33rd Cairo International Film Festival
![]() 33rd CIFF Official Poster | |
Location | Cairo, Egypt |
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Founded | 1976 |
Awards | Golden Pyramid |
Festival date | November 10–20, 2009 |
Website | http://www.cairofilmfest.org/ |
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.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Gonzalo Calzada | ![]() | ||
Vjerujem u Anđele | ![]() | ||
عصافير النيل | ![]() | ||
Letters to Father Jackob | Postia Pappi Jaakobille | Klaus Härö | ![]() |
The Hedgehog | Le hérisson | Mona Achache | ![]() |
Slaves in Their Bonds | Οι Σκλάβοι στα Δεσμά τους | ![]() | |
Vágyakozás Napjai | ![]() | ||
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New York | Kabir Khan | ![]() | |
The Friends at the Margherita Cafe | Gli amici del bar Margherita | Pupi Avati | ![]() |
Vortex | Duburys | ![]() | |
فينك اليام | ![]() | ||
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Drzazgi | ![]() | ||
Amália | ![]() | ||
Одна Война | Vera Glagoleva | ![]() | |
I Saw The Sun | Güneşi Gördüm | Mahsun Kırmızıgül | ![]() |
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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(Un)Lucky | زهر | Fatma Zohra Zamoum | ![]() |
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Paris d'exil | ![]() | ||
Im Anhang: Lebenslauf | ![]() | ||
Τρυφερότητα | ![]() | ||
Boszorkanykor | ![]() | ||
Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai | ![]() | ||
Ang Panggagahasa Kay Fe | Alvin Yapan | ![]() | |
Contrato | Nicolau Breyner | ![]() | |
Čekaj me, ja sigurno neću doći | ![]() | ||
, | ![]() | ||
New Year's Eve | ![]() | ||
Bekçi | ![]() | ||
Jamil Dehlavi | ![]() |
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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Journey to Algiers | رحلة الى الجزائر | ![]() | |
Heliopolis | مصر الجديدة | Ahmad Abdalla | ![]() |
The Nile Birds | عصافير النيل | ![]() | |
Tale of a Mchaouchi Wrestler | موسم المشاوشة | ![]() | |
Crossword Destinies | فينك اليام | ![]() | |
Amreeka | أمريكا | Cherien Dabis | ![]() ![]() |
Pomegranates and Myrrh | المر و الرمان | Najwa Najjar | ![]() |
The Long Night | الليل الطويل | Hatem Ali | ![]() |
Thirty | ثلاثون | Fadhel Jaziri | ![]() |
أسرار دفينة | Raja Amari | ![]() | |
A Very Beautiful Trip | سفرة يا محلاها | Khaled Ghorbal | ![]() ![]() |
Films out of competition[]
The following films were screened out of the competition.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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La mosca in la ceniza | ![]() | ||
Hoy no se fía, mañana sí | ![]() ![]() | ||
Cairo Time | Ruba Nadda | ![]() | |
The Traveller | المسافر | ![]() | |
Teza | Haile Gerima | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
MR 73 | Olivier Marchal | ![]() | |
Enfin veuve | Isabelle Mergault | ![]() | |
Cliente | Josiane Balasko | ![]() | |
Home | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | ![]() | |
Utolsó idők | ![]() | ||
Dawn of the World | فجر العالم | Abbas Fahdel | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
كزانكرا | Nour Eddine Lakhmari | ![]() | |
Ward No. 6 | Палата № 6 | Karen Shakhnazarov | ![]() |
Dehb nepemome hux | ![]() | ||
The Soloist | Joe Wright | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
New Town Killers | Richard Jobson | ![]() | |
The Limits of Control | Jim Jarmusch | ![]() ![]() |
Juries[]
International Competition[]
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Digital Competition[]
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Arab Competition[]
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Awards[]
The winners of the 2009 Cairo International Film Festival were:
- Golden Pyramid: Postia Pappi Jaakobille by Klaus Härö
- : by Mona Achache
- Best Director: Mona Achache for
- (Best Screenplay): Klaus Härö for Postia Pappi Jaakobille
- Best Actor:
- for
- Subrat Dutta for
- Best Actress: for
- Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Directorial Debut): Gonzalo Calzada for
- (Best Artistic Contribution): Vera Glagoleva for
- Best Arabic Film: Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
- Best Arabic Screenplay: Cherien Dabis for Amreeka
- Arabic Film Special Mention:
- Heliopolis by Ahmad Abdalla
- by Hatem Ali
- Golden Award for Digital Films: by Alvin Yapan
- Silver Award for Digital Films:
- by
- by
- FIPRESCI Prize: Mona Achache for
External links[]
- Official Cairo International Festival Site (in English) Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Cairo International Film Festival:2009 at Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Cairo International Film Festival
- 2009 in Egypt
- 2009 film festivals
- 2000s in Cairo