The tale of a distinctly Palestinian road trip -- through refugee camps and Israeli checkpoints -- takes centre stage in ...

After going dark last year due to the war in Gaza, the Cairo Film Festival now returns with a super-sized program and a more ...

The Cairo Film Festival will launch a newly revamped and streamlined market to encourage collaboration with Chinese, Saudi ...

But one thing that always remained a mystery was what happened to his cousin Fred Stredder during the war, after they met by ...

Pro-Palestinian and other modern activists are resonating this new musical about a group of Egyptian college students during ...

The 45th Cairo International Film Festival's (CIFF) opening ceremony, held Tuesday at the Cairo Opera House's main hall, was ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi opens the Cairo Film Festival with the world premiere of his new film “Passing Dreams” ...

The film’s unexpected positivity should propel it through the festival circuit after a world premiere opening night screening ...

In October 2023, less than a month before the opening of the 45th edition, the festival and market were cancelled following ...

Twenty years after burying him, Egyptian architect Ahmed el-Meligui was forced to exhume his grandfather’s remains from a ...

In the Nile Delta, farming the redolent vine is both a tradition and a vital way to make a living.