Cairo International Film Festival Film Connection 9 opens; to be managed by Lynda Belkhiria

Lynda Belkhiria

The 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) that will be held from 13 - 22

November has opened now for submissions for the 9th Cairo Film Connection, its co-production market.

Lynda Belkhiria was also announced as the manager of the 9th CFC.

Hussein Fahmy, President of CIFF, expressed his delight to receive new film projects to participate in the Cairo Film Connection which has been supporting for 8 years several upcoming filmmaking talents and has helped them to be recognized on the regional but also international level.

Speaking as well, Amir Ramses, Festival Director, explained that Belkhiria was selected for her extensive expertise as a programmer in several festivals, including the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).

“This new collaboration will be an added value to the 9th edition of the Cairo Film Connection,” he affirmed with pride.

Belkhiria is a professional festival programmer and was head of the industry platform Pro Carthage Film Festival. She has also worked as the industry event coordinator at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in 2011 and has been actively contributing to the Carthage Film Festival (JCC) since 2016.

Cairo Film Connection is held as part of Cairo Industry Days, the industry platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) which brings industry professionals from all around the world to engage in a programme of masterclasses, panel discussions and events designed to inspire, highlight and support filmmaking talent from the region.

To be eligible for submission to the Cairo Film Connection, projects must be directed by filmmakers of Arab nationality or origin and the work must be feature-length fiction or non-fiction in development or post-production phase.

The director of the project must also have previously directed a minimum of one film, whether it’s short or feature-length.

Submissions can be made on the website: https://www.ciff.org.eg/

Deadline for submission is August 20, 2022.