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UNDER THE AUSPICES OF INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

El Gouna Film Festival is deeply honored that the stellar group of industry professionals listed here are members of our advisory YOUSSRA FOREST WHITAKER board. Their support continues Actress, Egypt Actor, USA to guide and inspire us as we strive to produce a unique festival experience of the highest quality.

HEND SABRY TAREQ BEN AMMAR Actress, Tunisia, Egypt Producer, Distributor, Tunisia, France

ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO YOUSRY NASRALLAH Film Director, Producer, Film Director, Egypt Mauritania

HIAM ABBASS MARGARETHE VON TROTTA Actress, Screenwriter, Actress, Screenwriter, Film Film Director, Palestine Director, Germany

MOHAMED MALAS ATIQ RAHIMI Film Director, Syria Author, Film Director, France, Afghanistan

5 CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

El Gouna Film Festival is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 Career Achievement Award. The award celebrates individuals whose commitment to cinema has left an indelible mark in the field of their work.

KHALED EL SAWY GÉRARD DEPARDIEU Khaled El Sawy is a renowned Egyptian actor born in Alexandria in 1964. He A force de la nature and a prolific actor who has appeared in around 240 films, received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Cairo University in 1985, and then Gérard Depardieu is known to be the actor most nominated for the French a BA in film directing from the Academy of Arts in 1993. El Sawy began his César Awards. He started his acting career by appearing with the mobile artistic career on the stage of the university theater, while he was studying theater group ‘Café de la Gare,’ and played some marginal cinematic roles law. He co-founded the Egyptian Foundation for Theater Enthusiasts, wrote early in his career, until his appearance in Bertrand Blier's Going Places (1974), and directed several theater works, and won the Timor Prize for Theatrical immediately followed by the iconic role of Olme in Bertolucci's masterpiece Creativity in 1991 and 1992. Throughout his career, El Sawy acted with different Novecento (1976) that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. He became the generations of Egyptian directors, such as Mohamed Khan in Knight of the most famous French actor of the 1980s and 1990s. City (1991), Khairy Beshara in Hazelnut Shells (1995), and Marwan Hamed in Depardieu has acted in many films by the most important directors of his time The Yacoubian Building (2006) and The Originals (2017). He also worked with and won numerous awards, including the best actor prize at the 42nd Venice director Sherif Arafa in Al Jazeera (2007), and with Tarek Al Eryan in Sons of Film Festival for his role in Police (1985). In 1997, he received the prestigious Rizk 2 (2019). El Sawy received many honors in the fields of cinema, theater, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival for his body and poetry. Dubai Cultural Magazine honored him in the field of poetry, the of work. He was nominated for a César Award 16 times, winning twice. He Supreme Council of Culture granted him an award in theatrical composition, was also nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac, and he received the honor of the Tétouan International Mediterranean Film for which he won the Best Actor award at the 43rd Cannes Film Festival. rd Festival in Morocco in its 23 edition in 2017. Additionally, El Sawy received a He received a Golden Globe for his role in Green Card (1990) in the Best prize for his role in the film Keda Reda (2007) at the Alexandria International Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category. In Film Festival, as well as several Egyptian and Arab prizes for his role in The 1999, Depardieu received the Sept d'Or award for his role in Le Comte de Monte Yacoubian Building (2006). Cristo (1998).

ONSI ABOU SEIF Egyptian production designer and art director Onsi Abou Seif graduated from OMAR SHARIF AWARD the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1967, and worked in his early days on the movies Diary of a Country Prosecutor by celebrated director Tewfik Saleh, and The Mummy (1969) by Shadi Abdel Salam. Throughout his career, Abou Seif SAÏD TAGHMAOUI proved—time and time again—that set design is one of the most important A prominent French actor of Moroccan descent, Saïd Taghmaoui was born and decisive elements of filmmaking. The first award granted to him under in 1973 in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He briefly joined a French gangsta-rap the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture was for the movie Illusions of group known as Assassin, before he appeared in 1995 in the groundbreaking Love (1970). He moved on to receive numerous awards from the Ministry for Hate (La Haine) directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. The film earned him a César his work on Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989), Kit Kat (1991), and The Thief nomination for Most Promising Actor at the 20th César Awards. Taghmaoui of Joy (1995), among others. has since pursued an international career, appearing in films such as Three Onsi Abou Seif designed special scenes for the Hollywood movie Malcolm Kings (1999); The Kite Runner (2007); Vantage Point (2008); Traitor (2008), X (1992), and frequently collaborated with his friend acclaimed Egyptian which earned him a nomination for the Best Breakthrough Performance at director, Daoud Abdel Sayed. Abou Seif is known for designing hyper-realistic the 9th Black Reel Awards; GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009); the award-winning set décor, most significantly for the television series Critical Moments (2007), British feature My Brother the Devil (2012) by Sally El Hosaini; as well as and the film The Traveller (2009). His most memorable works include Love Hollywood blockbusters such as American Hustle (2013), Wonder Woman in Jail (1983), Kit Kat (1991), Land of Dreams (1993), The Other (1999), Land (2017), and John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019). Taghmaoui's television of Fear (2000), The Days of Sadat (2001), A Citizen, a Detective, and a Thief work includes Lost (2004–2010), the BBC miniseries House of Saddam (2008), (2001), Halim (2006), and Messages from the Sea (2010). and Touch (2012–2013).

6 7 EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Directed by: Kaouther Ben Hania El Gouna Film Festival, one of the leading festivals in the MENA region, aims to showcase Sweden, Saudi Arabia a wide variety of films for a passionate and knowledgeable audience; while fostering better communication between cultures through the art of filmmaking. Its goal is to connect filmmakers from the region with their international counterparts in the spirit of cooperation and cultural exchange. The festival is committed to the discovery of new voices and strives to be a catalyst for the development of cinema in the Arab world, particularly through its industry segment, CineGouna Platform. The 4th edition of GFF will present a selection of the newest films from around the globe. OPENING FILM The festival’s program consists of the three official competitions (Feature Narrative Competition, Feature Documentary Competition and Short Film Competition), the Official Selection out of Competition, and Special Presentations. With the exciting film screenings and activities Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Saudi th planned for the 4 edition, El Gouna Film Festival is certain to maintain its unique goal as the Arabia | 2020 | 104 min meeting point for filmmakers, critics and audiences who will gather to celebrate the art, craft and Arabic, English, French, with English Subtitles business of cinema. Sam is a young, sensitive and impulsive Syrian who fled to Lebanon to escape the Syrian war. Without legal status, he is unable to get a visa COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS to go to Europe, where his beloved Abeer lives. FEATURE NARRATIVE COMPETITION: When he meets Jeffrey Godefroi, a famous American artist, he agrees to a rather peculiar El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate and US $50,000) deal. The film premiered at the 77th Venice Film El Gouna Silver Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate and US $25,000) Festival. El Gouna Bronze Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate and US $15,000) El Gouna Star for Best Arab Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate and US $20,000) El Gouna Star for Best Actor (Trophy, certificate) El Gouna Star for Best Actress (Trophy, certificate) FEATURE DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION: El Gouna Golden Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate and US $30,000) El Gouna Silver Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate and US $15,000) El Gouna Bronze Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate and US $7,500) El Gouna Star for Best Arab Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate and US $10,000) SHORT FILM COMPETITION: El Gouna Golden Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate and US $15,000) El Gouna Silver Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate and US $7,500) El Gouna Bronze Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate and US $4,000) El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film (Trophy, certificate and US $5,000) CINEMA FOR HUMANITY AUDIENCE AWARD: Reserved for a film that exemplifies a humanitarian theme (Trophy, certificate and US $20,000). Feature-length films across various sections, indicated with a star on the top corner of the image are eligible for this award.

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200 METERS 200 METERS Ameen Nayfeh Experience True Town Living Palestine, Jordan, Italy, Sweden Directed by: Ameen Nayfeh BAD TALES Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo In West Cairo Italy, Switzerland THE FURNACE Roderick MacKay Australia IN BETWEEN DYING Hilal Baydarov Azerbaijan, Mexico, United States LISTEN Ana Rocha de Sousa United Kingdom, Portugal Palestine, Jordan, Italy, Sweden | 2020 | 90 min THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN Arabic, English, Hebrew, with English Subtitles Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Saudi Arabia Mustafa and his wife come from two MICA Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters Ismaël Ferroukhi apart, but separated by the wall. While their Morocco, France, Belgium unusual living situation poses a challenge NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN to their marriage, they do what they can to Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert make it work. When their son is hospitalized, Poland, Germany Mustafa rushes to the checkpoint but is denied NOWHERE SPECIAL entry. This is when his once 200-meter journey Uberto Pasolini becomes an odyssey.

FEATURE NARRATIVE COMPETITION NARRATIVE FEATURE Italy, Romania, United Kingdom OASIS Ivan Ikić BAD TALES Serbia, Slovenia, Netherlands, France, Bosnia Directed by: Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo and Herzegovina QUO VADIS, AIDA? Jasmila Zbanic Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, TH Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway 6 OF OCTOBER THE TIES Daniele Luchetti Visit Orascom Development’s Sales Italy UNDER THE STARS OF PARIS Office At Abu Tig Marina & Learn Claus Drexel France More About O West. THE WHALER BOY Italy, Switzerland | 2020 | 98 min Philipp Yuryev Russia, Poland, Belgium Italian, with Arabic and English Subtitles WIFE OF A SPY Kiyoshi Kurosawa A dark tale set in a small community FROM THE Japan somewhere in the world. A seemingly normal CREATORS OF THE YEAR OF FURY world silently festering with the sadism of EL GOUNA Rafa Russo fathers and the anger of diligent, desperate Uruguay, Spain children. An unreliable narrator guides us, sweetly and sarcastically, through this dark fairy tale; a story about women and men who see their hopes and dreams falling by the wayside all too soon.

13 THE FURNACE IN BETWEEN DYING MICA NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN Directed by: Roderick MacKay Directed by: Hilal Baydarov Directed by: Ismaël Ferroukhi International Premiere Directed by: Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert

Australia | 2020 | 116 min Azerbaijan, Mexico, United States | 2020 | 88 min Morocco, France, Belgium | 2020 | 90 min Poland, Germany | 2020 | 115 min English, Badimaya, Pashto, Punjabi, Cantonese, with Azerbaijani, with Arabic and English Subtitles Arabic, French, with English Subtitles Polish, Russian, with Arabic and English Subtitles Arabic and English Subtitles 1897, Western Australia. To escape a harsh This is the love story of Davud, a young man Ten-year-old Mica lives with his parents in a An enigmatic masseur appears one day at a existence and return home, a young Afghan trying to find his real family, who completes slum near Meknes, and sells grocery bags in gated suburban housing compound, offering cameleer partners with a bushman on the run his life cycle in a single day. When he does find souks. Hajj Kaddour, a handyman in a tennis his services. Despite their wealth, the residents with two 400-oz Crown-marked gold bars. love, it’s in the place he has always lived. club in Casablanca, takes him there as his long for the mysterious newcomer’s healing The unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police assistant. Mica finds himself propelled into hands, as his eyes seem to penetrate their sergeant and his troopers to reach a secret another world. souls. furnace, the only place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown.

LISTEN THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN NOWHERE SPECIAL OASIS Directed by: Ana Rocha de Sousa Directed by: Kaouther Ben Hania Directed by: Uberto Pasolini Directed by: Ivan Ikić

United Kingdom, Portugal | 2020 | 74 min Tunisia, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Saudi Italy, Romania, United Kingdom | 2020 | 96 min Serbia, Slovenia, Netherlands, France, Bosnia and English, Portuguese, British Sign Language, Arabia | 2020 | 104 min English, with English Subtitles Herzegovina | 2020 | 120 min with Arabic Subtitles Arabic, English, French, with English Subtitles Serbian, with Arabic and English Subtitles On the outskirts of London, a Portuguese Sam is a young, sensitive and impulsive Syrian John has devoted his life to raising his Three ‘users’—children born with intellectual immigrant couple, parents of three, struggle to who fled to Lebanon to escape the Syrian war. 4-year-old son Michael, since the mother left disabilities, abandoned by their families and make ends meet. When a misunderstanding Without legal status, he is unable to get a visa them immediately after his birth. When John placed in specialized institutions—face a arises with their deaf daughter, the British to go to Europe, where his beloved Abeer lives. discovers that he only has a few months to potentially tragic love triangle when Robert, social services become concerned and threaten When he meets Jeffrey Godefroi, a famous live, he decides to spend his remaining days in the melancholic teenager who often hurts to take their children away. Listen was part of American artist, he agrees to a rather peculiar search of the perfect person to adopt Michael. himself, and Dragana, his faithful and loving the Orizzonti competition at the 77th Venice deal. The film premiered at the 77th Venice Film friend, are joined in the home by Marija, the Film Festival. Festival. new user with a rather aggressive demeanor.

14 15 QUO VADIS, AIDA? THE TIES WIFE OF A SPY THE YEAR OF FURY Directed by: Jasmila Zbanic Directed by: Daniele Luchetti Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Directed by: Rafa Russo

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Italy | 2020 | 100 min Japan | 2020 | 115 min Uruguay, Spain | 2020 | 102 min Germany, Poland, France, Norway | 2020 | 103 min | Bosnian, Italian, with Arabic and English Subtitles Japanese, with Arabic and English Subtitles Spanish, with Arabic and English Subtitles English, Dutch, with Arabic and English Subtitles Bosnia, July 11, 1995. Aida works as a translator In early-1980s Naples, Aldo and Vanda’s On the eve of World War II, Yusaku senses that In 1972, Uruguay unavoidably fell into a terrible for the United Nations in the small town of marriage faces a whirlwind when Aldo reveals things are headed in an unsettling direction. dictatorship. Four characters—Diego and Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over an affair. He had fallen in love with the young He leaves his wife Satoko behind, and travels Leonardo, Rojas and Susana—whose lives, the town, her family is among the thousands of Lidia. However, the ties that keep people to Manchuria with his nephew, Fumio. There, as separated and irrelevant to each other as citizens seeking shelter in the UN camp. Aida together—even without love—play their part, Yusaku coincidentally witnesses a barbarous they may seem, are deeply affected by the tries to save her family and the tension mounts and 30 years later, Aldo and Vanda are still act and is determined to bring it to light. repression looming over them. as one escape path after another is closed off married. to them.

UNDER THE STARS OF PARIS THE WHALER BOY Directed by: Claus Drexel World Premiere Directed by: Philipp Yuryev

France | 2020 | 93 min Russia, Poland, Belgium | 2020 | 90 min French, with Arabic and English Subtitles Russian, English, Chukchi, with Arabic and English Subtitles

Christine's life has not been easy; her lonely Leshka lives in an isolated village on the Bering routine revolves around free food bank Strait. The internet’s recent arrival in the village distributions and wandering the streets of means the predominantly male population Paris. On a cold winter night, she finds Suli, a now gathers in a shed every evening to watch sobbing 8-year-old who was separated from his girls on an erotic webcam chat site. Leshka mother. An emotional journey ensues in search falls in love with a beautiful girl on the chat of the Burkinabé boy’s mother. and becomes determined to find her. A crazy journey awaits him.

16 17 33 WORDS ABOUT DESIGN 33 WORDS ABOUT DESIGN BANKSY MOST WANTED DAYS OF CANNIBALISM Natalya Klimchuk, Olga Morozova Russia Directed by: Natalya Klimchuk, Olga Morozova Directed by: Aurélia Rouvier, Seamus Haley Directed by: Teboho Edkins ACASA, MY HOME Radu Ciorniciuc Romania, Germany, Finland BANKSY MOST WANTED Aurélia Rouvier, Seamus Haley France DAYS OF CANNIBALISM Teboho Edkins France, South Africa, Netherlands IRRADIATED Rithy Panh France, Cambodia Russia | 2020 | 98 min France | 2020 | 82 min France, South Africa, Netherlands | 2020 | 79 min A LONG BREATH Russian, with English and Arabic Subtitles French, English, with Arabic and English Subtitles Sesotho, Fujianese, Mandarin, English, with Arabic Remi Itani and English Subtitles Lebanon This in-depth portrait of the masked Robin NOTTURNO It is commonly believed that there is no specific A contemporary documentary Western that Gianfranco Rosi Russian approach to design. But what if people Hood, Banksy, is an attempt to reveal what takes place against the backdrop of a newly Italy, France, Germany have been underestimating the influence of the artist stands for; his commitment to emerging China-Africa relationship. The film is SOFTIE culture, history, and the surrounding reality on environmental causes, his position regarding set in a remote rural region in Southern Africa, Sam Soko the style and aesthetic guidelines of those who political refugees, his links with the music a frontier space in which the laws of society are Kenya create our visual environment? scene, as well as his entrepreneurial side. It in a state of flux. The arrival of new settlers— THEIR ALGERIA carries an assortment of insightful testimonies economic migrants from China—has upset the Lina Soualem by those who know him, those who exploit balance of power. Algeria, France him, and those trying to hunt him down. THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw Italy, United States, Greece ACASA, MY HOME IRRADIATED A LONG BREATH

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Directed by: Radu Ciorniciuc Directed by: Rithy Panh Directed by: Remi Itani

Romania, Germany, Finland | 2020 | 86 min France, Cambodia | 2020 | 88 min Lebanon | 2019 | 67 min Romanian, with Arabic and English Subtitles French, with Arabic and English Subtitles Arabic, with English Subtitles

For two decades, the Enache family lived in the Meticulously, a man’s hands assemble a model A young man is swinging between extremes wilderness of Bucharest Delta: an abandoned house in which he places a saved treasure as in and trying to reconcile two opposing forces natural reservation with hundreds of rare a shrine: a family photo. Thus begins a journey within him. On the one hand is a world of animals and plants. When authorities decide into pain. The screen is split into a triptych, misery, war, pills, booze, prison, and gambling; to claim this exceptional urban ecosystem, giving rhythm to the pictures. Each tragedy on the other are his worried mother and the family is evicted and told to resettle in the is unique, but in the repetition of the images expecting wife. He is torn between the duty to city—a reality they know nothing about. there is that dull noise from which there is no piousness and the temptation of hedonism. escape.

18 19 NOTTURNO SOFTIE Directed by: Gianfranco Rosi Directed by: Sam Soko

Italy, France, Germany | 2020 | 100 min Kenya | 2020 | 96 min Arabic, Kurdish, with English Subtitles English, with Arabic and English Subtitles

How much pain and how much life make up Boniface 'Softie' Mwangi is a popular the existence of people in the Middle East? photojournalist, known for always being on the Shot over a 3-year period along the borders spot with his camera when there is turmoil in separating Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Lebanon, his country. When he takes his activism to the Gianfranco Rosi’s film gives voice to a human next level by running for office, would he be drama that transcends geographical divisions putting his family at risk? and calendar time.

THEIR ALGERIA THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS Directed by: Lina Soualem Directed by: Michael Dweck، Gregory Kershaw

Algeria, France | 2020 | 72 min Italy, United States, Greece | 2020 | 84 min French, Arabic, with English Subtitles Italian, with Arabic and English Subtitles

This is the long-standing journey of Aïcha A group of old men and their faithful dogs and Mabrouk’s exile. This Algerian couple had search for rare, expensive, and delicious white migrated to a medieval French town 60 years Alba truffles deep in the forests of Piedmont, ago. Their lives were nothing but a succession Italy. This documentary is a celebration of of repeated separations and alienating human passion in a community forgotten in silences. time.

16595 20 21 THE BATH THE OTHER CHEEK THE BATH Anissa Daoud Sandro Canaan Tunisia, France Egypt Directed by: Anissa Daoud World Premiere BEING MY MOM PEEL Jasmine Trinca Samuel Patthey, Italy Silvain Monney BLUE FRONTIER Switzerland Ivan Milosavljević PILAR Serbia, Slovenia Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping, BULLMASTIFF Diana van Houten Anastasiia Bukovska Netherlands, Belgium Ukraine PLAY SCHENGEN DEATH OF THE Gunhild Enger Norway OFFICIAL Artem Gilemyanov ROADBLOCK Tunisia, France | 2020 | 15 min Dahlia Nemlich Russia Arabic, with English Subtitles Lebanon END OF SEPTEMBER Valentina Casadei SËR BI Italy Moly Kane When his wife leaves on a business trip, Imed, France I AM AFRAID TO on his own for the first time, must take care

SHORT FILM COMPETITION SHORT FORGET YOUR FACE SHAKWA of their 5-year-old son, Hedi. While he enjoys Sameh Alaa Farah Shaer this privileged time with his son, Imed’s long- Egypt, France, Belgium Lebanon, Jordan hidden fears threaten to return to the surface. INFLUENCER STICKER Rubén Barbosa Georgi M. Unkovski Spain Republic of North Macedonia MARE NOSTRUM Dimitris Anagnostou Greece OBVIOUS OFFSIDE BEING MY MOM Sami Tilili Directed by: Jasmine Trinca Tunisia

Italy | 2020 | 12 min No Dialogue

Rome seems to be deserted. The heat is scorching. Only a mother and her daughter keep the road company, dragging a large suitcase along. It certainly looks like they are seeking one another, or escaping each other all the same.

22 23 BLUE FRONTIER BULLMASTIFF I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE INFLUENCER Directed by: Ivan Milosavljević Directed by: Anastasiia Bukovska World Premiere Directed by: Sameh Alaa Directed by: Rubén Barbosa

Serbia, Slovenia | 2020 | 20 min Ukraine | 2020 | 25 min Egypt, France, Belgium | 2020 | 15 min Spain | 2020 | 18 min Serbian, with English Subtitles Ukrainian, Russian, English, with English Subtitles Arabic, with English Subtitles Spanish, with English Subtitles

An old fisherman has spent his entire life Mitya is a war veteran who is trying to return This short film follows Adam, who—after being Internet influencers make a living out of searching for the biggest fish in the Danube. to normal civilian life. He accidentally meets separated for 82 days—decides to venture a gathering a loyal following on their selected With every sunrise, the man attempts to a lost dog, a bullmastiff named Roy. Their rough road to be reunited with the one he social media platforms. This is how they have lure the giant. Blue Frontier explores the relationship is complicated at first, but loves. It is the first Egyptian film to be selected the opportunity to voice their messages to relationship between two protagonists—one on eventually, it is Roy who helps Mitya cope with for the Official Short Film Competition at the thousands —and sometimes, millions—of the surface of the water and the other in the his difficult past. Cannes Film Festival in 50 years. people from all over the globe. This short unknown depths of the river. film addresses the incident of one of the most popular influencers having her 4 million followers stolen.

DEATH OF THE OFFICIAL END OF SEPTEMBER MARE NOSTRUM OBVIOUS OFFSIDE Directed by: Artem Gilemyanov Directed by: Valentina Casadei Directed by: Dimitris Anagnostou Directed by: Sami Tilili World Premiere

Russia | 2020 | 16 min Italy | 2020 | 16 min Greece | 2020 | 26 min Tunisia | 2020 | 20 min Russian, with English Subtitles Italian, with English Subtitles Greek, French, with English Subtitles Arabic, with English Subtitles

When cadastral official Albert Feliksovich Two brothers from different fathers struggle On a vast and desolate beach around the A winter night. A crucial match: two countries learns that he will die soon, his fortune- to find their identity while living with their middle of the 19th century, a group of Grand Tour compete for the only qualifying ticket for the teller tells him that he can take his money absent, alcoholic mother. Ali, the owner of the voyagers seek Arcadia and its ancient ruins. FIFA world cup. A man drives his car through to the grave and use it in the afterlife. While grocery store in their building, offers the only More than a century later, the dead body of an deserted streets. Two policemen on patrol Feliksovich seems convinced, how would he semblance to a father figure in their lives, while unidentified man lies on the same coast. listen to the game on their car radio, until the persuade those around him? the brothers become the heroes of survival. transmission is interrupted.

24 25 THE OTHER CHEEK PEEL ROADBLOCK SËR BI Directed by: Sandro Canaan World Premiere Directed by: Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney Directed by: Dahlia Nemlich World Premiere Directed by: Moly Kane

Egypt | 2020 | 11 min Switzerland | 2020 | 15 min Lebanon | 2020 | 16 min France | 2020 | 21 min Arabic, with English Subtitles No Dialogue Arabic, French, with English Subtitles Wolof, with English Subtitles

When Nashaat’s daughter is viciously attacked This animated documentary follows the daily Beirut 2019, during the revolution. On her way Tomorrow, Zuzana is getting married. As she by his neighbors’ dog, he is aggrieved to routine at a retirement home in an isolated back from a protest, Farah, a Lebanese activist, desperately and courageously endeavors to hear claims that she provoked the attack. location. Some of the residents appear to be and her French-Lebanese boyfriend Anthony erase her past, every minute counts to sharpen Unreconciled emotions lead to a heated active, while others follow a fixed schedule are stopped at a roadblock held by two armed her story to become the woman we expect her confrontation with his ex- wife, leaving the to be repeated each day: medication, meals, militiamen who have a bone to pick with Farah. to be. The movie was selected in the Short Cuts cornered father with no choice but to take out games, and a lot of resting. Time fades away, Programme of the 45th Toronto International frustrations on the perpetrator. but in the distance, a vast forest stretches on. Film Festival.

PILAR PLAY SCHENGEN SHAKWA STICKER Directed by: Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping, Diana van Houten Directed by: Gunhild Enger Directed by: Farah Shaer World Premiere Directed by: Georgi M. Unkovski

Netherlands, Belgium | 2020 | 10 min Norway | 2020 | 15 min Lebanon, Jordan | 2020 | 14 min Republic of North Macedonia | 2020 | 19 min No Dialogue Norwegian, French, Slovak, English Arabic, with English Subtitles Macedonian, with English Subtitles

A hand-painted animation about a post- A gaming company is creating a video game In present-day Beirut, Hoda secretly goes to After an unsuccessful attempt to renew his apocalyptic city where nature is slowly about the European Union. The player’s report a crime her husband committed, but she car registration, Dejan falls in a bureaucratic reclaiming the streets. A dangerous intruder character is a national bird that needs to breed is faced with unexpected consequences. trap that tests his determination to be a gives Pilar the chance to discover the wild and nest, but can only fly as allowed by their responsible father. The film was screened in animal within and the means to escape the EU visa rights. How can the creators make the Shorts Program of the 36th Sundance Film post-apocalyptic village she lives in. Schengen catchy? Festival.

