Tag: Gamma Islamiya

THE REEL ESTATE: When Jackie met Cairo

CAIRO: Her eyes brought cinema s greatest filmmakers to their knees, her…

Joseph Fahim

Desperate Hours

Iraqi/Kurdish film kicks off the CIFF s Controversial Films sectionCAIRO: It was…

Joseph Fahim

Art imitates life: raising awareness, one child at a time

World AIDS day event uses photos and art to educateCAIRO: In a…

Jered Stuffco

Salome dances again as Italy delivers first hit of the festival

Biblical tale provides the basis for a dark Mafia dramaCAIRO: The biblical…

Joseph Fahim

Cairo International Film Festival: Today's highlights

Hide and Seek (Egypt)With an original storyline and a cast of first-time…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

"Indigènes" premieres in Cairo

CAIRO: The award-winning Algerian film depicting racism against Arabs and North Africans…

Joseph Fahim

Omkara: An Indian adaptation of Othello offers nothing new

CAIRO: If you are in the mood to see how Othello the…

Sarah El Sirgany

It's a musical but they keep the solos to a minimum, thankfully

Nothing But That reintroduces the forgotten genre in festival s main competition…

Sarah El Sirgany

Zuzu ignites the competition

Brazilian film meets critics expectationCAIRO: Few days before the festival kicked off,…

Joseph Fahim

Film directors lash out at Arab critics

It s the Arabs that force us to compromise, not the West,…

Joseph Fahim