Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival Unveils First Wave Of Int’l Titles – Deadline

Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) has unveiled a primary wave of worldwide titles resulting from play at its upcoming comeback sixth version, unfolding from October 13 to twenty after a one-year hiatus.

The choice options quite a lot of high-profile pageant titles together with Justine Triet’s Cannes 2023 Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, Berlinale 2023 Golden Bear profitable documentary On the Adamant by Nicolas Philibert and Guto Parente’s Tribeca Film Festival break-out The Strange Path.

The line-up additionally showcases a number of buzzy first and second movies together with UK director Charlotte Regan’s Sundance 2023 Grand Jury Prize winner Scrapper and French filmmaker Delphine Deloget’s Cannes Un Certain Regard social drama All To Play For, starring Virginie Efira.

Respected Egyptian distributor and producer Marianne Khoury is overseeing the choice for the primary time, following her appointment as inventive director earlier this 12 months, working alongside long-time pageant director Intishal Al Timimi.

“Even though I have recently joined GFF, I have known it since its inception,” mentioned Khoury.

“GFF has always strived to be a platform that celebrates the full spectrum of Cinema. With this line-up, we are not only paying homage to the masterful works of established filmmakers but also championing the voices that shape the future of our industry.”

The pageant shall be saying additional titles together with its Arab cinema line-up within the coming weeks.

GFF International Selection

Festival Hits

Anatomy Of A Fall (Fr)
Dir. Justine Triet

The Buriti Flower
Dir. João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora (Br)

The Echo (Mex, Ger)
Dir. Tatiana Huezo

May December (US)
Dir. Todd Haynes

Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere (Fr, Switz)
Dir. Sylvain Georges

The Shadowless Tower (China)
Dir. Zhang Lu

A Strange Path (Br)
Dir. Guto Parente | brazil

Youth (Spring) (China-Fr-Lux-Neth)
Dir.  Wang Bing

First and Second Films

All To Play For (Fr)
Dir. Delphine Deloget

Dreaming & Dying (Sing, Indo)
Dir. Nelson yeo

Family Portrait (US)
Dir. Lucy Kerr

If Only I Could Hibernate (Mong, Fr, Switz)
Dir. Zoljargal Purevdash

Lost nation (Serbia, Croatia, Fr, Lux)
Dir.  vladimir perisic

Scrapper (UK)
Dir. Charlotte Regan

Stepne (Ukr, Ger, Pol, Sk)
Dir.  Maryna Vroda

Totem (Mex, Den, Fr)
Dir. Lila Avilés

Whispers of Fire & Water (Ind)
Dir. Lubdhak Chatterjee

White Plastic Sky (Hun, Sk)
Dir. Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó