36TH CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME November (9-18) • No children are allowed. • Unified prices for all tickets: 20 EGP. • 50% discount for students of universities, technical institutes, and members of artistic syndicates, film associations and writers union. • Booking will open on Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 9am- 10pm. • Doors open 15 minutes prior to screenings • Doors close by the start of the screenings • No mobiles or cameras are allowed inside the screening halls. 1 VENUES OF THE FESTIVAL Main Hall – Cairo Opera House 1000 seats - International Competition - Special Presentations - Festival of Festivals (Badges – Tickets) Small Hall – Cairo Opera House 340 seats - Prospects of Arab Cinema (Badges – Tickets) - Films on Films (Badges) El Hanager Theatre - El Hanager Arts Center 230 seats - Special Presentations - Festival of Festivals (Badges – Tickets) El El Hanager Cinema - El Hanager Arts Center 120 seats - International Cinema of Tomorrow - Short films Competition - Student Films Competition - Short Film classics - Special Presentations - Festival of festivals (Badges) Creativity Cinema - Artistic Creativity Center 200 seats - International Critic’s Week - Feature Film Classics (Badges) El Hadara 1 75 seats - The Greek Cinema guest of honor (Badges) 2 El Hadara 2 75 seats - Reruns of the Main Hall Screenings El Hanager Foyer- El Hanager Arts Center - Gallery of Cinematic Prints Exhibition Hall- El Hanager Arts Center - Exhibition of the 100th birth anniversary of Barakat El- Bab Gallery- Museum of Modern Art - Najat Makki Exhibition November (9-15) 2014 Exhibition Hall – Cairo Opera House - Press Center (Badges) Creativity Theatre - Artistic Creativity Center - Press Conferences (Badges) Open-Air Theater – Cairo Opera House - Industry Forum From 10:00 am to 04:00 pm, November (11-17) Open-Air Theater – Cairo Opera House - Press Forum From 04:00 pm to 10:00 pm, November (12-17) Meeting Hall- The Supreme Council of Culture - Book signing events of the festival’s books From 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm, November (10-17) (Badges) - Symposium - International Film Festivals in the Arab World From 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm, November (10-17) (Badges) - Panel Discussions From 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm, November (10-17) (Badges) 3 4 Sunday 9 November 2014 10:00 am El Hanager Foyer The opening of the Film Publications Exhibition Inaugurated by Ahmed El Hadary 11:00 am Exhibition Hall – El Hanager Arts Center The opening of Barakat’s 100th Birth Anniversary Exhibition Inaugurated by Hisham El Nahas 12:00 pm El-Bab Gallery – Modern Art Museum The opening of Najat Makki Exhibition Inaugurated by Ahmed Abdel Ghani 01:00 pm Press Conference (Jack Lang) Theatre of Artistic Creativity Centre 01:30 pm Press Conference (Volker Schlöndorff) Theatre of Artistic Creativity Centre 02:00 pm Press Conference (Noureddine Sail) Theatre of Artistic Creativity Centre 2:30 pm Press Conference (Simone Massi) Theatre of Artistic Creativity Centre 08:00 pm El Mahka – Cairo Citadel The festival´s OPENING CEREMONy (Invitations only) 5 Monday 10 November 2014 Main Hall Small Hall El Hanager Theater 12:00 PM Badges - Tickets 10:00 AM Badges - Tickets 10:00 AM Badges - Tickets International Competition Prospects of Arab Cinema Festival of Festivals THROUGH A LENS DARKLy: THEEB LIFE OF RILEy BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar Directed by: Alain Resnais THE EMERGENCE OF PEOPLE Jordan - Fiction - 2014 - 100 min. France - Fiction - 2014 - 108 min. Directed by: O.V. Arabic - English subtitles O.V. French - English and Thomas Allen Harris Arabic subtitles Italy - Fiction - 2013 - 109 min. Arab and African Premiere O.V Italian - English and Arabic Alfred Pauer Prize – FIPRECI Prize Badges Subtitles 3:00 AM Berlin Film Festival 2014 Arab and African Premiere Films on Films LIKE A MATCHSTICK Directed by: Houssen El-Imam 4:00 PM Badges - Tickets 2:00 PM Badges - Tickets Egypt - Fiction - 2014 - 85 min. Festival of Festivals Festival of Festivals O.V. Arabic - English subtitles SONGS FROM THE NORTH DIPLOMACy World Premiere Directed by: Soon-Mi yoo Directed by: Volker Schlondorff Portugal - Documentary - 2014 France - Fiction - 2014 - 85 min. - 72 min. O.V. French – English and O.V. Portuguese - English and Arabic subtitles Arabic subtitles Arab and African Premiere Arab and African Premiere Best Screenplay (Volker Best First Feature Schlondorff and Cyril Gely) Locarno Film Festival 2014 Shanghai Film Festival 2014 5:00 PM Badges - Tickets International Competition EyES OF A THIEF Directed by: Najwa Najjar Palestine - Fiction - 2014 - 98 min. O.V. Arabic –English subtitles Arab and African Premiere Palestine’s entry for the 2015 Oscars 8:00 PM Badges - Tickets Special Presentations Opening Film THE CUT Directed by: Fatih Akin Germany - Fiction - 2014 - 138 min. O.V. English - Arabic subtitles Arab and African Premiere 6 El Hanager Cinema Creativity Cinema 2:00 PM Badges 10:00 AM Badges International Cinema of Tomorrow Feature Film Classics SHORT FILM COMPETITION VOLKER SCHLONDORFF Program 1 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMNT THAT MUSIC NAGUIB MAHFOUZ PRIZE Directed by: Camilo Cabera The Honorary Golden Pyramid Colombia - Fiction - 2013 – 27 min 2014 THE FLAVORS COLLECTION BALL Directed by: Igor Cobileanski Directed by: Volker Schlondorff Romania – Fiction - 2013 - 14 min Germany – Fiction – 1969 – 85 min. By ACCIDENT O.V. German – English Subtitles Directed by: Zhora Kryzhovnikov Badges Russia – Fiction - 2014 – 20 min 4:00 PM THROUGH THE BREAKING GLASS International Critics Week Directed by: Ivan Mena Tinoco DANCING WITH MARIA Spain - Fiction – 2013 – 15 min Directed by: Ivan Gergolet FORGET ME NOT Italy - Documentary - 2014 - 70 min. Directed by: Josephine Derobe O.V. Spanish - English Subtitles France - Fiction – 2013 – 15 min Arab and African Premiere 7 Tuesday 11 November 2014 Main Hall Small Hall El Hanager Theater 12:00 PM Badges - Tickets 10:00 AM Badges - Tickets 10:00 AM Badges - Tickets International Competition Prospects of Arab Cinema Special Presentations WE COME AS FRIENDS CHALLAT OF TUNIS OUR FAMILy Directed by: Hubert Sauper Directed by: Directed by: yuya Ishii France - Documentary - 2013 - Kaouther Ben Hania Japan - Fiction - 2014 - 117 min. 105 min. Tunisia - Fiction - 2013 - 89 min. O.V. Japanese – English and O.V English - Arabic subtitles O.V. Arabic - English Subtitles Arabic subtitles Arab and African Premiere Arab and African Premiere 2:30 PM Badges - Tickets 4:00 PM Badges 4:00 PM Badges - Tickets Special Presentations Films on Films Festival of Festivals QUEEN AND COUNTRy LOVE IS ALL THE LIGHT SHINES ONLy THERE Directed by: John Boorman Directed by: Kim Longinotto Directed by: Mipo Oh UK - Fiction - 2014 - 115 min. UK - Documentary - 2014 - 70 min. Japan - Fiction - 2014 - 120 min. O.V. English - Arabic subtitles O.V. English O.V. Japanese - English and Arab and African Premiere Arab and African Premiere Arabic subtitles Arab and African Premiere Best Director - Montreal Film 5:30 PM Badges - Tickets Badges 8:00 PM Festival 2014 International Competition Films on Films Japan’s entry for 2015 Oscars THE GATE OF DEPARTURE LIKE A MATCHSTICK Directed by: Kareem Hanafy Directed by: Houssen El-Imam Badges - Tickets Egypt - Fiction - 2014 - 65 min. Egypt - Fiction - 2014 - 85 min. 8:00 PM O.V. Arabic - English subtitles O.V. Arabic - English subtitles Festival of Festivals World Premiere World Premiere LIFE OF RILEy Directed by: Alain Resnais France - Fiction - 2014 - 108 min. 8:00 PM Badges - Tickets 10:00 PM Badges - Tickets O.V. French - English and Special Presentations Prospects of Arab Cinema Arabic subtitles RED AMNESIA THEEB Arab and African Premiere Directed by: Wang Xiashuai Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar Alfred Pauer Prize – FIPRECI Prize China - Fiction - 2014 - 110 min. Jordan - Fiction - 2014 - 100 min. Berlin Film Festival 2014 O.V. Chinese - English subtitles O.V. Arabic - English subtitles Arab and African Premiere 10:30 PM Badges - Tickets Festival of Festivals SONGS FROM THE NORTH Directed by: Soon-Mi yoo Portugal - Documentary - 2014 - 72 min. O.V. Portuguese - English and Arabic subtitles Arab and African Premiere Best First Feature Locarno Film Festival 2014 8 El Hanager Cinema Creativity Cinema El Hadara 1 2:00 PM Badges 10:00 AM Badges 8:00 PM Badges International Cinema of Tomorrow Feature Film Classics Greek Cinema STUDENT FILM COMPETITION THE CENTUARy OF THE FIRST STELLA Program 1 WORLD WAR (1914-2014) Directed by: SPROUT THE GRAND ILLUSION Michael Cacoyannis Directed by: Ga Eun yoon Directed by: Jean Renoir Greece - Fiction - 1955 – 90 min. Korea - fiction - 2013 – 20 min France – Fiction – 1937- 114 min O.V. Greek - English subtitles PLAN B O.V. French – English Subtitles Directed by: Sarah Rose Merdith 10:00 PM Badges - Tickets USA – Fiction - 2013 - 19 min Badges Greek Cinema ZINEKKE 2:00 PM Directed by: Remi Allier Feature Film Classics THE DRAGON Belgium - Fiction - 2013 – 19 min VOLKER SCHLONDORFF Directed by: Nikos Koundouros SENTRA & THE TALKING TREES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMNT Greece - Fiction - 1956 - 103 min. Directed by: Cilla Werning NAGUIB MAHFOUZ PRIZE O.V. Greek - English subtitles Finland - Documentary - 2013 – The Honorary Golden Pyramid 27 min 2014 TO THE HEART BAAL Directed by: Ewa Borysewicz Directed by: Volker Schlondorff Poland - Animation - 2013 – Germany – Fiction – 1969 – 85 min. 10 min O.V. German – English Subtitles SPEED OF LIGHT Directed by: youssef Al Imam 4:00 PM Badges - Tickets Egypt – Fiction – 2013 - 8 min International Critics Week BRIDES 8:00 PM Badges Directed by: Tinatin Kajrishvili