12pm - 1.40pm
Cairo Opera House, main hall
Film screening
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija
Macedonia / Belgium / France / Croatia,
Slovenia
Fiction, 2019, Color, 100 min
Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska
International Panorama
MENA Premiere
A Macedonian girl decides to challenge customs and traditions; so during a religious tradition she jumps into the water and catches the cross where the one who finds the cross is believed to gain overall good fortune. The incident causes a controversy.
Still from God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija
3:00pm - 4.30pm
Cairo Opera House
Panel Discussion
Cairo Industry Days: discussion titled Mexico Second Golden Age Under a Microscope
The discussion is part of "Mexico as the country in focus" within the ongoing festival.
7pm - 9.10pm
Hanager Cinema
Film screening
Black Wind
Mexico
Drama / Adventure, 1956, Black&White, 127 min
Director: Servando González
Mexico country in focus
A man recently estranged from his wife is in charge of setting a new rail line across the desert in difficult conditions. Things are further complicated when his 'sheltered' son arrives wanting to reconnect.
Still from Black Wind
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