CAIRO - 18 September 2020: The Cairo Film Connection (CFC) team has revealed its selection of film projects that will take part in its seventh edition, held within the 42nd edition of Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) in November this year. The Cairo Film Connection's selection committee of key industry professionals have whittled down a list of 105 project submissions to a short list of 15 film projects - feature narrative films and documentaries- in development and in post-production from across 12 Arab countries. Mayye Zayed’s film Lift Like A Girl, which is an official selection at the Toronto Film Festival, participated in the 5th Cairo Film Connection in 2018, and has been selected to screen in the official competition of the 42nd edition of Cairo International Film Festival. Meriame Deghedi, Manager of Cairo Film Connection commented “We feel a huge responsibility to carry out CFC’s edition this year. But also in the opportunities it brings for multiple collaborations with Arab filmmakers from across the Arab world and worldwide industry professionals , bringing forth promising Arab film projects capable of competing at international film festivals," she added.

Source: Egypt Today September 15, 2020 15:00 UTC