investing in 20 films from South Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia and other countries. But the film should not look like it was written for an international audience," commented ARTE TV programming director Michel Reilhac. Hungarian dark comedy The Last Blues, by Peter Gardos, won the top Golden Pyramid prize for Best Film, while the Iranian story of a divorcee di·vor·cée n. A divorced woman. [French, feminine past participle of divorcer, to divorce, from Old French, from divorce, divorce; see divorce. , The Last Supper Last Supper, in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself with the bread and the wine and linking the meal to his impending death on the , by Fereydoun Jeyrani, took the second-place Silver Pyramid prize. The 79-year-old Indian director Mrinal Sen won Best Director for his simple tale of a peasant, This My Land, and Cypriot director Andreas Pantzis won Best Artistic Contribution for his stirring, sentimental sen·ti·men·tal adj. 1. a. Characterized or swayed by sentiment. b. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional. 2. Resulting from or colored by emotion rather than reason or realism. 3. Evagoras' Vow. Palestinian-Dutch co-production A Ticket to Jerusalem by Rashid Mashahrawy, about a refugee camp, shared Jury prize with Turkish film Heyar by Handdan Ipekg. The Best Arabic Film honor--with a cash prize of $20,000--was awarded to Adam's Autumn by Egyptian director M. Kamel el Qaliubi, while popular actor Ahmed Zaki won for Best Actor for the political satire Political satire is a subgenre of general satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics, politicians, and public affairs. It has also been used with subversive intent where political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing political His Excellency HIS EXCELLENCY. A title given by the constitution of Massachusetts to the governor of that commonwealth. Const. part 2, c. 2, s. 1, art. 1. This title is customarily given to the governors of the other states, whether it be the official designation in their constitutions and laws or not. the Minister by Samir Seif. (Reported by Janet Fine) |
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