Cairo International Film Festival
The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year since its inception, except for 2011 and 2013, when it was cancelled ...
was held from November 27 to December 7, 2007. English director
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg ( ; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing ''Performance (film), Performance'' (1970), ''Walkabout (film), Walkabout'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973) ...
The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.
Arab Competition
The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.
Films out of competition
The following films were screened out of the competition.
Juries
International Competition
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Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg ( ; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing ''Performance (film), Performance'' (1970), ''Walkabout (film), Walkabout'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973) ...
, English director (President)
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Zhang Jingchu
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, Chinese actress
* Hesham Selim, Egyptian actor
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Sandra Nashaat
Sandra Nashaat (; born 2 February 1970) is an Egyptian film director.
Biography
Nashaat is a Coptic Catholic Church, Coptic Catholic. She was born to a Lebanese mother and a Syrian father. Nashaat attended Cairo's Higher Film Institute alongs ...
, Egyptian director
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Ildikó Enyedi
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, Hungarian director
* Tilde Corsi, Italian producer
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Moon So-ri
Moon So-ri (; born July 2, 1974) is a South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her acclaimed leading roles in ''Oasis (2002 film), Oasis'' (2002), ''A Good Lawyer's Wife'' (2003), and ''When Life Gives You Tange ...
, South Korean actress
* Jillali Ferhati, Moroccan director and screenwriter
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Krzysztof Zanussi
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, Polish director and screenwriter
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Mahamat Saleh Haroun
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, Chadian director
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Nurgül Yeşilçay
Nurgül Yeşilçay (born 26 March 1976) is a Turkish actress.
Biography
Nurgül Yeşilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskişehir. Since her graduation, she has perfor ...
Naky Sy Savané
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The granddaughter of an imam, Naky Sy Savané became an actress despite conservative Muslim prejudice against the profession. She played numerous stage ro ...
, Ivoirian actress
* Peter Scarlet, American director of Tribeca Film Festival
Moufida Tlatli
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Florent Emilio Siri
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Khuda Kay Liye
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Shoaib Mansoor
Shoaib Mansoor (; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Mahajir (Pakistan), Muhajir origin.
Active in the Television in Pakistan, television industry since 1976, w ...
* Best Director:
Florent Emilio Siri
Florent-Emilio Siri (born 2 March 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter born in Lorraine. Siri studied cinema at the Sorbonne University and ESRA in Paris. Siri is a music video director. He has worked with such bands as IAM, Allianc ...
Kicks
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* Best Actor:
Albert Dupontel
Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up ...
Tatyana Lyutaeva
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* Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Directorial Debut): Juan Patricio Riveroll for '' Ópera''
* Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution):
Derviş Zaim
Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best S ...
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
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Plot
While Blake Morrison, his mother, and younger sis ...
The Seventh Heaven
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Caramel
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Nadine Labaki
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FIPRESCI Prize
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IMDb
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