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The fifth session of the “Aswan International Women’s Film Festival” will be held between February 20 and 26, under the auspices of the Egyptian ministries of “Culture and Tourism” and the National Council of Women. This session is distinguished by the fact that Serco launched a referendum on the choice of 100 Arab films for women out of more than 1,421 films. The announcement of the list of films will take place on the opening night of films that addressed women’s issues, or where female directors have excelled, for more than 100 years in the long history of Arab cinema. The referendum process will be overseen by well-known Egyptian critic Kamal Ramzi, with several Arab and Gulf critics participating, and the list that will be subject to the critics’ choice includes feature films from Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Libya, Kuwait, Oman. Ramzi commented saying that this list constitutes “an opportunity to study the intellectual tendencies in the study of women and their problems, especially since the critics who participate in the selection are reliable in their views and the precision of their norms that take into account constructive ideas and technical level. ” Critic Nahid Salah, who is preparing the referendum, said that the latter “fulfills part of the message and objective of the Aswan Festival towards women, as a means of revealing their presence on the film scene, either as a filmmaker or as a subject for women. , and as the main engine of your events “. He noted that the referendum will include all Arab cinema in order to monitor a real image of women on their screens. At the opening ceremony, the festival will honor star Elham Shaheen by awarding her the “Isis” Achievement Award, in recognition of her long film career.