26 27 AND TOMORROW THE IBRAHIM AND TOMORROW THE ENTIRE WORLD ENTIRE WORLD Samir Guesmi Julia von Heinz France Directed by: Julia von Heinz Germany, France JOSEP ANOTHER ROUND Aurel Thomas Vinterberg France, Spain, Belgium Denmark MAINSTREAM BEGINNING Gia Coppola Dea Kulumbegashvili United States Georgia, France MY TENDER MATADOR BERLIN Rodrigo Sepulveda Urzua ALEXANDERPLATZ Chile, Argentina, Mexico Burhan Qurbani SEPTET: THE STORY OF Germany, France, Canada, HONG KONG Netherlands Johnnie To, Tsui Hark, Ann Germany, France | 2020 | 111 min THE BIG HIT Hui, Ringo Lam, Patrick German, with English Subtitles Emmanuel Courcol Tam, Sammo Hung, Yuen France Woo-Ping Hong Kong SAR China, DELETE HISTORY Wealthy law student Luisa joins a group of China Benoît Delépine, Gustave Antifa activists, bonding over their will to fight Kervern SPRING BLOSSOM for the cause and halt the continued rise of France Suzanne Lindon neo-Nazis across Germany. Together, they face France FALLING an important question: Does combating hate Viggo Mortensen Jr. TRAGIC JUNGLE justify violence? United States, Canada, Yulene Olaizola United Kingdom, Mexico, France Denmark TRUE MOTHERS FATHER Naomi Kawase Srdan Golubović Japan Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia ANOTHER ROUND and Herzegovina Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg I NEVER CRY

OFFICIAL SELECTION OUT OF COMPETITION OFFICIAL SELECTION Piotr Domalewski Poland, Ireland

Denmark | 2020 | 110 min Danish, with Arabic and English Subtitles

Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that supports the idea that they can improve their lives by maintaining a certain level of intoxication at all times. As intriguing as this philosophical experiment may sound, its consequences may not always be foreseen. Mads Mikkelsen delivers a powerful performance in this touching and thought-provoking drama about friendship, freedom, and alcohol.

28 29 BEGINNING BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ FALLING FATHER Directed by: Dea Kulumbegashvili Directed by: Burhan Qurbani Directed by: Viggo Mortensen Jr. Directed by: Srdan Golubović

Georgia, France | 2020 | 125 min Germany, France, Canada, Netherlands | 2020 | 183 min United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Georgian, with Arabic and English Subtitles German, English, with English Subtitles 2020 | 112 min | English, Spanish Herzegovina | 2020 | 120 min | Serbian, with English Subtitles In a lazy Georgian village, a Jehovah Witness A contemporary retelling of Alfred Döblin’s A father’s abrasive nature, portrayed as both Nikola is ordered to give up his children community is attacked by an extremist group. classic 1929 novel of German modernism, Berlin caustic and funny, is aggravated by memory to social services after his wife attempts As conflict ensues, Yana, the young missionary Alexanderplatz, the story sheds light on the loss, prompting the past and the present suicide. When the social welfare office and the wife of the community leader, David, inner society of Berlin and its outsiders. It puts to clash. While the traditional father and decides that he cannot provide an adequate faces a slow and tormenting breakdown. desire and travesty under the microscope on a his homosexual son finally confront the life living environment, Nikola decides to lodge a gloomy voyage through the ‘dark night of the milestones that forced them apart, they lead complaint with the Ministry of Social Affairs in soul’ with authentic, atmospheric images of us through a bittersweet journey born from the Belgrade. He endeavors to walk 300 kilometers the city. shambles of anger and bitterness. to the capital to prove that he would do anything for his children.

THE BIG HIT DELETE HISTORY I NEVER CRY IBRAHIM Directed by: Emmanuel Courcol Directed by: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern Directed by: Piotr Domalewski Directed by: Samir Guesmi

France | 2020 | 107 min France | 2020 | 110 min Poland, Ireland | 2020 | 100 min France | 2020 | 80 min French, with English Subtitles French, English, with Arabic and English Subtitles Polish, English, with English Subtitles French, with Arabic and English Subtitles

Etienne is an actor who is often out of work. Three neighbors at a provincial suburb are After learning about the death of her father, A teenage dreamer, Ibrahim, lives in a housing He runs a theater workshop in a prison, where overtaken by the life-altering capabilities of a builder working abroad, 17-year-old Ola has project on the outskirts of Paris with his he brings together an unlikely ensemble of social media. When they decide to resist the to travel to Ireland to bring his body back to father, Ahmed, with whom he has a difficult prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s Waiting mighty windmills of contemporary living—the Poland. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in her relationship. When Ibrahim shocks his father for Godot. As their relationship grows, and their Big Tech companies—the trials and tribulations own way, Ola learns that her biggest dream was with an unexpected debt, he becomes adamant final performance in Paris approaches, their of their journey make for an interesting really getting to know her father. on doing whatever it takes to make amends last night together promises to be the biggest adventure. and gain his father’s respect. hit of them all.

30 31 JOSEP MAINSTREAM SPRING BLOSSOM TRAGIC JUNGLE Directed by: Aurel Directed by: Gia Coppola Directed by: Suzanne Lindon Directed by: Yulene Olaizola

France, Spain, Belgium | 2020 | 74 min United States | 2020 | 95 min France | 2020 | 73 min Mexico, France | 2020 | 96 min French, Spanish, English, with English Subtitles English, with Arabic Subtitles French, with English Subtitles Spanish, Maya, English, Creol, with English Subtitles

February 1939. This moving animated film tells Frankie, a young woman trying to discover who Sixteen-year-old Suzanne is bored with people 1920, deep in the Mayan jungle on the border. the saga of an unlikely friendship between she really is, encounters the mysterious Link, her age. Every day, she passes by a theater, A group of Mexican workers meet Agnes, a fictional French gendarme, and masterly a man who seems to live without rules. With until one day, she meets an older man and they a mysterious young Belizean woman who draftsman Josep Bartoli, a Spanish Republican the help of her best friend, Frankie decides fall in love. But is Suzanne missing out on the enlivens their desires. Alas, they may have fighter, confined in a French concentration to upload Link’s interesting rants online, and life she should be experiencing as a teenager woken up Xtabay—a legendary being that lurks camp during Franco's oppressive regime. Josep internet stardom takes them by storm. instead? in the heart of the jungle. was among the official selection of the rd73 Cannes Film Festival.

MY TENDER MATADOR SEPTET: THE STORY OF HONG KONG TRUE MOTHERS Directed by: Rodrigo Sepulveda Urzua Directed by: Johnnie To, Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, Ringo Lam, Directed by: Naomi Kawase Patrick Tam, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Woo-Ping

Chile, Argentina, Mexico | 2020 | 93 min Hong Kong SAR China, China | 2020 | 111 min Japan | 2020 | 140 min Spanish, with English Subtitles Cantonese, with English Subtitles Japanese, with English Subtitles

Amid the political turmoil during the Pinochet Seven of Hong Kong’s most renowned directors Based on a 2015 novel by Mizuki Tsujimura, the dictatorship in 1980s Chile, a proud, aging explore the history of Hong Kong through their film revolves around Satoko, the middle-class transvestite engages in a risky clandestine unique artistic visions. The film covers over 50 adoptive mother of a child, who suddenly gets operation after falling in love with a guerrilla years of Hong Kong’s history, from the 1950s contacted by the child’s birth mother; and who asks her to hide dangerous secret to today. Hikari, the desperate young biological mother documents of the revolution in her home. who doesn’t want to be erased from her child’s life.

32 33 HOPPER/WELLES HOPPER/WELLES Orson Welles United States Directed by: Orson Welles THE KID Charlie Chaplin United States

United States | 2020 | 131 min English

A real, intimate, and revelatory 1970 conversation between film giants Dennis SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS SPECIAL Hopper and Orson Welles over a long, boisterous dinner. Is a director a creator or a magician? Will America survive its own violence? Liberation, radical chic, and political sincerity—the subjects they discuss are more relevant than ever.

