32nd Cairo International Film Festival

The 32nd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 18 to November 28, 2008. Spanish director Imanol Uribe was the president of the jury.

Films in competition

The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.

Digital Competition

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

• Imanol Uribe, Spanish director (President)
• Mohamed Khan, Egyptian director
• Dalia El Behiry, Egyptian Actress
• Grazia Volpi, Italian Producer
• Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Nigerian Director
• Sophie Ndaba, South African actress
• Suzan Najm El Din, Syrian actress
• Gungor Bayrak, Turkish actress
• Anthony Sloman, English director

Digital Competition

• Tarek Al Eryan, Egyptian director (President)
• Karl Baumgartner, German producer
• Silvia Ferreri, Italian actress
• Hisham Al Ghanim, Kuwaiti filmmaker
• Rahmatou Keita, Nigerien director and screenwriter
• Eugen Serbanescu, Romanian editor and screenwriter
• Wayne Drew, English critic

Arab Competition

• Jean Chamoun, Lebanese director (President)
• Djamila Sahraoui, Algerian director
• Sherif Mounir, Egyptian actor
• Sawsan Badr, Egyptian actress
• Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Moroccan director

Awards

The winners of the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival were:

• Golden Pyramid: Retorno a Hansala by Chus Gutiérrez
• Sliver Pyramid: Los by Jan Verheyen
• Best Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen for Dansen
• Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay):
• Bram Renders for Los
• Safy Nebbou & Cyril Gomez-Mathieu for L'empreinte de l'ange
• Best Actor: Juan Diego Botto for El Greco
• Best Actress: Yolande Moreau for Séraphine
• Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Second Work): Safy Nebbou for L'empreite de l'ange
• Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Oliver Pavlus for Tandoori Love
• Special Mention:
• Finding Shangri-La by Ismene Ting (For Cinematography)
• Los girasoles ciegos by José Luis Cuerda
• Best Arabic Film: Mascarades by Lyes Salem
• Best Arabic Screenplay:
• Rachid Masharawy for Laila's Birthday
• Basra for Ahmed Rashwan
• Golden Award for Digital Films: Nokta by Derviş Zaim
• Silver Award for Digital Films: Goodbye by Bunyo Kimura
• FIPRESCI Prize: Chus Gutiérrez for Retorno a Hansala

External links

• Official Cairo International Festival Site (in English)
• Cairo International Film Festival:2008 at Internet Movie Database