New Works by Soudade Kaadan, Lina Soualem Among Cairo Film Connection Projects

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterPixar’s “Wall-E,” “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” and “Selena” have been selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.Each year, the Librarian of Congress names 25 motion pictures that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentMexican director Joaquin del Paso’s coming-of-age drama “The Hole in the Fence,” set in an all-male religious camp in rural Mexico, scored the Cairo Film Festival’s top prize, the Golden Pyramid, on Sunday capping a vibrant 43rd edition of the preeminent Arab event, which was held in person despite the impending threat of the coronavirus Omicron variant.Though there were some last minute cancellations, most international attendees made the trek to Cairo

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Cairo Film Festival’s Cairo Film Connection co-production platform wrapped Saturday with a glamorous prize ceremony which saw Egyptian first-timer Adhan El-Sherif’s “Ravens of the City” and French-Egyptian filmmaker Namir Abdel Messeeh’s “Life After Siham” stand out, though awards were widely spread.“Ravens” of the City,” a gritty drama in development about a reckless hustler named Gharib who desperately needs cash to enter a street car race and

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorSlovak filmmaker Peter Kerekes’ “107 Mothers,” which premiered in Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section and was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best International Feature Film category of the 94th Academy Awards, has won the Arab Critics’ Award for European Films.

Liza Foreman Opening this year’s Horizons of Arab Cinema section at the Cairo Film Festival, the omnibus film “Becoming” shows just how far the Saudi filmmaking community has come in supporting female filmmakers.Playing in an Out-of-Competition slot, directors Sara Mesfer, Fatima Al Banawi, Jawaher Alamri, Hind Al Fahhad and Noor Alameer collaborated to create this 70-minute fiction film, which seeks to amplify female filmmaking visions from the region.The filmmakers looked to “explore the

Liza Foreman A record 5,100 short films were submitted to the Cairo Film Festival’s short film competition this year, thanks to a new collaboration with FilmFreeWay. Around 1,200 shorts are sent in more usually for the region’s only A-list festival.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFor the upcoming 43rd edition of the Cairo Film Festival, which is the grande dame of Arab film events, fest chief Mohamed Hefzy and his team have assembled a rich mix of top notch Arab and international titles, including the world premiere of Tunisian star Dhafer L’Abidine’s directorial debut “Ghodwa” and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) premiere of “House of Gucci.” They have also recruited high-caliber talents and industry personalities such

NEW YORK -- Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month.Strahan, who turned 50 on Sunday, will join Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, on the Dec.

Millie Court and Liam Reardon have finally started feeling at-home as they move back into their new countryside pad.The Love Island winners spent a few weeks apart following their time on the ITV2 show, but announced at the start of November that they would be "starting a new chapter" together at a new home.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentHollywood-based Chinese film financier Peter Luo and Oscar-winning producer Donna Gigliotti (“Shakespeare in Love”) have boarded upcoming female-led Syrian war drama “Nezouh,” directed by Soudade Kaadan, whose debut “The Day I Lost My Shadow” won the 2018 Venice Film Festival’s Lion of the Future.“Nezouh,” which is Kaadan’s followup to “Shadow,” is set against the backdrop of the Syrian conflict in Damascus where a young woman named Zena and her family

Selena Gomez may be keeping her love life with Chris Evans out of the public eye, but she has no problem showing love to gal pal Cara Delevingne!

Did someone say, “Girls’ night?” Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne had a sweet and silly moment, while they attended the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday November 17. The two actresses were put on the jumbotron in the middle of the game, and Selena sweetly leaned over and gave the 29-year-old Paper Towns actress a little kiss on the cheek.

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Simon Cowell, the man behind Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor, will be a mix of a game show and talent show, with some famous faces judging the contestants. Since The X Factor was dropped by ITV in July Simon Cowell has come up with a new show called Walk The Line which will debut on ITV later this year.