31st Cairo International Film Festival

31st Cairo International Film Festival
31st CIFF Official Poster
LocationCairo, Egypt
Founded1976
AwardsGolden Pyramid
Festival dateNovember 27 – December 7, 2007
Websitehttp://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

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The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
The Seventh Heaven ألوان السما السبعة Saad Hendawi  Egypt
On Air ع الهوا Ihab Lamei  Egypt
Intimate Enemies L'ennmie intime Florent Emilio Siri  France
No Mercy Nincs kegyelem Elemér Ragályi  Hungary
Life in a Metro Anurag Basu  India
I, the Other Io, l'altro Mohsen Melliti  Italy
Opera Ópera Juan Patricio Riveroll  Mexico
Waiting For Pasolini في انتظار باسوليني Daoud Aoulad-Syad  Morocco
The Lost Beauty الجمال المفقود Lahcen Zinoun  Morocco
In The Name of God خدا کے لیے Shoaib Mansoor  Pakistan
Ataul: For Rent Neal 'Buboy' Tan  Philippines
Jasminum Jaśminum Jan Jakub Kolski  Poland
An Angel Hooked On Me Îngerul necesar Gheorghe Preda  Romania
A Full Breath Полное дыхание Valery Pendrakovsky  Russia
Moon in the Bottle La luna en Bottella Grojo  Spain
Kicks Albert Ter Heerdt  Netherlands
Waiting For Heaven Cenneti Beklerken Derviş Zaim  Turkey
And When Did You Last See Your Father? Anand Tucker  United Kingdom
Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle Simon Miller  Scotland

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
Ararat: 14 Views Don Askarian  Armenia
The Deal El trato Francisco Norden  Colombia
LaBoom! Exclusive LaBoom! Exklusiv Jeffery Berlin Green  Germany
Sovia: Death Hospital Robert Franke  Germany
Quijates Rimmo Paladino  Italy
House of the Sleeping Beauties 眠れる美女 Akemi Tachibana  Japan
Marrakech Inshallah Steffen Pierce & Christian Pierce  Morocco
Little Moth 血蝉 Peng Tao  China
The High Cost of Living Leonard Lai Yok Wai  Singapore
The Englishman Ian Sellar  United Kingdom
American Combatant Charles Libin  United States
For Never Adam Zayed  United States

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
The Yellow House البيت الأصفر Amor Hakkar  Algeria/ France
Délice Paloma Nadir Moknèche  Algeria/ France
Summer of '62 Cartouches Gauloises Mehdi Charef  Algeria/ France
Demons of Cairo الغابة Ahmed Atef  Egypt
Girls بلد البنات Amr Bayoumi  Egypt
The Seventh Heaven ألوان السما السبعة Saad Hendawi  Egypt
On Air ع الهوا Ihab Lamei  Egypt
Caramel سكر بنات Nadine Labaki  Lebanon
Waiting for Pasolini في انتظار باسوليني Daoud Aoulad-Syad  Morocco
The Lost Beauty الجمال المفقود Lahcen Zinoun  Morocco
The Satanic Angels ملائكة الشيطان Ahmed Boulane  Morocco
Out of Coverage خارج التغطية Abdellatif Abdelhamid  Syria
I.D. الهوية Ghassan Chmeit  Syria

Films out of competition

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The following films were screened out of the competition.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Warden of the Dead Пазачът на мъртвите Ilian Simeonov  Bulgaria
Upside Down Превртено Igor Ivanov Izy  Macedonia
Boxes Jane Birkin  France
In the Name of Father به نام پدر Ebrahim Hatamikia  Iran
Preserve Rezerwat Łukasz Palkowski  Poland
Attack On Leningrad Ленинграда Aleksandr Buravsky  Russia
Rendition Gavin Hood  United States
A Mighty Heart Michael Winterbottom  United States

Juries

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Awards

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The winners of the 2007 Cairo International Film Festival were:

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