On Sunday the Cinema Syndicate held elections for its chairperson and board members at Faisal Nada Theater.
For the first time in the syndicate's history, only two members - former chairperson Mossaad Fouda and director Ali Badrakhan - are running (...)
Egypt's Board of Censors has issued a report demanding the removal of two full scenes from the 2009 film “al-Mossafer” (The Traveler) prior to screening it in Egyptian cinemas.
The censors objected to an intimate love scene between actor Khaled (...)
Summer movies have suffered big losses so far this year after failing to draw big crowds at the box office, with most movies bringing in less than LE1 million during the first week of release.
This year's summer movies included “Cry of an Ant”, (...)
Organizers of the 34th Cairo Film Festival were pleasantly surprised to hear that Hollywood star Richard Gere had arrived in Egypt to attend the event.
According to a source close to the festival, organizers did not initially know whether Gere (...)
Preparations for the 34th annual Cairo International Film Festival, scheduled for 30 November to 9 December, 2010, are underway. According to festival president, Izzat Abu Auf, the organizers have been in talks with a number of international stars, (...)
For the second time, government censors have rejected a proposed screenplay for a movie entitled "Homma Hebo Baad" ("They're in Love with Each Other").
The first time the screenplay was presented to the censorship board for approval, the (...)
Despite the high costs associated with producing television commercials this year as compared to 2009, a number of Ramadan television serials and shows have been able to attract large numbers of advertisers based on high viewer ratings.
The program (...)
Egyptian scriptwriter Wahid Hamed has filed a complaint with the attorney-general in which he accused Ahmed Seif al-Islam, son of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) founder Hassan al-Banna, of calling him an "infidel" in recent statements to a popular weekly (...)