El Gouna Film Festival Takeaways: CineGouna Takes Center Stage, Arab TV Seeks New Talent and Egyptian Filmmakers Push Boundaries

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Ahmed Hassouna’s “Citizen Osama,” following a Gaza photojournalist balancing his work with family life amid war, took both the Golden Star for documentary and best Arab documentary. Anders Davidsen’s “Stolen Memories,” in which the discovery of childhood photographs leads an 18-year-old to question his past, won the Golden Star for short film.

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Rakan Mayasi ’s Bekaa Valley-set “ Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep ” was named best Arab narrative, while Marie Rose Ousta’s “One Day Born,” about an 11-year-old boy living under the constant threat of warplanes in Lebanon, took best Arab short. Related Stories H3 Podcast Crew Cuts Ties With Ethan Klein After Hila Klein Says He Has Been Having an Affair Ethan Klein Reacts to Hila Klein’s Cheating Allegations Amid ‘H3 Podcast’ Fallout: ‘Please Respect My Family’s Privacy …

They Have Nothing to Do With This’ Jordan’s Rakeen Saad won best actress for Zaid Abu Hamdan’s “Boomah,” while Jovan Ginić took best actor for Miroslav Terzić’s “3 Weeks After.” Popular on Variety Here are five takeaways from this year’s festival. CineGouna, the Industry Platform, Is Becoming the Main Event “We want the industry to be our hero,” El Gouna co-founder and executive director Amr Mansi told Variety ahead of this year’s festival.

The ninth edition made good on that ambition. More than 320 projects applied to CineGouna Funding, with 19 selected projects ultimately receiving more than $350,000 across 40 awards, while participants held more than 140 one-on-one meetings with companies, institutions and international festivals.

The activity extended beyond financing. CineGouna now encompasses Funding; Forum, a program of panels, masterclasses and industry discussions; Market, which connects filmmakers with companies and institutions; and Emerge, its initiative for young and emerging talent.

This year also brought Egyptian Voices, a development program for Egyptian filmmakers, and an inaugural Series lab for Arab television projects into the fold. CineGouna is becoming as central to El Gouna’s identity as the films it screens.

Arab TV Is Searching for a Development Pipeline CineGouna’s expansion into television also highlighted a wider problem confronting Arab television: there’s an abundance of talent, but opportunities to develop and sell new shows are sorely lacking. Veteran Egyptian screenwriter and producer Mariam Naoum, who spearheaded the six-week CineGouna Series development lab, told Variety there are “great, great talents” in t

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