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Mohamed Mashish, Hadi El Bagoury, Ziad Srouji (Courtesy of Abdallah Sabry, Mohamed Osama, Ziad Srouji) As the ninth edition of El Gouna Film Festival wrapped in Egypt, the conversation among some of the country’s and region’s leading producers and filmmakers turned to what the industry needs to turn its wealth of talent into films that can find audiences both at home and abroad.
Egyptian cinema once dominated film production across the Arab world, but output fell dramatically from its late-20th-century heights. According to figures from the Egyptian Chamber of Cinema Industry, the country produced 112 films in 1988, before output fell to just 16 a decade later. More recently, production has shown signs of recovery, rising from 51 feature films in 2022 to 67 in 2023.
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