3:30 – 4:30
Hanager Theater
A Seminar by Guillermo Arriaga
'Nonlinear, Linear And Multiple Storytelling'
Mexican screenwriter-director Guillermo Arriaga is being honoured during the festival amid a special tribute to Mexican cinema.
6:30- 8:30
Cairo Opera House, Grand Hall
Gala Film Screening: The Border
Colombia
Fiction, 2019, Colour, 85 min
Original Language: Spanish
Director: David David
Amid a political crisis, on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, an Andean woman, her husband, and brother live on looting travellers. However, fate pushes her to the brink of delusion and getting lost in mysterious, surreal dreams
8:45 – 11:15
Creativity Centre
Film Screening: El-Mamar (The Passage)
Egypt
Fiction, 2019, Colour, 150 min
Original Language: Arabic
Director: Sherif Arafa
The film begins with the early hours of the 1967 war, documenting the reasons for the defeat in Sinai, which devastated soldiers. As the War of Attrition came to restore trust, officer Nour starts establishing a squad to execute a mission behind enemy lines deep in Sinai
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