The Cairo Film Festival reveals the full list of jury members for the 42nd session
The Cairo Film Festival announced the complete list of members of the 42nd competition jury and prizes, which will be held during the period from 2 to 10 December next, at the Egyptian Opera House, during which 83 films from 43 countries are shown, 20 of which are in its first international and international screenings .. in The following lines introduce us to the festival jury members:
The jury of the international competition in the 42nd Cairo Film Festival
* Chairman of the Committee: Russian director and screenwriter Alexander Sokurov, who is considered one of the most prominent contemporary directors in Russia. His films have been shown in most major festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice, most notably “The Russian Ark” who participated in the Cannes Festival competition in 2002, and won the Visions Prize from the Toronto Festival, and his film “Faust” was awarded the Golden Lion of the Festival Venice 2011.
* Members of the 42nd Cairo Film Festival
- Karim Inouz, a Brazilian director, writer and visual artist whose films have won many awards around the world, including the “What Look” award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 for his film “The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao”, in addition to To teach him screenwriting, he is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Burhan Qurbani, a German director, whose short films have won many international awards, and his feature films have also participated in major festivals, including Berlin, in which the official competition of the last session witnessed the participation of his film “Berlin Alexanderplatz”.
Gabi Khoury, an Egyptian film producer and CEO of the Egyptian International Film Company, was founded by the late Egyptian director Youssef Chahine in 1972. He has produced a wide range of feature films, documentaries and television series that have won the approval of critics and the public.
Lebleba, an Egyptian actress, started working in the field of cinema when she was 5 years old, and during her career she presented the starring in 85 films and won many awards as the best actress.
- Nayan Gonzalez Norvind, Mexican writer and actress, is known for her family's dedication to both acting and singing. She won the best actress award in a number of international festivals, and recently, she participated in director Michel Franco's latest film "A New Arrangement", who won the Grand Jury Prize in the last session of the Venice Festival, and is shown in the new session of the Cairo Festival.
- Palestinian director Najwa Najjar, who wrote, directed and produced more than 12 films, most of which won awards and critical acclaim, and her first shows were in Cairo, Berlin, Cannes, Locarno and Sundance festivals, and in 2020 she was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
** Members of the jury of the Arab Film Horizons Competition at the 42nd Cairo Film Festival
Yousra Al-Lawzi, an Egyptian actress, began her film career with the great director Youssef Chahine in the film "Alexandria New York", which was shown in the section "A Look" at the Cannes Festival in 2004, before starting her professional career in cinema in 2008, and among her most prominent films; "Natural colors", "Heliopolis" and "Microphone".
Ali Mustafa ... an Emirati director and producer, his short film "Under the Sun" won the Best Film Award in the Emirates in 2006, and also won the Best Emirati Director Award from the Dubai Film Festival in 2007, and his film "From A to B" was the first Emirati film to open. Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
- Zeina Dakache ... a Lebanese actress, author and director, whose documentary film "12 Angry Lebanese" won the Muhr Award for Best Documentary Film and the People's Choice Award at the 2009 Dubai International Film Festival. Among her films also is "Ani", which documents the experience of drama therapy with women from The south after the July war, 2007.
** Members of the jury for the International Critics Week competition at the 42nd Cairo Film Festival
Ivan Ikic ... a Serbian director whose films won many prizes in film festivals, including the Special Jury Prize in the East West Program at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, for his first feature film "Barbarians" in 2014, and his film "Oasis" was shown for the first time in The last session of the Venice Festival.
- Mohamed Farag .. Egyptian actor who started his career as an actor in the university theater in 2000, during his career he won many awards, including; The Best Actor Award from the National Film Festival for his role in the movie "A Cat and Far", and the Egyptian Film Critics Association awarded him the Best Actor Award for his role in the movie "The Passage".
- Ola Al-Sheikh, a Palestinian / Jordanian film critic, and a film programmer for a number of film festivals, as well as a member of the jury in several film festivals, and a member of the Palestinian Film Selection Committee to compete for the Oscar for the Best Foreign Film category.
** Members of the jury of the Cinema of Tomorrow International Short Film Competition
Tizien Bouchi is a Swiss filmmaker and programmer. He studied film history and aesthetics at the University of Lausanne and the Belgium Art Institute. He has worked in a number of film festivals, including "Locarno". His short films "To the Summit" and "The Voice of Winter" have participated in a number of international film festivals, and he is currently doing the editing work for his first feature film, "Lilot".
- Reham Abdel Ghafour, an Egyptian actress, began her career in television drama, before starting in the cinema in 2002 by participating in the films “Sahar Al-Oyoun” and “His Owner's Friend,” and then her movie roles included, “My Angel Alexandria” and “She made me a criminal.” “The Cell,” and “Friday Market”, and during her career she won many awards.
Anisa Daoud ... is a Tunisian actress, director, and producer. She was known in her early years as an actress before heading to production and then directing. Her films include the feature-length documentary "Our Women in Politics and Society," and the short film, "Best Day Ever," which opened the directors' half-month section of the 71st Cannes Film Festival. She is currently developing the script for her first feature film “The Immortals”.
** Members of the jury for the best Arab film at the 42nd Cairo Film Festival
Mohsen Al-Basri ... a Moroccan director and writer, who co-wrote "The Casablanca Process", before he directed his first feature film, "Les Mikrientes". His other works as a director include “Al Azizia” and “A Ordinary Emergency”.
- Mohamed El-Omda ... a Sudanese director and producer, appointed as the head of cinematic programming at the Sudanese Film Factory, and a film programmer at the Sudan Independent Film Festival. He co-founded "Station Films", which co-produced the movie "You Will Die at Twenty", winner of the Future Lion Award at the Venice Festival.
- May Odeh ... Palestinian director and producer, among her films “Agrin Maradona,” winner of the Robert Bush Stiftung Prize, “Gaza with Their Eyes,” “Transit,” and “Painting for Better Dreams” (2015), and she witnessed the last edition of the Festival Venice presented her first feature film as a producer, titled "200 meters", which Jordan chose to represent her in the competition for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
** Members of the judging panel for the International Federation of Film Critics (Febrese) at the 42nd Cairo Film Festival
Yaqout El-Deeb is an Egyptian critic and film researcher, who writes for numerous technical magazines and specialized newspaper pages. He holds a PhD in Film Criticism from the Academy of Arts, and has a number of books in the field of cinema.
Elena Rubashevska is a Ukrainian film critic, who has worked as a director and screenwriter, has written media content for NGOs and CSRs, and is also the coordinator of the Oko International Ethnographic Film Program.
Andres I. Larson is a Swedish critic, writer, producer and editor, who has worked for years as editor-in-chief of cultural magazines, and set the soundtrack to the Goldpage award-winning film "Garden Path" (Swedish equivalent of the Oscars) in 2018, and starting next year, he will be director of the Lund International Festival. It is the oldest and most important genre film festival in Sweden.
