2024 El Gouna Film Festival

The seventh edition of the El Gouna Film Festival is scheduled to take place from October 24 to November 1 in El Gouna, Egypt.[1] It will be heled in the El Gouna Convention and Culture Centre.[2]

7th El Gouna Film Festival
LocationEl Gouna, Egypt
Founded2017
AwardsEl Gouna Gold Star for a Narrative Film
Hosted byEl Gouna Convention and Culture Centre
Artistic directorMarianne Khoury
Festival dateOpening: 24 October 2024 (2024-10-24)
Closing: 1 November 2024 (2024-11-01)
Websiteelgounafilmfestival.com

Official sections

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Feature narrative competition

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The following films were selected to be compete for El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film Prize:[3]

English Title Director(s) Production Country
Algiers Chakib Taleb Algeria, Tunisia, France, Canada
Crickets, It's Your Turn Olga Korotko France, Kazakhstan
Everybody Loves Touda Nabil Ayouch France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway
Ghost Trail Jonathan Millet France, Germany, Belgium
Girls Will Be Girls Shuchi Talati India, France, Norway, USA
My Everything Anne-Sophie Bailly France
On Falling Laura Carreira UK, Portugal
Salve Maria Mar Coll Spain
Stranger Zhengfan Yang China
The Inevitable Journey to find a Wedding Dress Jaylan Auf Egypt
Thank You for Banking with Us Laila Abbas Palestine, Germany, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom Julien Colonna France
Tiny Lights Beata Parkanová Czech Republic, Slovakia
Toxic Saule Bliuvaite Lithuania
Who Do I Belong To Meryam Joobeur Tunisia, France, Canada

Feature documentary

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The following films were selected to be compete for El Gouna Golden Star for Documentary Film:[3]

English Title Director(s) Production Country
A New Kind Of Wilderness Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Norway
Cilama Hady Zaccak Lebanon, Qatar
Death Without Mercy Waad Al-Kateab UK
Elementary Claire Simon France
Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo China, UK
Thakerati Maleaa Bel Ashbah Anas Zawahri Syria
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez Belgium, France, Netherlands
Tata Radu Ciorniciuc , Lina Vdovii Romania
Tell Them About Us Rand Beiruty Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Germany
The Brink of Dreams Ayman El Amir , Nada Riyadh Country
The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners Samir Switzerland, Italy
We Are Inside Farah Kassem Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark

CineGouna funding

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CineGouna funding[4]
English Title Director(s) Production Country
Projects in Development [5]
The Gardian Muhannad Lamin TBA
House No. 7 Rama Abdy TBA
Running With Beasts Leila Basma TBA
Amara Michelle Keserwany TBA
Al Madeeneh 2008 Youssef Assabahi TBA
Leila's Trial Charlie Kouka TBA
Elsewhere Issraa ElKogali TBA
Remind Me to Forget Lama Jamjoom TBA
Dwellers of The Cabins Hend Bakr TBA
A Pair of Shoes in The Dark Corner of The Moon Ayman El Amir TBA
The Cow Thief Mohamed Zedan TBA
The Masters of Magic and Beauty Jad Chahine TBA
The Myth of Mahmoud Mayar Hamdan, Shaima Al Tamimi TBA
Projects in Post Production [6]
Exile Mehdi Hmili TBA
La vie d'après Namir Abdel Messeeh TBA
In The Darkness I See You Nadim Tabet TBA
My Father and Qaddafi Jihan TBA
Son of The Streets Mohammed Almughanni TBA
The Settlement Mohamed Rashad TBA
Those Who Watch Over Karima Saidi TBA
The Meursault Investigation Malek Bensmail TBA

CineGouna Shorts

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CineGouna Shorts
English Title Director(s) Producer
The Last Performance Abanoub Nabil Rouba Atiyeh
The Bar Girl Yassir Naeim Doaa Saber
The Last Request Hozifa Abdelhalim Noura Abdelrahman
Yellow Sherouk Helal Ahmed El Shebiny
In Such Moment, We Cry Ahmed Sobhy Marwa Tammam
A Little "Rosy" Journey Ahmed El-Hawarey Hala Lotfy
Dead Tired Beshoy Youssef Ramy El Gabry
Lemon Trees Mariam Nasser Mohamed Gaber

References

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  1. ^ "GFF 7th edition Press Briefing – El Gouna Film Festival". Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  2. ^ "About Us – El Gouna Film Festival". Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  3. ^ a b "Film Selection – EN – El Gouna Film Festival". Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  4. ^ "CineGouna FUNDING – El Gouna Film Festival". Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  5. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  6. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-10-17.