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03:01 a. M.
Thursday 03 December 2020
I wrote – Yasmine El-Sharkawy:
Photography – Mahmoud Abdel Nasser
Several stars were eager to attend the opening ceremony of the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival.
In the photos, we review the most prominent stars present:
The opening ceremony of the 42nd session of the Cairo International Film Festival began, amid strict precautionary measures, which the festival undertakes to implement in accordance with the protocols established by the Egyptian Ministry of Health and the World Organization of Health, in order to provide a technically successful and safe session for health, in light of the confrontation that the world is waging against the Corona virus, and was The first of these measures is to provide a free pcr analysis to all invited to the opening ceremony, which takes place in the open air at the Cairo Opera House, in compliance with the decision of the Council of Ministers.
The opening ceremony saw the great writer Waheed Hamed being honored with the Golden Pyramid Award for Lifetime Achievement, which is the same award the festival bestows on British writer and director Christopher Hampton, and also honors artist Mona Zaki with the award. Faten Hamama.
Among the most prominent attendees of the ceremony were Yousra, Ahmed Helmy, Mona Zaki, Ahmed Helmy, Ahmed El Sakka, Sherif Mounir, Tamer Hosni, Laila Elwi, Elham Shaheen, Amina Khalil, Heba Magdy, Yasmine Sabry
Also Asser Yassin, Ahmed Al-Fishawi, Ahmed Dawood, Sherine Reda, Ashraf Abdel-Baqi, Hana Al Zahid, Ahmed Fahmy
For the opening, the festival chose the Franco-British film “The Father” directed by Florian Zeller, in its first screening in the Arab world and Africa, which is co-starring the great actor Anthony Hopkins, who is one of the most prominent actors in the world, and winner of the highest awards, among them; Oscar and BAFTA, and Oscar-winning English actress Olivia Coleman.
