Cairo International Film Festival

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The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. It was established in 1976 and was the first film festival in the Middle East. The International Festival has awarded tens of international superstars , including Sophia Lauren , John Malkovich , Nicholas Cage , Morgan Freeman, Bud Spencer, Gina Lollobrigida, Ornella Mutti, Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale, Victoria Abril, Elizabeth Taylor, Shashi Kapoor, Alain Delon, Greta Scacchi, Catherine Deneuve, Peter O'toole, Christopher Lee, Irene Pappas, Marcello Mastroianni and Omar Sharif, as well as great directors like Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Stone, Roland Joffe, Carlos Saura, Ismail Merchant and Michel Angelo Antonioni, in an annual celebration and examination of the state of cinema in the world today. The presidents of the Festival since it was founded in 1976 are Saad El-Din Wahba, Hussein fahmy and Sherif El Shoubashy. This year the festival a milestone of 30 years. In the Year 2006 a new president was appointed for the festival by egyptian culture minister Faruk Hosny , the new president is Egyptian actor and musician Ezzat Abou-Ouf.This year the festival is contributed to the Latin America movies and will honour Charles Aznafour the french musician , Danny Glovers the American actor and others.