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21-564: The Golden Pyramid Award is the highest prize for best film in the international competition of the Cairo International Film Festival , hosted annually in Cairo , Egypt . This Egypt -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This film award–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cairo International Film Festival The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)

42-572: A Drama Series . In 2024, Nowhere, a solo play written and performed by Abdalla, premiered at Battersea Arts Centre and was published by Salamander Street . In January–February 2011, Abdalla was among protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo , Egypt in the major protests against the Hosni Mubarak regime. He also appeared on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer show on CNN on 9 February 2011 and Anderson Cooper to reflect his views on

63-634: A controversial film focusing on censorship and the oppression of women in Egypt. The Syrian-American producer and director Moustapha Akkad , who died in a 2005 terrorist attack in Amman, Jordan, was also honored that year. He is best remembered for Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976) (U.S. The Message ) about the early days of Islam, and for the spine-chilling Halloween movie series. Khalid Abdalla Khalid Abdalla ( Arabic : خالد عبد الله , romanized :  Khālid ‘Abd Allāh ; born 26 October 1980)

84-699: A new voice for the great metaphorical dramas of the Renaissance". Abdalla's first screen role was in a 2005 episode of Spooks entitled Infiltration of a New Threat . In 2006, Abdalla made his Hollywood debut in United 93 , a film about the 11 September attacks , and garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of Ziad Jarrah . He was cast in the lead role of the film The Kite Runner . In preparation for that role, he spent time in Kabul learning Dari Persian and kite-flying. In 2008, Abdalla appeared as Guy Pringle in

105-579: A successful run at the Edinburgh Festival and earned five stars in The Scotsman newspaper, making him the youngest director to receive this accolade. After spending a gap year travelling around the Middle East, Abdalla went on to Queens' College, Cambridge , where he read English. He was active in the student drama scene alongside the likes of contemporaries Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens . He

126-694: A team of experts. Directors and producers will be invited to the Cairo Film Connection to pitch their projects over a period of 3 days to key industry professionals whether international or from the region. Circulation of the selected project in Arabic and English as well as, individualized meetings scheduled in advance should maximize exposure of the projects and optimize all the participants' experiences. Guests will be carefully selected to cover all stages of development of film production, funding, distribution, marketing, broadcasting, sales, festivals. In addition to

147-533: A world-class festival could not take place in Egypt. The country was still in Egyptian cinema 's "Golden Age" and contained a formidable film industry, still the biggest in the Arab world. The Cairo International Film Festival was launched in 1976. The 1976 festival featured around 100 films from 33 countries, with 14 films from 14 different countries in competition. The Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics headed

168-405: Is a British actor and activist. He came to international prominence after starring in the 2006 Academy Award -nominated and BAFTA -winning film United 93 . Written and directed by Paul Greengrass , it chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 , which was hijacked as part of the 11 September attacks . Abdalla played Ziad Jarrah , the pilot and leader of the four hijackers on board

189-684: Is one of only 15 Festivals accorded as a category "A" status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations FIAPF . It is the oldest internationally accredited cultural feature film festival in the Arab World , Africa and the Middle East . The history of CIFF goes back to 1975, after a visit to the Berlin Film Festival the late writer-critic Kamal El Mallakh and a group of like-minded cinema critics wondered why such

210-632: The BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Fortunes of War . He starred as Freddy in Green Zone with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass . In 2009–10, Abdalla produced and acted in the independent Egyptian film In the Last Days of the City , directed by Tamer El Said . In November 2010, Abdalla was awarded special recognition for achievements in cinema at the Cairo International Film Festival . In 2011, he narrated

231-433: The documentary film East to West , also known as The River Flows Westward . In 2016, he appeared as Muhammad XII of Granada in the film Assassin's Creed . In 2022–23, Abdalla played Dodi Fayed , the lover of Diana, Princess of Wales , in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Crown . His performance in the sixth season earned his nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in

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252-526: The UK before he was born. Abdalla was educated at King's College School , an independent school for boys in Wimbledon in south-west London and his classmates included actor Ben Barnes and comedian Tom Basden . He became interested in acting after becoming involved in his school's thriving drama scene. In 1998, he directed a production of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness , which ended up having

