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El-Gouna Film Festival holds closing ceremony

Egypt Independent The curtain has fallen tonight (Friday) at the fourth El-Gouna annual Film Festival (GFF), ending strong with the screening of 14 films on the night. A total of 65 films from 42 countries were shown during the seven-day festival, which was held on the shores of the Red …

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El-Gouna 4th annual Film Festival launched

Egypt Independent Amid the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the fourth El-Gouna Film Festival (GFF) launched on Friday. This year’s festival is hosted under the slogan “Man and Dream”. The GFF’s management completed the final preparations for the opening ceremony by Friday afternoon. The festival presents new original films from around the …

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Hollywood film studios suspend box office data

Egypt Today   Film studios Walt Disney and Universal Pictures said on Thursday they will suspend the release of box office data, due to the closure of movie theatres in multiple countries in a bid to contain the coronavirus. The decision follows the worst weekend in more than two decades …

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Egyptian director Sherif Higazy is Making Waves in LA

Egyptianstreets   Having worked with major artists and clients, 26-year-old Sherif Higazy is an Egyptian director, designer, and producer whose name you won’t want to forget. Sherif founded and is currently the Executive Producer of Thermonuclear, a Los Angeles based content studio “powering tomorrow’s stories for various industry leaders”. He has …

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Egypt mourns death of film star Abdel Aziz

Egypt on Sunday November 13 mourned film star Mahmoud Abdel Aziz who died aged 70 after a prolific career that included more than 90 feature films, many with searing social messages. Culture Minister Helmy el-Nemnem described Abdel Aziz as a “magician”, using the title of one of the actor’s box office …

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