Cairo 2006

"The Last Gaze" by Patricia Arriaga Jordan

The international competition offered by this important event in the Egyptian capital — event which celebrated this year its 30th anniversary — is an occasion to see films from the Arab world. In fact, Cairo presents one of the biggest showcase of Arab cinematographies. However, not only the regional cinema can be seen. The festival selects an overview on new world cinema, this time with a focus on Latin America. It's a film from Mexico that our jury prized: The Last Gaze (La ultima mirada) by Patricia Arriaga Jordan.

Details of the International Critics' prize
30th Cairo International Film Festival, November 28 - December 8, 2006

Reports

"The Last Gaze": Something To See. Michèle Levieux sums up the Cairo International Film Festival, and applauds the prize-winner selected by our jury.
A Swan on the Nile. Lucy Virgen examines the Latin American Spotlight at the Cairo International Film Festival — twenty films, after all, including the most successful films of the last season.
A Woman’s Place is Behind the Camera. Safaa Elaisy Haggag reviews the Egyptian entries and sings the qualified praises of Hala Khalil’s Cut & Paste
How To Represent The Invisible. Mahrez Karoui reviews the film Introspection by the young Sri Lankean filmmaker Prasanna Jayakody — "a vision of a young monk trapped in the web of his desires".

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