The festival is presented under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. The GFF team is helmed by Intishal Al Timimi, festival director, who brings his knowledge and understanding of the regional and international cinematic landscape to the team. He is supported by Amir Ramses, artistic director and the members of the programming team Nicole Guillemet, Teresa Cavina, Mohamed Atef and Raman Chawla.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The festival’s program consists of the three official competitions (Feature Narrative Competition, Feature Documentary Competition and Short Film Competition), the Official Selection out of Competition and Special Presentations. A total of more than 80 films screen yearly at the festival. GFF bestow awards of more than US $224.000, along with trophies to the winners of the competitive sections. Feature length films with a humanitarian theme across any section are eligible for GFF’s special Cinema for Humanity Audience Award. In its Special Presentations section, the festival showcase iconic films from the past that continue to be cherished by film-loving audiences.
GFF 2020 – 4th Edition October 23 to 31, 2020
Films to Look Forward To
The Whaler Boy (Russia, Poland, Belgium), directed by Philipp Yuryev
In Between Dying (Azerbaijan, Mexico, USA), directed by Hilal Baydarov
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway, Turkey) directed by Jasmila Žbanic
The Truffle Hunters (Italy, United States, Greece), directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Listen (United Kingdom, Portugal), directed by Ana Rocha De Sousa
My Tender Matador (Chile, Argentina, Mexico), directed by Rodrigo Sepulveda Urzua
The Big Hit (France), directed by Emmanuel Courcol
The Ties (Italy), directed by Daniele Luchetti
Mainstream (United States), directed by Gia Coppola
True Mothers (Japan), directed by Kawase Naomi
Beginning (Georgia, France), directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Bad Tales (Italy, Switzerland), directed by Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo
Days of Cannibalism (France, South Africa, Netherlands) directed by Teboho Edkins
Irradiated (France, Cambodia), directed by Rithy Panh
Delete History (France), directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Germany, Netherlands), directed by Burhan Qurbani
Father (Serbia), directed by Srdan Golubović
Falling (United States, Canada), directed by Viggo Mortensen
Most Wanted (France), directed by Aurélia Rouvier and Seamus Haley Banksy
Ibrahim (France), directed by Samir Guesmi
Another Round (Denmark), directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Oasis (Serbia) directed by Ivan Ikić
Peel (Switzerland), directed by Samuel Patthey and Silvain
Monney Pilar (Netherlands), directed by Diana Van Houten, J.J. Epping and Yngwie Boley
Influencer (Spain), directed by Rubén Barbosa
Sticker (Republic of North Macedonia), directed by Georgi M. Unkovski
