El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) is pleased to announce
the Call for Entries for the 6th edition of CineGouna
Platform, which is scheduled to take place October 15-21, 2022 in
the resort town of El Gouna. The deadline for receipt of
submissions is July 15, 2022 for projects in
development and August 1, 2022 for films in
post-production. Entry form and complete information regarding
eligibility for submission can be found on the festival’s website: www.elgounafilmfestival.com
During its 5th edition, CineGouna
Platform selected 12 projects in development and 6 films
in post-production on the basis of their content, artistic vision, and
overall financial feasibility. These projects presented by GFF along
with its partners and sponsors, were eligible for various awards
totaling US $300,000.
The CineGouna
SpringBoard jury included Lebanese producer and film critic Mohamed
Soueid, former CEO of the NFDC Nina Lath Gupta, and Moroccan director and
screenwriter Ismaël Ferroukhi.
A Quarter
to Thursday in Algiers (France)
by Sofia Djama won the Best Project in Development award, while They
Planted Strange Trees (Palestine) by Hind Shoufani won the Best
Film in Post-Production award. Others winners include; Fifty
Meters (Egypt) by Yomna Khattab, Haysh Maysh: False
Drama (Morocco) by Hicham Lasri, Aisha Can’t Fly Away
Anymore (Egypt) by Morad Mostafa, Women of My Life
(Iraq, Switzerland) by Zahraa Ghandour, Searching for
Woody (Egypt) by Sara Shazli, A Song for Summer and
Winter (Syria, Denmark, Germany, United States) by Talal
Derki, Hanging Gardens (Iraq, United Kingdom, Palestine) by
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji, Hyphen (Lebanon) by Reine
Razzouk, Happy Lovers (France, Morocco) by Hicham
Lasri, and SINK (Jordan, Sweden, Canada, France) by Zain
Duraie.
Since its
inception, several CineGouna Platform alumni have made
their mark regionally and internationally by winning acclaim and awards
at prestigious international film festivals. Abu Bakr Shawky’s Yomeddine was
selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and won
the François Chalais Prize. Ayten Amin's Souad was
selected at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, The Day I Lost My Shadow by
Soudade Kaadan won the Lion of the Future of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Ali
El Arabi’s Captains of Zaatari had its world premiere
at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
This year, director
Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh’s Hamlet from the Slums and Ali
Al-Fatlawi’s The Blind Ferryman - Al Baseer were
selected among 16 projects for the 2022 L’Atelier Co-production Forum during
the 75th Cannes Film Festival. In addition, Morad Mostafa’s Aisha
Can’t Fly Away Anymore was selected among seven feature fiction
film projects to participate in the pitching sessions of the co-production
forum, Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point during the 20th Cyprus Film Days
International Festival. The film was also selected for the Red Sea Lodge
mentoring program in collaboration with the Torino Film Lab.
The 6th edition of GFF is scheduled to take place from October 13 to 22, 2022 in the resort town of El Gouna.
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