31st Cairo International Film Festival
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 31st CIFF Official Poster | |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Awards | Golden Pyramid |
| Festival date | November 27 – December 7, 2007 |
| Website | http://www.cairofilmfest.org/ |
The 31st annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 27 to December 7, 2007. English director Nicolas Roeg was the president of the jury.
Films in competition
[edit]The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.
Digital Competition
[edit]The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Ararat: 14 Views | Don Askarian |  Armenia
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| The Deal | El trato | Francisco Norden |  Colombia
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| LaBoom! Exclusive | LaBoom! Exklusiv | Jeffery Berlin Green |  Germany
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| Sovia: Death Hospital | Robert Franke | Germany
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| Quijates | Rimmo Paladino |  Italy
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| House of the Sleeping Beauties | 眠れる美女 | Akemi Tachibana |  Japan
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| Marrakech Inshallah | Steffen Pierce & Christian Pierce |  Morocco
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| Little Moth | 血蝉 | Peng Tao |  China
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| The High Cost of Living | Leonard Lai Yok Wai |  Singapore
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| The Englishman | Ian Sellar |  United Kingdom
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| American Combatant | Charles Libin |  United States
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| For Never | Adam Zayed | United States
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Arab Competition
[edit]The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| The Yellow House | البيت الأصفر | Amor Hakkar |  Algeria/ France
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| Délice Paloma | Nadir Moknèche | Algeria/ France
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| Summer of '62 | Cartouches Gauloises | Mehdi Charef | Algeria/ France
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| Demons of Cairo | الغابة | Ahmed Atef |  Egypt
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| Girls | بلد البنات | Amr Bayoumi | Egypt
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| The Seventh Heaven | ألوان السما السبعة | Saad Hendawi | Egypt
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| On Air | ع الهوا | Ihab Lamei | Egypt
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| Caramel | سكر بنات | Nadine Labaki |  Lebanon
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| Waiting for Pasolini | في انتظار باسوليني | Daoud Aoulad-Syad | Morocco
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| The Lost Beauty | الجمال المفقود | Lahcen Zinoun | Morocco
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| The Satanic Angels | ملائكة الشيطان | Ahmed Boulane | Morocco
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| Out of Coverage | خارج التغطية | Abdellatif Abdelhamid |  Syria
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| I.D. | الهوية | Ghassan Chmeit | Syria
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Films out of competition
[edit]The following films were screened out of the competition.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Warden of the Dead | Пазачът на мъртвите | Ilian Simeonov |  Bulgaria
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| Upside Down | Превртено | Igor Ivanov Izy |  Macedonia
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| Boxes | Jane Birkin | France
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| In the Name of Father | به نام پدر | Ebrahim Hatamikia |  Iran
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| Preserve | Rezerwat | Łukasz Palkowski |  Poland
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| Attack On Leningrad | Ленинграда | Aleksandr Buravsky |  Russia
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| Rendition | Gavin Hood | United States
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| A Mighty Heart | Michael Winterbottom | United States
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Juries
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International Competition[edit]
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Digital Competition[edit]
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Arab Competition[edit]
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Awards
[edit]The winners of the 2007 Cairo International Film Festival were:
- Golden Pyramid: L'ennmie intime by Florent Emilio Siri
- Silver Pyramid: Khuda Kay Liye by Shoaib Mansoor
- Best Director: Florent Emilio Siri for L'ennmie intime
- Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay): Albert Ter Heerdt for Kicks
- Best Actor: Albert Dupontel for L'ennmie intime
- Best Actress:
- Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Directorial Debut): Juan Patricio Riveroll for Ópera
- Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Derviş Zaim for Cenneti Beklerken
- Special Mention: Matthew Beard for And When Did You Last See Your Father? (For Acting)
- Best Arabic Film: Waiting For Pasolini by Daoud Aoulad-Syad
- Arabic Film Special Mention:
- Golden Award for Digital Films: Xue chan by Peng Tao
- Silver Award for Digital Films: The Englishman by Ian Sellar
- FIPRESCI Prize: Juan Patricio Riveroll for Ópera