5 new films to see in Cairo this week, 21 to 24 October
An Egyptian romantic comedy opens in cinemas today, and Zawya in Downtown shows four El Gouna Film Festival picks, one a night at 7pm until Saturday.
Two ways to catch a new film in Cairo this week: a local comedy in cinemas everywhere, and the last four nights of GFF X Zawya, the yearly programme that brings El Gouna Film Festival titles to Zawya at Cinema Karim, 15 Emad El Deen Street, Downtown. Each Zawya film has a single screening at 7pm with English subtitles, and booking is on Zawya's website.
Wala Kan Ala El-Bal
from Wednesday 21 October in cinemas across Egypt. Ahmed Emad's romantic comedy stars Nour El Nabawy and Yasmina El Abd as a tour guide and a traveller in Luxor. 100 minutes, all ages.
Mariinka
Wednesday 21 October, 7pm, Zawya. Pieter-Jan De Pue's film follows young people from the Ukrainian frontline town of Mariinka through ten years of war. In Ukrainian, 102 minutes.
Pipes
Thursday 22 October, 7pm, Zawya. Karim Kassem's drama is about a retired water authority worker called back to find a missing pipe that is causing chaos in a quiet village. In Arabic, 112 minutes.
Rose
Friday 23 October, 7pm, Zawya. Markus Schleinzer's black and white drama stars Sandra Hüller as a woman in the early 17th century who lives disguised as a man. In German, 94 minutes.
Al Mowaten Osama
Saturday 24 October, 7pm, Zawya. Ahmed Hassouna's documentary follows Osama, a former photographer who keeps filming in northern Gaza while caring for his wife and newborn child. In Arabic, 94 minutes.