Naomi Kawase introduced as jury president of the Cairo Worldwide Movie Pageant – Deadline

Japanese director Naomi Kawase will preside over the worldwide jury of the forty fourth version of the Cairo Worldwide Movie Pageant, operating November 13 to 22.

The Cannes common was the youngest individual to obtain its Digital camera d’Or for Suzaku in 1997 and has since screened six movies in its competitors together with Radiance (2014) and 2007 Grand Jury Prize winner The Mourning Forest.

This yr’s version of CIFF sees the return of veteran actor Hussein Fahmy within the position of president on the competition, following the departure of former head Mohamed Hefzy in March.

Incoming creative director Amir Ramses can even current his inaugural choice.

“The presence of a cinematic expertise Naomi Kawase, as head of the worldwide competitors jury is a continuation of the profitable custom established by CIFF through the years to ask the world’s main filmmakers to this place,” mentioned Ramses.

He added that he hoped that Kawase’s attendance on the competition as “an award-winning feminine director with such a profitable profession and wealthy filmography” would function inspiration to feminine filmmakers in Egypt

Kawase has by no means screened a movie in Cairo which payments itself because the Center East’s oldest movie competition.