Sri Lankan film substitutes minimum dialogue with artistic cinematography
SankaraDirector and scriptwriter: Prasanna JayakodyCast: Thumindhu Dodantenna, Sanchini Ayendra, Nilupa Heenkendaarachchi and KA Milton PereraCAIRO: The struggle between the material and the spiritual takes center stage in Sankara, the Sri-Lankan…
Mexican film eyes the Golden Pyramid Award
La Ultima Mirada (The Last Gaze)Director and scriptwriter: Patricia Arriaga JordanCast: Sergi Mateu, Marisol Centeno, Arcelia Ramirez, Gina MorettCAIRO: One of the strongest contenders in this year s festival competition,…
Car with no brakes kills six pedestrians
CAIRO: A truck carrying fuel for Misr petroleum ran amuck in Al Sayeda Aisha district of Old Cairo killing six people, including two infants.Police investigations indicated that the car s…
Truck crash kills 10 in southern Cairo
CAIRO: Ten people died and seven were seriously injured when a truck crashed into a microbus cab on the Quraimat Road, Al Saf in the southern parts of the capital.…
Three's quite the crowd
CAIRO: A woman who married two men at the same time was reported to the police by her second husband, who had tied the knot without prior knowledge that she…
So much garbage
Don't bin it, rehabilitate itCAIRO: At a workshop on Sunday a group of young people from three poor Cairo districts - Bolaq El Dakroor, Manshiet Nasser and Al-Darb El-Ahmar -…
Sinking relics, hidden treasures
Underwater archaeology in the spotlightCAIRO: The Supreme Council of Antiquities decision to set up an underwater museum to showcase artifacts discovered at the old eastern port of Alexandria, has boosted…
Cairo International Film Festival: Today's Highlights
The Tiger and the Snow (Italy)A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion. The director Roberto Benigni mixes tragedy with light comedy, so…
The films which should win at the Cairo film fest
CAIRO: After 10 days, more than 70 films, various heated press conferences and one strange seminar, the festival has finally come to an end with the little matter of the…
