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"Restrepo" director Tim Hetherington killed in Libya
Two photojournalists - Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tim Hetherington and Getty photographer Chris Hondros - were killed on 20 April after coming under fire in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata
Documentary on famed Egyptian poets Haddad and Jaheen to air, ONTV
As a tribute to Egyptian poet, Salah Jaheen’s 25th memorial, Dina Hamza’s documentary, Aswat, which follows the children of famous poets will be aired on 21 and 22 April, ONTV
Microphone wins grand prize at the Istanbul film festival
Microphone, a docudrama set in Alexandria about artists and musicians wins its fourth prize in Turkey and will be screened again for Egyptian audiences in the French Cultural Centre on 20 April
Egyptian film Hawi screened at the Valencia film festival
Award-winning independent Egyptian film competes in Valencia's 32nd film festival in Spain
Rencontres de L'image film week at the French Cultural Centre
A wide selections of films will be screened during the upcoming week at the French Cultural Centre (CFCC)
Screening of Arna's Children at Artellewa
On Thursday 14 April Artellewa will screen the documentary Arna's Children by Juliano Mer-Khamis
In the Mood for Love at Kotob Khan
The Kotob Khan bookstore dedicates this month to the Chinese master of the lens Won Kar-Wai, starting with his film 'In the Mood for Love'
'Moscars' film festival schedule
Film festival entitled 'Moscars', organised by two medical students, opened on Sunday 10 April at the Rawabet Theatre - Townhouse Gallery
EUC: A symptom of failure
EUC gives reason why comedies in Egypt should be revolutionised: the characters are shallow, and stereotypes provide no humour  
French film festival’s moving films
The film festival, Rencontres de l’image at the French Cultural Centre included a vast number of fascinating short films, documentaries and animations, two of whom, will go on to film fests in Montpellier and Marseille
Zelal traverses the inner sanctums of Egypt's mental institutions
Zelal, the documentary to be screened on 19 April at the French Cultural Centre, walks into the world of the forsaken lives of patients in psychiatric hospitals in Cairo
The resistence lives on: Arna's Children documentary sheds light on 20 years in a Palestinian refugee camp
In tribute to Juliano Mer-Khamis, the belated Palestinian-Jewish, filmmaker, actor and political activist, the Artellewa art gallery screened his documentary, Arna’s Children
Lumet's classic films evoke corruption and injustice in Egypt
The prolific filmmaker Sydney Lumet, who passed away on Saturday 9 April, left us with masterpieces that expose corruption and injustice, themes which reverberate in Egyptian society today
In and out of the room: The life of a hangman
In Dina Hamza’s latest documentary “In and out of the room” a rare story unfolds of the life of the man whose job is to take lives


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