THE KID Directed by: Charlie Chaplin

United States | 1921 | 60 min No Dialogue

A woman abandons her newborn son along with a note for the person who will find the child. The Tramp stumbles upon the child and though initially reluctant, takes him in and raises him as his own.

34 35 36 37 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020

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6 PM 5:30 PM 6 PM 6 PM 6 PM RED CARPET 5:45 PM | 110 min 6:00 PM | 111 min 6:15 PM | 88 min DELETE HISTORY SEPTET: THE STORY OF HONG 7 PM 6:30 PM | 116 min 6:30 PM | 110 min 6:30 PM | 111 min 7 PM 7 PM 6:30 PM | 110 min 7 PM IRRADIATED KONG THE FURNACE DELETE HISTORY SEPTET: THE STORY OF ANOTHER ROUND 8 PM HONG KONG 8 PM 8 PM 8 PM

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Festival Plaza Audimax ( TU Berlin ) Sea Cinema 1 Sea Cinema 2 Sea Cinema 3 Tik Tok Arena Grand Cinemas Hurghada

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3 PM 3 PM 3 PM 3 PM 2:45 PM | 113 min NEVER GONNA SNOW 3:15 PM | 90 min 3:15 PM | 100 min 4 PM 4 PM 4 PM 3:30 PM | 88 min 4 PM AGAIN OASIS I NEVER CRY IRRADIATED 5 PM 4:15 PM | 72 min 5 PM 5 PM 5 PM THEIR ALGERIA 6 PM 5:30 PM 6 PM 6 PM 6 PM 5:45 PM | 98 min RED CARPET 6:00 PM | 93 min 6:00 PM | 110 min BAD TALES 7 PM 6:30 PM | 90 min SHORT FILM PROGRAM 1 7 PM 7 PM 6:30 PM | 73 min 6:30 PM | 111 min DELETE HISTORY 7 PM 200 METERS 7:00 PM | 78 min SPRING BLOSSOM SEPTET: THE STORY OF HONG 8 PM DAYS OF CANNIBALISM 8 PM 8 PM KONG 8 PM

9 PM 9 PM 9 PM 9 PM 8:45 PM | 104 min 8:45 PM | 130 min 9:00 PM | 74 min THE MAN WHO SOLD 9:15 PM | 115 min BEGINNING 10 PM 10 PM 10 PM 9:30 PM | 78 min JOSEP 10 PM HIS SKIN WIFE OF A SPY 9:45 PM | 98 min 33 WORDS ABOUT IBRAHIM 11 PM DESIGN 11 PM 11 PM 11 PM

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Festival Plaza Audimax ( TU Berlin ) Sea Cinema 1 Sea Cinema 2 Sea Cinema 3 Tik Tok Arena Grand Cinemas Hurghada

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Festival Plaza Audimax ( TU Berlin ) Sea Cinema 1 Sea Cinema 2 Sea Cinema 3 Tik Tok Arena Grand Cinemas Hurghada

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Festival Plaza Audimax ( TU Berlin ) Sea Cinema 1 Sea Cinema 2 Sea Cinema 3 Tik Tok Arena Grand Cinemas Hurghada

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42 43 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020

Festival Plaza Audimax ( TU Berlin ) Sea Cinema 1 Sea Cinema 2 Sea Cinema 3 Tik Tok Arena Grand Cinemas Hurghada

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Festival Plaza Audimax ( TU Berlin ) Sea Cinema 1 Sea Cinema 2 Sea Cinema 3 Tik Tok Arena Grand Cinemas Hurghada

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Festival Plaza Audimax ( TU Berlin ) Sea Cinema 1 Sea Cinema 2 Sea Cinema 3 Tik Tok Arena Grand Cinemas Hurghada

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46 47 Short Film Programs

SHORT FILM PROGRAM 1 SHORT FILM PROGRAM 3 For its 4th edition, CineGouna SpringBoard received 99 submissions (65 projects in development and 34 films in post-production) from all parts of the Arab world. A panel of experts reviewed SHAKWA - 14 min BULLMASTIFF - 25 min the submissions and made a selection of 12 projects in development (8 narratives and 4 INFLUENCER - 18 min OBVIOUS OFFSIDE - 19 min documentaries) and 6 films in post-production (5 narratives and 1 documentary) on the basis of their content, artistic vision, and overall financial feasibility. The selection committee was deeply MARE NOSTRUM - 16 min PILAR - 9 min impressed by the high quality of the submitted projects. I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE - 15 min DEATH OF THE OFFICIAL - 16 min The final list of the selected projects and their directors, representing 10 Arab countries, is as follows: PEEL - 15 min BEING MY MOM - 12 min PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT: PLAY SCHENGEN - 15 min END OF SEPTEMBER - 15 min Feature Narrative: SHORT FILM PROGRAM 2 The Day of Arafah, directed by Ala'a Al Qaisi, Jordan Goodbye Julia, directed by Mohamed Kordofani, Sudan BLUE FRONTIER - 20 min Hajj to Disney, directed by Maha Al-Saati, Saudi Arabia THE BATH - 15 min Hamlet from the Slums, directed by Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh, Egypt ROADBLOCK - 16 min I Am Here but You Can't See Me, directed by Feyrouz Serhal, Lebanon SER BI - 21 min Obliteration, directed by Karim Moussaoui, Algeria Roqia, directed by Yanis Koussim, Algeria THE OTHER CHEEK - 11 min Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo, directed by Khaled Mansour, Egypt STICKER - 19 min Feature Documentary: Big Boys Don’t Cry, directed by Muhammad Mustapha, Egypt Bye Bye Tiberias, directed by Lina Soualem, Palestine The Last Man, directed by Muhammad Salah, Egypt The Mother of All Lies, directed by Asmae El Moudir, Morocco FILMS IN POST-PRODUCTION: Feature Narrative: Communion, directed by Nejib Belkadhi, Tunisia A creative hub for minds and markets, CineGouna Platform is an industry-oriented event created Harvest, directed by Ely Dagher, Lebanon to support and empower Egyptian and Arab filmmakers, helping them find artistic and financial support. CineGouna Platform presents the CineGouna SpringBoard and CineGouna Bridge Life Suits Me Well, directed by Al Hadi Ulad Mohand, Morocco programs that provide opportunities for sharing and learning. CineGouna SpringBoard is a project The Maiden’s Pond, directed by Bassem Breche, Lebanon development and co-production lab that offers opportunities to find creative and financial Streams, directed by Mehdi Hmili, Tunisia support for Arab film directors and producers with projects in development or films in post- Feature Documentary: production. Applications of feature narrative and feature documentary projects in development, as well as films in post-production, are accepted for participation in the program from all parts Take Me to the Cinema, directed by Albaqer Jafeer, Iraq, Egypt of the Arab world. GUEST FILM IN POST-PRODUCTION: CineGouna Bridge is a meeting point and a forum for dialogue between different cinematic voices, where Arab filmmakers and their international counterparts engage in and share their Feature Documentary: perspectives on a wide range of subjects related to the social and business aspects of cinema. Blue Inmates, directed by Zeina Daccache, Lebanon The 4th edition of CineGouna Bridge will present workshops, panel discussions and master classes with key industry professionals and experts on several cinematic topics. Some of these activities will be held virtually. The programs and activities of CineGouna Platform will take place at the TU Berlin, El Gouna Campus from October 25 to 29, 2020.