273-1310: The exposure offered to filmmakers during the Cairo Film Connection, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture is offering a special award amounting to $ 10,000. International actors awarded include Marcello Mastroianni , Catherine Deneuve , John Malkovich , Elizabeth Taylor , Morgan Freeman , Sivaji Ganesan , Samuel L. Jackson , Sophia Loren , Claudia Cardinale , Leslie Caron , Richard Gere , Susan Sarandon , Gina Lollobrigida , Peter O'Toole , Omar Sharif , Ornella Muti , Victoria Abril , Shashi Kapoor , Alain Delon , Nicolas Cage , Goldie Hawn , Kurt Russell , Greta Scacchi , Julia Ormond , Mira Sorvino , Khalid Abdalla , Alicia Silverstone , Priscilla Presley , Stuart Townsend , Yolande Moreau , Christopher Lee , Irene Papas , Nora Aunor , Bud Spencer , Tom Berenger , Salma Hayek , Lucy Liu , Juliette Binoche , Dominique Blanc , Charlize Theron , Hilary Swank and Adrien Brody . Internationally renowned directors awarded include Robert Wise , Elia Kazan , Vanessa Redgrave , Oliver Stone , Roland Joffe , Carlos Saura , Ismail Merchant , Moustapha Akkad , Gadalla Gubara and Michelangelo Antonioni . The CIFF 2004 Best Arab Film Award

294-525: The festival for the first seven years until 1983. In the following year, the Union of Artist's Syndicates supervised the festival, and after that point, several associations mustered their resources to run the festival. The Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics joined with the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Artist's Syndicates to form a joint committee in 1985 to improve the quality and financial state of

315-461: The festival. In 2023, The Cairo International Film Festival’s 45th edition was canceled due to the Israel–Hamas war . The festival offers awards in specialized categories as well: The Cairo Film Connection is the latest co-production platform aiming at maximizing networking to induce coproductions for films originating from the Arab world. The first year, around 10 projects will be selected by

336-580: The flight. Abdalla starred as Amir in The Kite Runner (2007) and acted with Matt Damon in Green Zone (2010), his second film with director Paul Greengrass . Abdalla appears as himself in Jehane Noujaim 's documentary on the 2011 Egyptian revolution, The Square , which won the Audience Award at Sundance Festival in 2013. In 2022 and 2023, he starred as Dodi Fayed in seasons 5 and 6 of

357-554: The historical drama series The Crown , for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series . Abdalla is on the board of the National Student Drama Festival . In 2011, he became one of the founding members of the Mosireen ("We Insist") Collective in Cairo : a group of revolutionary filmmakers and activists dedicated to supporting citizen media across Egypt in

378-613: The protest. He continues to be active in Egypt. In 2011 Abdalla became one of the founding members of the Mosireen Collective in Cairo: a group of revolutionary filmmakers and activists dedicated to supporting citizen media across Egypt in the wake of Mubarak's fall. Mosireen films the ongoing revolution, publishes videos that challenge state media narratives, provides training sessions and equipment and screenings and holds an extensive library of footage. At three months old, Mosireen became

399-567: The wake of Hosni Mubarak 's fall. Three months after it began, Mosireen became the most watched non-profit YouTube channel in Egypt of all time, and in the whole world in January 2012. Abdalla was born in Glasgow , Scotland, to Egyptian parents, and was brought up in London . Abdalla's father and grandfather were well-known anti-regime activists in Egypt. His parents were both physicians who immigrated to

420-722: Was a joint winner with Cressida Trew, his future wife, of the Judges' Award for Acting at the National Student Drama Festival for his performance in Bedbound by Enda Walsh . In 2003, Abdalla played the title role in Christopher Marlowe 's Tamburlaine the Great at the Rose Theatrein Kingston, London . This was the inaugural production of Peter Hall 's Canon's Mouth Theatre Company, composed of "young actors intent on discovering

441-751: Was given to an Egyptian film, Inas El-Degheidy 's Searching for Freedom . In 2005 the CIFF honored its two star guests, American actor Morgan Freeman and French actress Leslie Caron . There was a screening of American actor and director Clint Eastwood 's Million Dollar Baby starring Freeman, Eastwood and Hilary Swank ; and American director Vincent Minnelli 's classic musical An American in Paris (1951), starring Caron and Gene Kelly . CIFF's other 2005 honorees included Mohamed Mounir and Hanan Turk for their roles in Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab 's Dunia (2005 film) ,

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