Luxor Festival presents 55 films and honors Mohamed Ramadan

The head of the festival considered, "Ramadan is a great artistic talent, despite causing much controversy."

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The Luxor African Film Festival, which is taking place in southern Egypt, announced the program of its twelfth session, which will start next month, with the participation of 55 films from 31 countries, with honoring a number of stars and seventh art makers, most notably the young artist Mohamed Ramadan, in a matter that many considered a “surprise.” Especially after the festival announced earlier the names of some of the honorees, and Ramadan was not among them.

The festival's president considered that "Ramadan is a great artistic talent, despite his controversy," and thus the Luxor African Film Festival is the first Egyptian film festival to honor Ramadan.

The festival's president, Sayed Fouad, said in a press conference yesterday: "Festivals are not a luxury or a luxury, but rather an important and complementary industry for the cinema industry and the formation of awareness, even in light of the economic conditions pressing on the whole world."

He added, "We worked during the previous years under difficult circumstances. We believe in our mission and the importance of cinema, so we will continue to work under all circumstances."

The festival, which was launched in 2012 and is organized by the Independent Artists Youth Foundation under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, will be held this year from the fourth to the tenth of February under the slogan “Cinema is Eternity of Time.”

In this session, the festival honors five cinematic personalities: the Egyptian actress Hala Sedky, the Senegalese director Mansour Sora Wade, the Egyptian musician Hisham Nazih, the producer Pedro Pimenta from Mozambique, and the Egyptian actor Mohamed Ramadan.

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