| 32nd Cairo International Film Festival | |
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32nd CIFF Official Poster |
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| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Awards | Golden Pyramid |
| Festival date | November 18–28, 2008 |
| Official website | |
The 32nd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 18 to November 28, 2008. Spanish director Imanol Uribe was the President of the Jury.
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The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| The Tango Dancer | Gabriel Adrian Arregue | Argentina | |
| Cut Loose | Los | Jan Verheyen | Belgium |
| Dancers | Dancen | Pernille Fischer Christensen | Denmark |
| The Day We Met | يوم ما اتقابلنا | Ismail Murad | Egypt |
| Séraphine | Séraphine | Martin Provost | France |
| Mark of an Angel | L'empreite de l'ange | Safy Nebbou | France |
| Where the Grass is Greener | Nur ein Sommer | Tamara Staudt | Germany/ Switzerland |
| El Greco | Ελ Γκρέκο | Yannis Smaragdis | Greece |
| Mario the Magician | Márió, a varázsló | Tamás Almási | Hungary/ Italy |
| In the Flesh | Il Tuo Disprezzo | Christian Angeli | Italy |
| Tea Fight | 闘茶 | Wang Yeming | Japan/ Taiwan |
| The Collectress | Kolekcioniere | Kristina Buozyte | Lithuania |
| Finding Shangri-La | 這兒是香格里拉 | Ismene Ting | China |
| The Vanished Empire | Исчезнувшая империя | Karen Shakhnazarov | Russia |
| Return to Hansala | Retorno a Hansala | Chus Gutiérrez | Spain |
| The Blind Sunflowers | Los girasoles ciegos | José Luis Cuerda | Spain |
| Tandoori Love | Oliver Pavlus | Switzerland | |
| The Messenger | Ulak | Çağan Irmak | Turkey |
The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| No One's Normal When You Are Near | De cerca nadie es normal | Marcelo Mosenson | Argentina |
| Behind the Glass | Iza stakla | Zrinko Ogresta | Croatia |
| The Story of the Virgin Butterfly | قصة الفراشة العذراء | Walid Aouni | Egypt |
| W.C. | Liam O Mochain | Ireland | |
| Three Lira | Lira 3 | Andrea Pellizzer | Italy |
| Goodbye | へばの | Bunyo Kimura | Japan |
| Be With Me | خليك معي | Elie Habib | Lebanon |
| Seasons of Life | Charles Shimu Joya | Malawi | |
| Changing Faces | Faruk Afolabi Lassaki | Nigeria | |
| Zimbabwe | Darrell Roodt | South Africa | |
| Ordinary Boys | Chicos normales | Daniel Hernandez | Spain |
| Dot | Nokta | Derviş Zaim | Turkey |
| Mozlym | Edreace Purmul | United States | |
| Shades of Ray | Jaffar Mahmood | United States/ Pakistan |
The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Men's Affair | Amine Kais | Algeria/ United States | |
| Mascarades | مسخرة | Lyes Salem | Algeria/ France |
| Adhen | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Algeria/ France | |
| Four Girls | أربع فتيات | Hussein El Hulaibi | Bahrain |
| Basra | بصرة | Ahmed Rashwan | Egypt |
| Fawzeya's Secret Recipe | خلطة فوزية | Magdy Ahmed Ali | Egypt |
| Swimming Bolteya | بلطية العايمة | Ali Ragab | Egypt |
| Number One | رقم واحد | Zakia Tahri | Morocco |
| Laila's Birthday | عيد ميلاد ليلى | Rachid Masharawy | Palestine |
| Salt of this Sea | ملح هذا البحر | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine |
| Hassiba | حسيبة | Raymond Boutros | Syria |
| Days of Boredom | أيام الضجر | Abdellatif Abdelhamid | Syria |
| The Accident | حادثة | Rachid Ferchiou | Tunisia |
| Five | خمسة | Karim Dridi | Tunisia/ France |
The following films were screened out of the competition.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| The Homecoming | Μπαρ Φλωμπέρ | Vassilis Douvlis | Greece |
| The Last Year | Rituparno Gosh | India | |
| Ocean of an Old Man | Rajesh Shera | India | |
| The Sea Within | Ore Kadal | Shyamaprasad | India |
| Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story | Akbar Khan | India | |
| The Demons of St. Petersburg | I demoni di San Pietroburgo | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy |
| Gomorra | Matteo Garrone | Italy | |
| All the Women in My Life | Tutte le donne della mia vita | Simona Izzo | Italy |
| Teo's Voyage | El viajo de Teo | Walter Doehner | Mexico |
| The Tour | Турнеја | Goran Marković | Serbia |
| Promise Me This | Завет | Emir Kusturica | Serbia/ France |
| Three Monkeys | Üç Maymun | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
| It's A Free World | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | |
| Battle In Seattle | Stuart Townsend | United States | |
| Into the Wild | Sean Penn | United States | |
| Margot at the Wedding | Noah Baumbach | United States |
International Competition
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Digital Competition
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Arab Competition
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The winners of the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival were:
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