الفرجة | Elforga - News Feed https://www.uima20.com Latest news, art and cinema insights from the Middle East en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:59:32 GMT <![CDATA[الفيلم السعودي "جحيم العابرين" في العرض العالمي الأول له ضمن مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي ]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/cf0ba94b-d959-426f-b939-0093426914b1 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/cf0ba94b-d959-426f-b939-0093426914b1 Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:18:09 GMT  
أعلنت استوديوهات MBC، الذراع الإنتاجية لمجموعة MBC، عن مشاركة الفيلم السعودي "جحيم العابرين" في مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي بدورته السابعة والأربعين لهذا العام، وذلك في أولى ...]]> <![CDATA[Under Official Partnership: Ithra Opens Al Khobar Season and Launches Winter 2026 Program]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/a1375173-f6e9-47aa-b402-4ca8c2aa51dc https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/a1375173-f6e9-47aa-b402-4ca8c2aa51dc Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:25:39 GMT The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra)—an initiative by Saudi Aramco—is launching its "Ithra Winter" programs in conjunction with the opening of "Al Khobar Season" on Friday, November ...]]> <![CDATA['Bayt Al-Hikma' Named Official Publisher for 47th Cairo International Film Festival Books]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/0a5f3c4f-6b7f-40b9-9541-a32acf804856 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/0a5f3c4f-6b7f-40b9-9541-a32acf804856 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:02:26 GMT The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), presided over by veteran actor Hussein Fahmy, has signed a sponsorship agreement with Bayt Al-Hikma Culture Group. Under this agreement, the group will...]]> <![CDATA[Cairo International Film Festival to Open 47th Edition with Oscar-Winner Peter Farrelly’s 'I Play Rocky']]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/bc045d4c-29a0-4b74-af90-0cafb59080a3 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/bc045d4c-29a0-4b74-af90-0cafb59080a3 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:08:59 GMT 50 Years After the Birth of 'Rocky' and CIFF: Opening Film Reveals the Real Battle Behind a Cinema Legend

The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), presided over by veteran actor Hussei...]]> <![CDATA[After the Applause: What Remains for Arab Documentaries?]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/4b127284-0598-4a13-bc7c-14457147b47e https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/4b127284-0598-4a13-bc7c-14457147b47e Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:33:38 GMT I follow the news from El Gouna this week like every filmmaker across the region, with joy and a quiet pang of envy. CineGouna unveiled prizes exceeding $350,000 for 16 out of 19 competing projects...]]> <![CDATA["Taleh Nazel".. What if reality proves the failure of the "Rouka" model?]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/48b2d1bf-d717-47d8-8c42-41465fad9885 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/48b2d1bf-d717-47d8-8c42-41465fad9885 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:28:10 GMT Nour El-Hoda Fouad

The series "Taleh Nazel" has sparked controversy since its first episodes up to the sixth episode at the time of writing this article and even before its completion, as the...]]> <![CDATA[همسات في مايو يحصد جائزة نجمة الجونة الفضية وحرب على النساء البرونزية ]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/61aef9fd-1917-45da-9aaf-00d0dc949032 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/61aef9fd-1917-45da-9aaf-00d0dc949032 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:13:41 GMT

منحت لجنة تحكيم مسابقة الأفلام الوثائقية الطويلة، بمهرجان الجونة السينمائي في دورته التاسعة، جائزة نجمة الجونة الفضية (15000 دولار أمريكي) لفيلم همسات في مايو WHISPERS IN MAY، وهو ...]]> <![CDATA[المواطن أسامة أفضل يفوز بجائزة نجمة الجونة الذهبية لأفضل فيلم وثائقي ]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/393a2857-28a5-4f9f-a352-3281d1ebafad https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/393a2857-28a5-4f9f-a352-3281d1ebafad Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:11:54 GMT


منحت لجنة تحكيم مسابقة الأفلام الوثائقية الطويلة، بمهرجان الجونة السينمائي في دورته التاسعة، جائزة نجمة الجونة الذهبية لأفضل فيلم وثائقي (30000 دولار أمريكي) لف...]]> <![CDATA[16 مشروعا سينمائيًا تحصد جوائز سيني جونة بأكثر من 350 ألف دولار]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/eb84555b-92da-4b7f-833a-3958ec09a9a3 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/eb84555b-92da-4b7f-833a-3958ec09a9a3 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:51:49 GMT  

أعلن مهرجان الجونة عن فوز فيلم "البارح العين ما نامت" بجائزة نيتباك منا...]]> <![CDATA["Safe Exit": Samaan, Whose Story No One Wants to Hear]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/f1445499-c54c-41d1-ae2a-a90451d8ab66 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/f1445499-c54c-41d1-ae2a-a90451d8ab66 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:26:09 GMT Mostafa El-Kilany