48 49 The directors and producers of the selected projects listed above will present their projects and works in progress to producers, funding agencies, distributors, sales agents, and festival programmers to receive constructive feedback. In addition, private meetings are scheduled for the filmmakers with experts and mentors to help them fine-tune their scripts or rough cuts, with the aim of improving their chances of regional and international cooperation. All selected projects in development and films in post-production will compete for awards to be decided by a jury of industry experts. The best project in development and film in post-production will receive a CineGouna Platform certificate and a cash prize of US $15,000 each. Additional awards and cash prizes are presented through partnerships with the local and regional institutions listed below. A total prize money of more than US $180,000 will be awarded during the CineGouna Platform Awards Ceremony.

-US $20,000 from Shahid

-US $10,000 from iProductions

-US $10,000 from Arab Radio & Television Network (ART)

-US $10,000 from Synergy Films

-US $10,000 from Rotana

-US $10,000 from New Century Production

-US $10,000 from Lagoonie Film Production

-US $10,000 from Dakhli West El Balad by Al Ismaelia for Real Estate Investment

-US $10,000 from Weyyak

-US $80,000 worth of production services from Shahid

-US $50,000 pre-sale from OSN

-US $30,000 as a minimum guarantee from MAD Solutions & Ergo Media Ventures

-US $30,000 worth of VFX services from Mercury Visual Solutions

-US $10,000 worth of a full DCP package from The Cell Post Production

-US $10,000 worth of a full film promotions package from The Cell Post Production

-2 Film Independent Virtual Residency awards including script consultation and project- based meetings with American screenwriters, producers and industry executives from Film Independent and The U.S. Embassy

-An editing residency for a period of up to 10 weeks coupled with tailor-made consultancy sessions from DOX BOX

-Selection of 2 filmmakers for IEFTA's Global Film Expression initiative - sponsorship to participate in one of IEFTA's partner development lab or workshop from IEFTA

50 4. Creating Worlds Through VFX - Presented by Framestore and Mercury Master Class by Meena Ibrahim Moderated by Yasser El-Naggar CineGouna Bridge, a meeting point and a forum for dialogue between different cinematic Wednesday, October 28, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) voices, is ready to welcome its guests to its 4th edition. Arab filmmakers and their international counterparts will engage in and share their perspectives on a wide range of topics related to the 5. A Conversation With Director Peter Webber social and business aspects of cinema. This year, CineGouna Bridge will present workshops, Saturday, October 31, 12:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) panel discussions and master classes with key industry professionals and experts. WORKSHOPS PANEL DISCUSSIONS 1. U.S. Embassy and Film Independent Short Film Screenwriting Workshop 1. UNHCR and Sawiris Foundation Panel: Children Matter (In Partnership with GFF) (Virtual) Moderated by Raya Abirached Closed Session Sunday, October 25, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) 2. “Beyond the Method: by Gerald James” Acting Workshop 2. Women’s Empowerment Through Film Closed Session Moderated by Raya Abirached Monday, October 26, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) SPECIAL EVENTS 3. A Filmmaker's Journey from Film Lab to VOD Platform - Presented by IEFTA (Virtual) 1. Uplift4GFF Pitching Event Moderated by Emma Smith Gemini Africa in Partnership with GFF Monday, October 26, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., TU Berlin (Room G29) Saturday, October 24, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Festival Plaza 4. Digital Media in the Wake of a Global Pandemic Gemini Uplift4GFF is the first regional and continental program of its kind to form a bridge Moderated by Ahmed Abbas between entrepreneurs and the entertainment industry. The program gives a chance to top- Tuesday, October 27, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) quality startups and creatives who have innovative ideas to pitch in front of industry experts 5. Equity and Access: Changing the Hollywood Narrative - Presented by the U.S. Embassy during El Gouna Film Festival. Uplift4GFF offers entrepreneurs the right exposure, business and Film Independent (Virtual) leads, mentorship and partnership opportunities, while it aims to take the show business to the next level by injecting new technologies into the core of the industry, as well as all its Moderated by Angel Kristi Williams supporting functions. Tuesday, October 27, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., TU Berlin (G29) 2. Uplift4GFF Winners’ Event 6. Starting Up in Digital Media Gemini Africa in Partnership with GFF Moderated by Mariam Farag Monday, October 26, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., TU Berlin (Room G29) Wednesday, October 28, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) In the first Uplift4GFF event, 3 winners will be chosen. During the second event, the 3 winners will have the opportunity to present their projects in MASTER CLASSES front of industry guests for investment and business matchmaking. 1. A Conversation With Ali Fazal Jury: Moderated by Bushra Rozza Adly Thoma, Executive Chairman and CEO, Gemini Africa Sunday, October 25, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) Onsi Sawiris, Managing Partner, HOF Capital 2. Pitch Realization Master Class by Netflix (Virtual) Mohamed Hefzy, Film Producer Master Class by Christopher Mack Shereen Reda, Actress Monday, October 26, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) Nardine Farag, TV Presenter and Actress 3. Visual Storytelling and Adapting to Changing Conditions Chérine T.Magora, Head of Strategic Partnership, Middle East, Africa & Pakistan, TikTok Master Class by Ahmad Al Morsy 3. Ocean Souls Film Screening Moderated by Karim El Shenawy Directed by: Philip Hamilton Tuesday, October 27, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax) United States, United Kingdom, Spain | 2020 | 57 min | English Thursday, October 29, 12:15 p.m. – 1:12 p.m., Sea Cinema 2

52 53 Sunday, October 25 Wednesday, October 28

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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM A Conversation With Ali Fazal TUB, Audimax 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Creating Worlds Through VFX by Meena Ibrahim TUB, Audimax

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM UNHCR and Sawiris Foundation Panel Discussion: Children Matter TUB, Audimax 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Starting Up in Digital Media TUB, Audimax

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TIME Bridge Program VENUE TIME Bridge Program VENUE

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pitch Realization Master Class by Netflix by Christopher Mack TUB, Audimax 12:15 PM - 1:12 PM Special Event: Ocean Souls Film Screening Sea Cinema 2

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Women's Empowerment Through Film Audimax

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Uplift4GFF Winners’ Event TUB, G29 Saturday, October 31 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IEFTA: A Filmmaker's Journey from Film Lab to VOD Platform TUB, G29

