The Egyptian Film Centre, headed by Khalid Abdel-Jalil, is kicking-off the third edition of the Roaya Youth Forum Saturday at Al-Hanager Cinema in the Cairo Opera House.

Twenty-three films, short narrative and documentaries are competing in the various competitions in the forum with the jury comprising actress Salwa Mohamed Ali, director Mahmoud Soliman and critic Walid Seif, with Safaa Mourad as artistic supervisor.

The forum will run for three days between 25 and 27 May with the screening of films starting daily at 9:00pm.

The first edition was held in August 2014 in Menya, Fayoum and Sohag with the second held in October 2018 at Al-Hanager Cinema.

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