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.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
			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

The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
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

The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
			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

The following films were screened out of the competition.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
	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