Cairo Film Festival’s Industry Arm, Cairo Industry Days, Expands Mentorship, Eyes Year-Round Support

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11-20) marks 50 years since its founding, its industry arm is looking beyond the annual event, introducing new programs to provide longer-term support for filmmakers. “My vision is not to start very big,” says Mohamed Sayed Abdel-Rehim , head of Cairo Industry Days .

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“Every year, we introduce a new program, or maybe a couple of programs, but we start them small in order to make the progress steady.” Related Stories MCU Surprise: ‘VisionQuest’ Finale Teases the Return of [SPOILER] in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Pedro Pascal on Learning Cello for ‘Behemoth!,’ Why ‘You’ve Got to Eat S—’ to Make It in Hollywood and the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Line His Character Says That philosophy is shaping the eighth edition of CID, which runs Nov. 14-19 during the festival’s 47th edition.

At the center of this year’s expansion is the 12th iteration of Cairo Film Connection , the festival’s co-production platform supporting Arab filmmakers. CFC is introducing a mentorship program designed to extend its relationship with selected projects beyond the industry event itself.

“We try not to make it only the four days of the Cairo Film Connection during the festival. We try to make it year-long,” Sayed Abdel-Rehim explains.

The initiative brings together five international experts covering development, pitching, budgeting and financing, festival strategy, broadcasting and legal matters. Online sessions have already begun, with mentoring continuing during the festival.

CID has also partnered with the Sundance Documentary Fund to organize an online session for projects from last year’s CFC that are still seeking support. For Sayed Abdel-Rehim, the goal is to build a pipeline in which filmmakers progress from CID workshops to CFC, before completing films that screen in CIFF’s competitions.

“We try to make our filmmakers that were selected in the Cairo Film Connection part of the alumni family,” he says, describing an ongoing commitment to supporting their careers. The relationship can eventually come full circle with directors whose films win Cairo’s Golden Pyramid, the festival’s top prize, returning as CFC jury members the following year.

There are already signs of that progression. CFC-supported films have reached major international festivals this year, including Sara Ishaq’s “ The Station ” at Cannes Critics’ Week, Rania Rafei’s “The Day of Wrath: Tales from Tripoli” at the Berlinale Forum and Mohanad Yaqubi’s “ Revolutionaries Never Die ,” which won the Special Jury Prize at Locarno.

Other projects developed through CID workshops have subsequently been selected for CFC or screened in Cairo’s competitions. “This doesn’t happen every year,” Sayed Abdel-Rehim acknowledges.

“But it shows that in recent years, we’ve been selecting projects with a strong chance of reaching completion and traveling internationally.” This year, CFC has selected 17 projects from

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