The El Gouna Film Festival aims to offer an unmissable annual rendezvous for film professionals and film lovers from Egypt, the Arabic countries, and from all over the world. The festival presents a selection of the newest films from around the globe with a special attention to films with humanitarian content. The program will include three competitive sections. In parallel to the screenings, the festival organizes the CineGouna platform, a creative and business hub designed to support Egyptian and Arab talents where a wide range of meetings will be organized between Arab and international film industry professionals with the aim of enhancing business opportunities for the Arab cinema.
Awards
- El Gouna Silver Star for Documentary Film 143 Sahara Street
- El Gouna Bronze Star for Documentary Film & NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film Kabul, City in the Wind
- Special Jury Mention 16 December
- El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short Film Give Up the Ghost
- El Gouna Silver Star for Short Film Ome
- El Gouna Silver Star for Narrative Film & El Gouna Star for the Best Actor (Bartosz Bielenia) Corpus Christi
- El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film You Will Die at 20