Cairo 2005

In this major film event in the Arab world, FIPRESCI participated for the first time with its jury of film critics. In the competitive program, our jurors discovered an Albanian film, Magic Eye by Kujtim Çashku, to which they awarded our first Cairo prize.
Details of the Prize

The FIPRESCI jury in front of the Egyptian museum in Cairo (from left: Steve Ayorinde, Gyorgy Baron, Grégory Valens, Essam Zakarea)	Bujar Lako and Arta Dobroshi in Magic Eye by Kujtim Çashku

Reports:

The Capital of Arab Cinema. Grégory Valens introduces Cairo and its characteristics, emphasizing on the films from the Middle-East and the Arab world which make it worth a visit to the festival.

Terror. Cairo Calls for Caution. Four films look at circumstances related to terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11 offering challenges to assumptions of good and bad actions on both sides of the divide. By Steve Ayorinde.

The Man with a Movie Camera. Magic Eye: a title which justifies the vision of director Kujtim Çashku, who sets a story in his Albanian homeland with the elements of fictional narrative versus film essay, creating introspection on the nature of film-making. Read Gyorgy Baron's review.

Politics in the Steps of Suspense Master. The influence of Hitchcock is omnipresent in Seeds of Doubt, the brave first feature by Samir Nasr who takes the aftermath of 9/11 to expose the deeper prejudices in both the protagonists of the story and the audience. Read Essam Zakarea's review.

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