Cairo International Film Festival

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:film_festival
gptkbp:attendance thousands of attendees
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Golden_Pyramid
gptkbp:category international
gptkbp:closing_film gptkb:The_Shape_of_Water
gptkbp:cultural_significance fosters international collaboration
supports film education
showcases emerging filmmakers
celebrates cinematic diversity
promotes Arab cinema
gptkbp:film_submissions hundreds of films
gptkbp:focus Arab and African cinema
gptkbp:founded gptkb:1976
gptkbp:frequency annual
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Animation
gptkb:comedy
gptkb:drama
gptkb:documentary
short films
gptkbp:historical_event adapted to COVID-19 protocols in 2021
became an A-list festival in 2006
celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016
expanded to include virtual screenings in 2020
first edition held in 1976
honored international filmmakers in 2019
introduced the Arab Cinema Center in 2015
launched the Cairo Film Connection in 2017
recognized contributions of women in film in 2020
featured a retrospective of Egyptian cinema in 2018
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cairo International Film Festival
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cairo,_Egypt
gptkbp:media_coverage international media
gptkbp:notable_film gptkb:The_Yacoubian_Building
gptkb:The_Square
gptkb:In_the_Last_Days_of_the_City
gptkb:Yomeddine
gptkb:The_Mummy
gptkb:Cairo_Station
gptkb:Capernaum
gptkb:The_Nile_Hilton_Incident
gptkb:The_Breadwinner
gptkb:The_Last_Days_of_the_City
gptkbp:notable_guest gptkb:Nicolas_Cage
gptkb:Juliette_Binoche
gptkb:Martin_Scorsese
gptkb:Harrison_Ford
gptkb:Francis_Ford_Coppola
gptkbp:notable_winner gptkb:Mohamed_Diab
gptkb:Youssef_Chahine
gptkb:Hossam_Hassan
gptkb:Nadine_Labaki
gptkb:Alaa_El_Aswany
gptkbp:opening_film gptkb:The_Last_Emperor
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Cairo_Film_Festival_Organization
gptkbp:partnership gptkb:UNESCO
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Ministry_of_Culture_of_Egypt
gptkbp:venue gptkb:Cairo_Opera_House
gptkbp:website www.ciff.org.eg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Diamond_(2020)
gptkb:Cairo,_Egypt
gptkb:The_Princess_and_the_Goblin
gptkb:The_Concert_(1994)
gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4