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33rd Cairo International Film Festival

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33rd Cairo International Film Festival
33rd CIFF Official Poster
LocationCairo, Egypt
Founded1976
AwardsGolden Pyramid
Festival dateNovember 10–20, 2009
Websitehttp://www.cairofilmfest.org/

The 33rd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 10 to November 20, 2009. Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan was the president of the jury.

Films in competition

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The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Luisa Gonzalo Calzada  Argentina
I Believe In Angels Vjerujem u Anđele Niksa Svilicic  Croatia
The Nile Birds عصافير النيل Magdy Ahmed Ali  Egypt
Letters to Father Jackob Postia Pappi Jaakobille Klaus Härö  Finland
The Hedgehog Le hérisson Mona Achache  France
Slaves in Their Bonds Οι Σκλάβοι στα Δεσμά τους Adonis Lykouresis  Greece
The Days of Desire Vágyakozás Napjai Jósef Pacskovszky  Hungary
Madholal Keep Walking Jai Tank  India
New York Kabir Khan  India
The Friends at the Margherita Cafe Gli amici del bar Margherita Pupi Avati  Italy
Vortex Duburys Gytis Luksas  Lithuania
Crossword Destinies فينك اليام Driss Chouika  Morocco
Tiny Dust, True Love Shen Dong  China
Splinters Drzazgi Maciej Pieprzyca  Poland
Amália Carlos Coelho da Silva  Portugal
One War Одна Война Vera Glagoleva  Russia
I Saw The Sun Güneşi Gördüm Mahsun Kırmızıgül  Turkey

Digital Competition

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The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
(Un)Lucky زهر Fatma Zohra Zamoum  Algeria
Open Diaries Sasha A. Schriber  Canada
Exile in Paris Paris d'exil Ahmet Zirek  France
C.V. Attached Im Anhang: Lebenslauf Andrea Schorr  Germany
Tenderness Τρυφερότητα Panagiotis Karamitsos  Greece
Witches Circle Boszorkanykor Dizso Zsigmond  Hungary
First Time Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai Krishnan Seshardi Gomatam  India
The Rapture of Fe Ang Panggagahasa Kay Fe Alvin Yapan  Philippines
Contract Contrato Nicolau Breyner  Portugal
Wait For Me and I Will Not Return Čekaj me, ja sigurno neću doći Miroslav Momcilovic  Serbia
Xtrems Abel Folk, Joan Riedweg  Spain
New Year's Eve Jhake R. Wells   Switzerland
The Watcher Bekçi Özcan Tekdemir  Turkey
Godforsaken Jamil Dehlavi  United Kingdom

Arab Competition

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The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Journey to Algiers رحلة الى الجزائر Abdelkrim Baloul  Algeria
Heliopolis مصر الجديدة Ahmad Abdalla  Egypt
The Nile Birds عصافير النيل Magdy Ahmed Ali  Egypt
Tale of a Mchaouchi Wrestler موسم المشاوشة Mohamed Ahed Bensouda  Morocco
Crossword Destinies فينك اليام Driss Chouika  Morocco
Amreeka أمريكا Cherien Dabis  Palestine/ United States
Pomegranates and Myrrh المر و الرمان Najwa Najjar  Palestine
The Long Night الليل الطويل Hatem Ali  Syria
Thirty ثلاثون Fadhel Jaziri  Tunisia
Buried Secrets أسرار دفينة Raja Amari  Tunisia
A Very Beautiful Trip سفرة يا محلاها Khaled Ghorbal  Tunisia/ France

Films out of competition

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The following films were screened out of the competition.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
A Fly in the Ashes La mosca in la ceniza Gabriela David  Argentina
Forever waiting Hoy no se fía, mañana sí Francisco Avizanda  Spain/ France
Cairo Time Ruba Nadda  Canada
The Traveller المسافر Ahmed Maher  Egypt
Teza Haile Gerima  Ethiopia/ France/ Germany
Marchal MR 73 Olivier Marchal  France
A Widow at Last Enfin veuve Isabelle Mergault  France
Client (A French Gigolo) Cliente Josiane Balasko  France
Home Yann Arthus-Bertrand  France
Lost Times Utolsó idők Áron Mátyássy  Hungary
Dawn of the World فجر العالم Abbas Fahdel  France/ Germany/ Iraq
Casanegra كزانكرا Nour Eddine Lakhmari  Morocco
Ward No. 6 Палата № 6 Karen Shakhnazarov  Russia
Day of Defeated Dehb nepemome hux Yamburskiy Valeriy  Ukraine
The Soloist Joe Wright  United Kingdom/ United States/ France
New Town Killers Richard Jobson  United Kingdom
The Limits of Control Jim Jarmusch  United States/ Japan

Juries

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Awards

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The winners of the 2009 Cairo International Film Festival were:

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