2007 Cairo International Film Festival
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The 31st annual
Cairo International Film Festival The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year sin ...
was held from November 27 to December 7, 2007. English director Nicolas Roeg was the president of the jury.


Films in competition

The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.


Digital Competition

The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.


Arab Competition

The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.


Films out of competition

The following films were screened out of the competition.


Juries


International Competition

* Nicolas Roeg, English director (President) *
Zhang Jingchu Zhang Jingchu (, born 2 February 1980) is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is best known for winning the China Film Media Award Best Actress award for the 2005 film ''Peacock'', which was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. Early l ...
, Chinese actress *
Hesham Selim Hesham Selim ( ar, هشام سليم; 27 January 1958 – 22 September 2022) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He’s the son of Saleh Selim. He acted in many movies and television series since his childhood. Career Selim's first actin ...
, Egyptian actor *
Sandra Nashaat Sandra Nashaat Bassal ( ar, ساندرا نشأت بصال; born February 2, 1970) is an Egyptian film director. Biography Nashaat is a Coptic Catholic. She was born to a Lebanese mother and a Syrian father. Nashaat attended Cairo's Higher Fil ...
, Egyptian director *
Ildikó Enyedi Ildikó Enyedi (; born 15 November 1955) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Her 2017 film ''On Body and Soul'' won the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for a Foreign Language 90th ...
, Hungarian director * Tilde Corsi, Italian producer *
Moon So-ri Moon So-ri (born July 2, 1974) is a South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her acclaimed leading roles in ''Oasis'' (2002) and ''A Good Lawyer's Wife'' (2003). Career After graduating with a degree in Educa ...
, South Korean actress *
Jillali Ferhati Jillali Ferhati ( ar, الجيلالي فرحاتي, born in 1948) is a Moroccan filmmaker. Biography Ferhati was born in 1948 in Aït Ouahi near Khémisset but grew up in Tangier. He studied sociology and literature in Paris and then launche ...
, Moroccan director and screenwriter *
Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
, Polish director and screenwriter * Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Chadian director *
Nurgül Yeşilçay Nurgül Yeşilçay (born 26 March 1976) is a Turkish actress. Biography Nurgül Yeşilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskişehir. Since her graduation, she h ...
, Turkish actress


Digital Competition

* Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Egyptian director (President) * Michel Alexandre, French Screenwriter * Tilman Scheel, German CEO * Antonio Pizzo, Italian professor * Naky Sy Savané, Ivoirian actress * Peter Scarlet, American director of Tribeca Film Festival


Arab Competition

* Ahmed Al Maanouni, Moroccan director (President) *
Moufida Tlatli Moufida Tlatli ( aeb, مفيدة التلاتلي; 4 August 19477 February 2021) was a Tunisian film director, screenwriter, and editor. She is noted for her breakthrough film '' The Silences of the Palace'' in 1994, which won several internatio ...
, Tunisian director * Jamal Soliman, Syrian actor *
Hala Khalil Hala Khalil (born July 23, 1967) is an Egyptian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Her work includes short films, documentaries, TV series, and feature films. Her films ''The Kite (1997)'' and ''The Best of Times (2004),'' have received ...
, Egyptian director * Samir Farag, Egyptian cinematographer


Awards

The winners of the 2007 Cairo International Film Festival were: * Golden Pyramid: '' L'ennmie intime'' by
Florent Emilio Siri Florent-Emilio Siri (born 2 March 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter born in Lorraine. Siri studied cinema at the Sorbonne University and ESRA in Paris. Siri is a music video director. He has worked with such bands as IAM, Allian ...
* Silver Pyramid: '' Khuda Kay Liye'' by Shoaib Mansoor * Best Director:
Florent Emilio Siri Florent-Emilio Siri (born 2 March 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter born in Lorraine. Siri studied cinema at the Sorbonne University and ESRA in Paris. Siri is a music video director. He has worked with such bands as IAM, Allian ...
for '' L'ennmie intime'' * Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay):
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for '' Kicks'' * Best Actor:
Albert Dupontel Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up c ...
for '' L'ennmie intime'' * Best Actress: ** Marina Magro for '' Ópera'' ** Tatyana Lyutaeva for '' Polnoe Dykhanie'' *
Naguib Mahfouz Prize The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature is a literary award for Arabic literature.Juan Patricio Riveroll for '' Ópera'' * Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Derviş Zaim for '' Cenneti Beklerken'' * Special Mention: Matthew Beard for ''
And When Did You Last See Your Father? ''And When Did You Last See Your Father?'' is a 2007 British drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by David Nicholls is based on the 1993 memoir of the same title by Blake Morrison. Plot While Blake Morrison, his mother, and ...
'' (For Acting) * Best Arabic Film: '' Waiting For Pasolini'' by Daoud Aoulad-Syad * Arabic Film Special Mention: ** ''
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Nadine Labaki Nadine Labaki ( ar, نادين لبكي ''Nādīn Labikī''; born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, director and activist. Labaki first came into the spotlight as an actress in the early 2000s. Her film-making career began in 2007 after ...
* Golden Award for Digital Films: '' Xue chan'' by Peng Tao * Silver Award for Digital Films: '' The Englishman'' by
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* FIPRESCI Prize: Juan Patricio Riveroll for '' Ópera''


External links


Official Cairo International Festival Site (in English)

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