32nd Cairo International Film Festival
Location | Cairo, Egypt |
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Founded | 1976 |
Awards | Golden Pyramid |
Festival date | November 18–28, 2008 |
Website | http://www.cairofilmfest.org/ |
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.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Argentina | |||
Los | Belgium | ||
Dancen | Pernille Fischer Christensen | Denmark | |
يوم ما اتقابلنا | Egypt | ||
Séraphine | Séraphine | Martin Provost | France |
Mark of an Angel | L'empreite de l'ange | Safy Nebbou | France |
Nur ein Sommer | Germany/ Switzerland | ||
El Greco | Ελ Γκρέκο | Yannis Smaragdis | Greece |
Márió, a varázsló | Tamás Almási | Hungary/ Italy | |
Il Tuo Disprezzo | Italy | ||
闘茶 | Japan/ Taiwan | ||
Kolekcioniere | Kristina Buozyte | Lithuania | |
這兒是香格里拉 | China | ||
Исчезнувшая империя | Karen Shakhnazarov | Russia | |
Return to Hansala | Retorno a Hansala | Chus Gutiérrez | Spain |
The Blind Sunflowers | Los girasoles ciegos | José Luis Cuerda | Spain |
Tandoori Love | Switzerland | ||
The Messenger | Ulak | Çağan Irmak | Turkey |
Digital Competition[]
The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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No One's Normal When You're Near | De cerca nadie es normal | Marcelo Mosenson | Argentina |
Behind the Glass | Iza stakla | Zrinko Ogresta | Croatia |
قصة الفراشة العذراء | Egypt | ||
W.C. | Ireland | ||
Lira 3 | Italy | ||
へばの | Japan | ||
خليك معي | Lebanon | ||
Malawi | |||
Nigeria | |||
Darrell Roodt | South Africa | ||
Chicos normales | Spain | ||
Nokta | Derviş Zaim | Turkey | |
United States | |||
Shades of Ray | United States/ Pakistan |
Arab Competition[]
The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Algeria/ United States | |||
مسخرة | Lyes Salem | Algeria/ France | |
Algeria/ France | |||
Four Girls | أربع فتيات | Bahrain | |
Basra | بصرة | Ahmed Rashwan | Egypt |
خلطة فوزية | Egypt | ||
بلطية العايمة | Egypt | ||
Number One | رقم واحد | Zakia Tahri | Morocco |
عيد ميلاد ليلى | Palestine | ||
Salt of this Sea | ملح هذا البحر | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine |
Hassiba | حسيبة | Syria | |
أيام الضجر | Abdellatif Abdelhamid | Syria | |
The Accident | حادثة | Tunisia | |
Five | خمسة | Karim Dridi | Tunisia/ France |
Films out of competition[]
The following films were screened out of the competition.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Μπαρ Φλωμπέρ | Greece | ||
The Last Year | India | ||
India | |||
The Sea Within | Ore Kadal | Shyamaprasad | India |
Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story | Akbar Khan | India | |
The Demons of St. Petersburg | I demoni di San Pietroburgo | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy |
Gomorra | Matteo Garrone | Italy | |
Tutte le donne della mia vita | Simona Izzo | Italy | |
El viajo de Teo | Mexico | ||
The Tour | Турнеја | Goran Marković | Serbia |
Promise Me This | Завет | Emir Kusturica | Serbia/ France |
Three Monkeys | Üç Maymun | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
It's a Free World... | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | |
Battle In Seattle | Stuart Townsend | United States | |
Into the Wild | Sean Penn | United States | |
Margot at the Wedding | Noah Baumbach | United States |
Juries[]
International Competition[]
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Digital Competition[]
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Arab Competition[]
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Awards[]
The winners of the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival were:
- Golden Pyramid: Retorno a Hansala by Chus Gutiérrez
- : by
- Best Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen for Dansen
- (Best Screenplay):
- for
- Safy Nebbou & 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
- (Best Artistic Contribution): for Tandoori Love
- Special Mention:
- by (For Cinematography)
- Los girasoles ciegos by José Luis Cuerda
- Best Arabic Film: by Lyes Salem
- Best Arabic Screenplay:
- for
- Basra for Ahmed Rashwan
- Golden Award for Digital Films: by Derviş Zaim
- Silver Award for Digital Films: by
- FIPRESCI Prize: Chus Gutiérrez for Retorno a Hansala
External links[]
- Official Cairo International Festival Site (in English) Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Cairo International Film Festival:2008 at Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Cairo International Film Festival
- 2008 in Egypt
- 2008 film festivals
- 2000s in Cairo