Panorama of the European Film returns to Zawya, 26 November to 8 December

The Panorama of the European Film, downtown Cairo's yearly season of European cinema, is coming back for its 19th edition from Thursday 26 November to Tuesday 8 December, CairoScene reported on Monday. Screenings will be at Zawya and Nile Cinema, and the organisers expect a parallel programme at cinemas in other parts of Egypt, with details still to come.

This year's edition has more than 40 films over 13 days. The programme mixes recent titles from European festivals with documentaries, classics and feature films, and adds Egyptian films and retrospectives built around particular directors, actors or film movements. No titles have been announced yet.

Alongside the screenings there will be workshops, masterclasses and discussions on filmmaking and on how the film industry works, which is what usually brings film students and young directors to the Panorama as much as general audiences.

The Panorama was created in 2004 by the production company Misr International Films, which also runs Zawya, the arthouse cinema downtown. Last year's 18th edition ran from 27 November to 6 December at Zawya, Nile Cinema and Zamalek Cinema with more than 30 films. It has become one of the few chances each year to see new European cinema on a big screen in Cairo, and this year it starts less than a week after the Cairo International Film Festival ends on 20 November, so the city gets almost a month of festival screenings back to back.

The full programme, schedule and ticket prices for this edition have not been announced yet. Last year tickets were sold through elCinema, at EGP 130 at Zawya, EGP 180 at Nile Cinema and EGP 170 to 200 at Zamalek Cinema, and screenings of popular films sold out early, so it is worth checking the Panorama's website and Zawya's pages once the line-up is out.