Cairo International Film Festival to screen restored version of youssed chahine’s “Al Iktiyar”
The 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival will take place soon, and it will serve as a hub for upcoming Egyptian filmmakers. The festival will also highlight significant moments in Egyptian cinema’s past while highlighting the current generation of creators.
In keeping with this, the festival’s yearly “CIFF Classics” programme will feature three recently restored classic Egyptian movies.
The Choice (1970), directed by the renowned Youssef Chahine and co-written by celebrated writer Naguib Mahfouz, stars Souad Hosni. Along with Tawfik Saleh’s “Yawmeyat Na’eb F El Aryaf” (1969), starring Rawya Ashour and Ahmed Abdelhalim, the renowned war movie “Oghneyet Ala El Mamar” (1972), directed by Ali Abd El Khalek and starring Mahmoud Yassin, will also be shown.
CIFF’s 44th edition will begin on November 13th until November 22nd upbringing.
