The Knight and the Princess

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The Knight and the Princess is a 2019 Egyptian animated film directed by Bashir el-Deek, produced by Alabbas Hamidaddin, and created by cartoonist Mustafa Hussein. The film stars Haitham Elkhamissi, Mohamed Henedi, Donia Samir Ghanem, Medhat Saleh, Maged El Kedwany, Lekaa Elkhamissi, Abla Kamel, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Amina Rizk and Saeed Saleh.[1][2][3]

The film premiered at the 2019 El Gouna Film Festival, and released to theatres on 30 January 2020. It is the first animated feature film in Egypt.[4] It was selected to show at the 2020 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, making it the first Arab feature film to show at the festival.[5]

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  1. ^ "The Knight and the Princess". Malmo Arab Film Festival. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ Essam, Angy (8 March 2020). "LAFF to screen 'The Knight & The Princess' on Mar.8". Egypt Today. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ^ Tewfik, Nourhan (2 October 2019). "'The Knight and the Princess': Saudi-Egyptian animated film champions Arab voices, stories". Arab News. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. ^ "The First Feature-Length Arabic Animated Film, Master Class on "The Aesthetics of Sound in Cinema" and a Panel Discussion on "The Role and Impact of Film Festivals" On the Fifth Day of El Gouna Film Festival". El Gouna Film Festival. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ Essam, Angy (1 June 2020). "'The Knight and The Princess': the first feature-length animation film to represent Egyptian cinema internationally". Egypt Today. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

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