The 33rd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 10 to November 20, 2009. Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan 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
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian director (President)
- Belkacem Hadjadj, Algerian director
- Marcelo Mosenson, Argentinian producer
- Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canadian actress and director
- Hala Fakher, Egyptian actress
- Moustafa Fahmi, Egyptian actor and cinematographer
- Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director, writer, actor and producer
- Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Lithuanian actress
- Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter
- Ioana Maria Uricaru, Romanian director
- Juan Diego Botto, Spanish actor
- Tom Berenger, American actor
Digital Competition
- Victor Okhai, Nigerian director, writer and producer (President)
- Nadia Kaci, Algerian actress
- Marianne Khoury, Egyptian director and producer
- Imma Piro, Italian actress
- Vikas Swarup, Indian writer
- Joanna Kos-Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter
- Rachid Ferchiou, Tunisian director and screenwriter
- Norma Heyman, English actress
- Edreace Purmul, American director
Arab Competition
Awards
The winners of the 2009 Cairo International Film Festival were:
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