What strikes me most about "Safe Exit", which screened at the 9th edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, is that it plunges us into a crisis-laden world without ever turni...]]> <![CDATA[Years After "Aşk-ı Memnu", Haidy Moussa Revives Romance at Its Filming Location with "Awel Makan"]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/acaaa226-4393-4c8d-bc76-6e2a661d2296 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/acaaa226-4393-4c8d-bc76-6e2a661d2296 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:16:57 GMT Egyptian singer Haidy Moussa has released her latest track, titled "Awel Makan" (The First Place). Delivered in Egyptian Arabic within a romantic and dramatic musical framework, the song explores f...]]> <![CDATA[Why Didn't "Captain Kabonga" Return?]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/c4ab52db-5a85-47b1-b126-db973b4e9122 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/c4ab52db-5a85-47b1-b126-db973b4e9122 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:54:46 GMT Mostafa El-Kilany

At the El Gouna Film Festival, I watched "The Return of Captain Kabonga", the second film by director Amir El-Shenawy, following his brilliant documentary "Subterranean" (...]]> <![CDATA["Safe Exit" Crosses 4 Festivals in October, Chases Best Screenplay at "Asian Oscars"]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/a720d5ac-157f-4703-ae22-e206262e0918 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/a720d5ac-157f-4703-ae22-e206262e0918 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:14:31 GMT Mohammed Hammad's feature film "Safe Exit" continues its global festival circuit, currently screening in France as part of the Official Feature Competition at the 48th Montpellier Mediterranean Fil...]]> <![CDATA[El Gouna Film Festival Returns to Zawya for the Fourth Consecutive Year]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/69ca10e7-3b85-443a-b557-b00f0bfae33e https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/69ca10e7-3b85-443a-b557-b00f0bfae33e Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:42:12 GMT El Gouna Film Festival is proud to announce the continuation of its collaboration with Cinema Zawya in Cairo for the fourth consecutive year, bringing a curated selection of the festival's finest f...]]> <![CDATA[CineGouna Emerge Reveals 'Rising Stars' for Programme's Third Edition]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/2210f900-233f-4f4e-9bd2-45788a928f0b https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/2210f900-233f-4f4e-9bd2-45788a928f0b Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:32:19 GMT El Gouna Film Festival is pleased to announce the "Rising Stars" selection featured as part of the CineGouna platform programmes. This year's lineup showcases filmmakers whose unique voices are sha...]]> <![CDATA[Mona Zaki: When Talent Is Put on Trial for Daring to Dream]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/eec29613-9c47-4ab5-8a1c-e8901f3e6be8 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/eec29613-9c47-4ab5-8a1c-e8901f3e6be8 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:28:17 GMT Moustafa El-Kilani

An artist needs no one's permission to imagine. Yet this elementary right sparks controversy whenever an artist decides to depart from the image audience...]]> <![CDATA[Revenge Through the Weapon of Writing: A Psychological Reading of Reality and Fiction in Nocturnal Animals]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/e1960544-02ff-44e1-958f-919ffc53d3c3 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/e1960544-02ff-44e1-958f-919ffc53d3c3 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:23:22 GMT Nour El-Hoda Fouad

After hours of waiting, not a single trace of resentment showed on Susan's face, even after she grew certain that Edward would not show up for their arrang...]]> <![CDATA[El Gouna Film Festival Highlights Diverse Session Lineup at CineGouna Platform]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/aa445827-7183-4e56-b727-48c5a2bf910b https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/aa445827-7183-4e56-b727-48c5a2bf910b Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:07:49 GMT The El Gouna Film Festival has announced the highlights of the CineGouna Platform events, which kicked off on October 16 and will run through October 22, 2026.

These sessions take diverse for...]]> <![CDATA[برنامج سينى جونة للمواهب الناشئة يطلق دورته الرابعة بأكبر دفعة من المشاركين حتى الآن، مع توسيع فرص دعم المواهب السينمائية الصاعدة ]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/f9f96419-12bd-4393-8846-af5714715fa2 https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/f9f96419-12bd-4393-8846-af5714715fa2 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:47:03 GMT

 
 
أطلق برنامج "سينى جونة إيميرج"، البرنامج الرئيسي لتطوير المواهب التابع لمهرجان الجونة السينمائي، دورته الرابعة رسميًا أمس، 16 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول، ...]]> <![CDATA[مبادرة «سينما على الطريق» تنطلق من مهرجان الجونة لتقديم عروض سينمائية مجانية في خمس محافظات مصرية]]> https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/135b743e-5286-4420-b3aa-268d7113e9db https://www.uima20.com/en/articles/135b743e-5286-4420-b3aa-268d7113e9db Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:09:35 GMT

مبادرة مشتركة بين مهرجان الجونة السينمائي ومؤسسة ساويرس، بالتعاون مع جمعية النهضة العلمية والثقافية «جزويت القاهرة»، لتوسيع فرص الوصول إلى السينما وإتاحة تجربة المهر...]]>