TIME Bridge Program VENUE

12:30 PM- 2:00 PM A Conversation With Director Peter Webber TUB, Audimax Tuesday, October 27

TIME Bridge Program VENUE

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Digital Media in the Wake of a Global Pandemic TUB, Audimax Virtual Session

Master Class / Conversation 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Visual Storytelling and Adapting to Changing Conditions by Ahmad Al Morsy TUB, Audimax Panel Discussion Equity and Access: Changing the Hollywood Narrative - Presented by the U.S. 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM TUB, G29) Embassy and Film Independent Special Events

54 55 RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF ICONIC PRODUCTION EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL SUPPORTS ARAB CINEMA AT DESIGNER ONSI ABOU SEIF INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS Stemming from El Gouna Film Festival's commitment to celebrating everything related to Initiated by Eng. Naguib Sawiris, the 2nd and 3rd editions of El Gouna Film Festival launched a the art of film, GFF is proud to announce an exhibition of the works of the famous production series of collaborations with several festivals and film institutions around the world to promote designer Onsi Abou Seif, the recipient of GFF's Career Achievement Award this year, whose Arab cinema. contribution has enhanced the value of some of the most prominent Egyptian films. In its 4th edition, El Gouna Film Festival will continue to build on these collaborations in order During our quest to curate this exhibition, we discovered a treasure trove of set design sketches to empower Arab filmmakers, especially outside the Arab world, and promote their projects and and layouts for films such as The Mummy by Shadi Abdel Salam, Alexandria: Again and Forever films at various stages at international cinema forums, thus enhancing their opportunities for by Youssef Chahine, Kit Kat by Daoud Abdel Sayed, Summer Thefts by Yousry Nasrallah, and Date co-production and distribution. This year's list of festivals includes: Wine by Radwan El-Kashef. This is in addition to Dreams of Hind and Camelia by Mohamed Khan, TH and Sweet Day, Bitter Day by Khairy Beshara. THE 10 MALMÖ ARAB FILM FESTIVAL The exhibition will include some of these designs and sketches, video clips from Abou Seif’s Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) is the biggest film festival dedicated to Arab cinema in the films, movie posters, and awards he has received over the course of his career. Additionally, Scandinavian region, and one of the largest of its kind outside the Arab world. GFF offers a US the exhibition will feature small scale models of some of the iconic pieces made by him. The $5,000 cash prize at the MAFF Market Forum, the sidebar of MAFF, for an Arab film project. In 2019, exhibition is curated by acknowledged designer Karim Mekhtigian. GFF awarded its US $5,000 cash prize to Before It’s Too Late by Tunisian director Majdi Lakhdar. th The Onsi Abou Seif retrospective exhibition will be presented throughout the course of the 4 THE 8TH FINAL CUT IN VENICE WORKSHOP edition of GFF, to be held from 24 to 30 October, 2020. Since 2017, GFF has offered an award at the Final Cut in Venice workshop for an Arab film project, which includes a cash prize of US $5,000 in addition to an invitation to attend CineGouna Platform as a guest project. The Final Cut in Venice workshop provides an opportunity for 6 film projects in the production stage to facilitate the post-production process and strengthen partnerships between these projects and the film markets. The workshop takes place over 3 days of events and activities, presenting projects to producers, buyers, distributors, post-production companies, and festival programmers.

56 57 TICKETING INFO Badge holders must reserve their tickets online by visiting our website www.elgounafilmfestival.com. Ticket purchase will also be available at our physical box offices.

TYPES AND PRICES PAYMENT METHODS Badge Holders: 4 free tickets per day, 1 ticket (Service charges may apply for online purchase) per film/master class. - Visa/MasterCard Single Ticket: EGP 50 - Cash Student: EGP 25 (with valid student ID) Cinephile Pass: EGP 700 (4 tickets per day, EL GOUNA BOX OFFICE HOURS 1 ticket per screening, excluding opening and - TU Berlin Campus (Audimax): 9:00 a.m. to closing ceremonies and concurrent screenings) 10:00 p.m. - Sea Cinema: 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. CINEGOUNA PLATFORM CineGouna Panels: Free (a free ticket must be HURGHADA BOX OFFICE HOURS booked online by badge holders, or picked up - Grand Cinema: 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. from the box office for non-badge holders) CineGouna Master Classes: EGP 25

TICKET POLICIES ● Tickets are required for all screenings, panels and master classes. Festival Passes may be redeemed only in person at any GFF box office. ● Tickets must be collected at the screening venue box office at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled screening time. ● Admission and seating is guaranteed only 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the program (this includes screenings, panels, master classes and events). Late admission is at the discretion of the theater manager. ● There are no reserved seats for any of the screenings, platforms, master classes or events. ● No refunds, exchanges or reprinted tickets will be issued under any circumstances. ● Tickets may not be resold. ● All screenings are subject to change without notice. Changes are published at www. elgounafilmfestival.com. ● By using your ticket, you agree that you may be recorded, photographed and/or filmed for no fee. ● Unauthorized recording or photography of GFF programs is against the law. Violators may be subjected to prosecution. ● GFF will not be liable for any loss, injury, or damage to the ticket holder whatsoever or howsoever caused.

58 59 60 61 BEACHES AND MARINAS

1- Elements Beach 2- Kiteboarding Club/ Buzzha Beach 3- The Three Corners Hotel Beach Club 4- Mangroovy Beach 5- Abu Tig Marina 6- Abu Tig Marina || 7- Zaytouna Beach 8- Redsea Zone 9- Kite Power 10- Moods Beach Club 11- Bellevue’s Beach 12- Movenpick Beach 13- Paradisio’s Beach 14- Sheraton’s Beach 15- Taweela 16- Smokery Beach Club 17- Marina Beach Club

RECREATION SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT 1- E Bikes Stations 1- Khaled Bichara Stadium 2- Bus Stations 2- El Gouna Fish Farm 3- Info Centre 3- Cinema 4- Limousine & Taxi Service 4- Clubhouse 5- Mini Kids Academy 5- Go Karts 6- EGIS School 6- Tennis 7- Library & Culturama 7- Cheeky Monkey 8- Mosque 8- Mini Golf 9- Hospital & Pharmacy 9- Sliders Cable Park 10- Nursing Institute 10- Ultra-light Craft 11- TU Berlin/ Audi Max 11- Desert Breath Land Art 12- Gas Station 12- Oasis Bedouin Night 13- German Hotel School 13- Marina Theatre 14- Church 14-Sea Cinema 15- Egybev & Winery 16- Farm & Recycling Factory 17- Petcare, Vet & Pet shop 18- Duble Land 19- G Space

62 63 CONTACT INFO Phone: +20 2 2737 8034 Address: 17A Aziz Abaza St., Zamalek, Cairo Egypt Email: [email protected] Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ElGounaFilmFestival CONTACT INFO Phone: +20 2 2737 8034 Address: 17A Aziz Abaza St., Zamalek, Cairo Egypt Email: [email protected] Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ElGounaFilmFestival