33rd Cairo International Film Festival
![]() 33rd CIFF Official Poster | |
Location | Cairo, Egypt |
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Founded | 1976 |
Awards | Golden Pyramid |
Festival date | November 10–20, 2009 |
Website | http://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
[edit]The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Luisa | Gonzalo Calzada | ![]() | |
I Believe In Angels | Vjerujem u Anđele | Niksa Svilicic | ![]() |
The Nile Birds | عصافير النيل | Magdy Ahmed Ali | ![]() |
Letters to Father Jackob | Postia Pappi Jaakobille | Klaus Härö | ![]() |
The Hedgehog | Le hérisson | Mona Achache | ![]() |
Slaves in Their Bonds | Οι Σκλάβοι στα Δεσμά τους | Adonis Lykouresis | ![]() |
The Days of Desire | Vágyakozás Napjai | Jósef Pacskovszky | ![]() |
Madholal Keep Walking | Jai Tank | ![]() | |
New York | Kabir Khan | ![]() | |
The Friends at the Margherita Cafe | Gli amici del bar Margherita | Pupi Avati | ![]() |
Vortex | Duburys | Gytis Luksas | ![]() |
Crossword Destinies | فينك اليام | Driss Chouika | ![]() |
Tiny Dust, True Love | Shen Dong | ![]() | |
Splinters | Drzazgi | Maciej Pieprzyca | ![]() |
Amália | Carlos Coelho da Silva | ![]() | |
One War | Одна Война | Vera Glagoleva | ![]() |
I Saw The Sun | Güneşi Gördüm | Mahsun Kırmızıgül | ![]() |
Digital Competition
[edit]The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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(Un)Lucky | زهر | Fatma Zohra Zamoum | ![]() |
Open Diaries | Sasha A. Schriber | ![]() | |
Exile in Paris | Paris d'exil | Ahmet Zirek | ![]() |
C.V. Attached | Im Anhang: Lebenslauf | Andrea Schorr | ![]() |
Tenderness | Τρυφερότητα | Panagiotis Karamitsos | ![]() |
Witches Circle | Boszorkanykor | Dizso Zsigmond | ![]() |
First Time | Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai | Krishnan Seshardi Gomatam | ![]() |
The Rapture of Fe | Ang Panggagahasa Kay Fe | Alvin Yapan | ![]() |
Contract | Contrato | Nicolau Breyner | ![]() |
Wait For Me and I Will Not Return | Čekaj me, ja sigurno neću doći | Miroslav Momcilovic | ![]() |
Xtrems | Abel Folk, Joan Riedweg | ![]() | |
New Year's Eve | Jhake R. Wells | ![]() | |
The Watcher | Bekçi | Özcan Tekdemir | ![]() |
Godforsaken | Jamil Dehlavi | ![]() |
Arab Competition
[edit]The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Journey to Algiers | رحلة الى الجزائر | Abdelkrim Baloul | ![]() |
Heliopolis | مصر الجديدة | Ahmad Abdalla | ![]() |
The Nile Birds | عصافير النيل | Magdy Ahmed Ali | ![]() |
Tale of a Mchaouchi Wrestler | موسم المشاوشة | Mohamed Ahed Bensouda | ![]() |
Crossword Destinies | فينك اليام | Driss Chouika | ![]() |
Amreeka | أمريكا | Cherien Dabis | ![]() ![]() |
Pomegranates and Myrrh | المر و الرمان | Najwa Najjar | ![]() |
The Long Night | الليل الطويل | Hatem Ali | ![]() |
Thirty | ثلاثون | Fadhel Jaziri | ![]() |
Buried Secrets | أسرار دفينة | Raja Amari | ![]() |
A Very Beautiful Trip | سفرة يا محلاها | Khaled Ghorbal | ![]() ![]() |
Films out of competition
[edit]The following films were screened out of the competition.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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A Fly in the Ashes | La mosca in la ceniza | Gabriela David | ![]() |
Forever waiting | Hoy no se fía, mañana sí | Francisco Avizanda | ![]() ![]() |
Cairo Time | Ruba Nadda | ![]() | |
The Traveller | المسافر | Ahmed Maher | ![]() |
Teza | Haile Gerima | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Marchal | MR 73 | Olivier Marchal | ![]() |
A Widow at Last | Enfin veuve | Isabelle Mergault | ![]() |
Client (A French Gigolo) | Cliente | Josiane Balasko | ![]() |
Home | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | ![]() | |
Lost Times | Utolsó idők | Áron Mátyássy | ![]() |
Dawn of the World | فجر العالم | Abbas Fahdel | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Casanegra | كزانكرا | Nour Eddine Lakhmari | ![]() |
Ward No. 6 | Палата № 6 | Karen Shakhnazarov | ![]() |
Day of Defeated | Dehb nepemome hux | Yamburskiy Valeriy | ![]() |
The Soloist | Joe Wright | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
New Town Killers | Richard Jobson | ![]() | |
The Limits of Control | Jim Jarmusch | ![]() ![]() |
Juries
[edit] International Competition[edit]
| Digital Competition[edit]
| Arab Competition[edit]
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Awards
[edit]The winners of the 2009 Cairo International Film Festival were:
- Golden Pyramid: Postia Pappi Jaakobille by Klaus Härö
- Silver Pyramid: Le hérisson by Mona Achache
- Best Director: Mona Achache for Le hérisson
- Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay): Klaus Härö for Postia Pappi Jaakobille
- Best Actor:
- Best Actress: Karolina Piechota for Drzazgi
- Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Directorial Debut): Gonzalo Calzada for Luisa
- Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Vera Glagoleva for Odna voyna
- Best Arabic Film: Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
- Best Arabic Screenplay: Cherien Dabis for Amreeka
- Arabic Film Special Mention:
- Golden Award for Digital Films: The Rapture of Fe by Alvin Yapan
- Silver Award for Digital Films:
- FIPRESCI Prize: Mona Achache for Le hérisson