The stars flocked to the press conference of the Luxor African Film Festival

Luxor African Film Festival

Many stars and filmmakers began to flock to the Hanager Theater at the Egyptian Opera House to attend the press conference for the 12th session of the Luxor African Film Festival, which was headed by the scriptwriter Sayed Fouad. The conference was presented by the presenter, Rabab Al-Sharif.

Luxor African Film Festival logo

It is noteworthy that the activities of the 12th session of the Luxor African Film Festival are launched under the slogan "Cinema is Eternity of Time", and the poster for the session was designed by the young artist Mahmoud Ismail, as the poster presents a visual perception of the festival in 3 basic elements: cinema, Luxor, Africa, and this was formulated in some Visual elements include:

The city of Luxor is the city of the sun, and the capital of the Pharaonic civilization in the era of the New Dynasties. We see this through the appearance of the sun and the Pharaonic obelisk that it refers to in clear symbolism of the south, where "Thebes" is the city that led the war of liberation against the Hyksos, and restored the ancient Egyptian civilization to its glory. At the same time, to beautiful Africa, as if it were an implicit indication that the destination is to the south, where the roots are.

The "balloon" element carries the largest aspect of symbolic references. On the one hand, it is one of the most famous landmarks in the city of Luxor, and on the other hand, it refers to the famous cinematic corner "The Bird's Eye", which reveals more and more African cinema for the world to see. It is also decorated with symbols bearing an African character as a cultural heritage. To enrich the design of the balloon in a visual and constructive relationship with the photographic tape, and the light of the projection screen inside the balloon through which films are shown, so new magical worlds are revealed to us, rich all the time with stories.

And eternity takes us to the last paragraph in reading the poster, where we see below the sailboats that set their course towards the sun on their journey to sunset, where the western mainland was convinced that the ancient Egyptian represented eternity in the afterlife, who built the great funerary temple there, in a symbolic indication of the importance of cinema and its ability to Perpetuating history, which is consistent with the slogan of the twelfth session, "Cinema is Eternity of Time".

55 films participate in the 12th session of the Luxor African Film Festival

Sayed Fouad, head of the Luxor African Film Festival, said that film festivals are part of the film industry, and are not a luxury.

Sayed Fouad added, in a press conference to announce the details of the 12th session, that he must thank state institutions, including the Ministries of Culture, Youth, Sports, Interior, the Syndicate of Film Professions, Luxor Governorate, and others, for their efforts in holding the festival.

55 films were selected to participate in the festival's competitions, and there are workshops in acting, directing, decoration and various forms of art.

It is noteworthy that the activities of the 12th session of the Luxor African Film Festival are launched under the slogan "Cinema is Eternity of Time". The poster for the session was designed by the young artist Mahmoud Ismail. The poster presents a visual perception of the festival in 3 basic elements: cinema, Luxor, and Africa. Some of the visual elements, including: The city of Luxor is the city of the sun, and the capital of the Pharaonic civilization in the era of the New Dynasties. We see this through the appearance of the sun and the Pharaonic obelisk that it refers to in clear symbolism of the south, where "Thebes" is the city that led the war of liberation against the Hyksos and restored the ancient Egyptian civilization to Its glory, and also refers at the same time to beautiful Africa, as if it is an implicit indication that the destination is to the south, where the roots are.

Luxor African Film Festival

An international film festival to be held in Luxor, Egypt. Founded in 2012.

The Luxor African Film Festival aims to support and encourage African film production and partnership between the countries of the continent by consolidating human and political ties between the peoples of Africa and creating a network of continuous communication between African filmmakers in all types of films, and helping African films to reach the world.

Luxor Governorate in Egypt

Luxor is called the City of the Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes. 32-33 east, about 670 km from the Egyptian capital, Cairo, about 220 km north of Aswan, about 56 km south of Qena, and about 280 km southwest of Hurghada. Edfu Center and Aswan Governorate, and from the east the Red Sea Governorate, and from the west the Armant Center and the New Valley Governorate, the nearest sea ports to the city is the port of Safaga, and the nearest airport to it is Luxor International Airport.

The area of Luxor is about 416 km², and the inhabited area is 208 km², with a population of approximately 487,896 people, according to the 2010 census. And its affiliated villages are Al-Bayadiyah, Al-Adaysat Bahri, Al-Adaysat Kebili, Al-Tod, Al-Baghdadi, and Al-Habil. The Karnak Temple, the Rams Road linking the two temples, and the Luxor Museum. As for the western bank, it includes the Valley of the Kings, the Deir el-Bahari Temple, the Valley of the Queens, Deir el-Medina, the Ramesseum Temple, and the Colossi of Memnon.

The founding of the city of Thebes dates back to the era of the Fourth Dynasty around the year 2575 BC. Until the era of the Middle Kingdom, Thebes was nothing more than a group of simple adjacent huts, and despite that, it was used as a cemetery to bury the dead, as the rulers of the regions were buried in it since the era of the Old Kingdom and until After that, the city of Thebes later became the capital of Egypt in the era of the Eleventh Egyptian Dynasty at the hands of Pharaoh Mentuhotep I, who succeeded in uniting the country again after the chaos that befell Egypt in the era of the first decay, and the city of Thebes remained the capital of the Egyptian state until the fall of the rule of Pharaohs and the thirty-first family at the hands of the Persians 332 BC.

Luxor was known throughout the different ages by many names, at its beginning it was called the city of “West”, then the Romans called it after that the name “Thebes”, and it was also called the city of a hundred gates, as described by the Greek poet Homer in the Iliad, and it was also called “the city of the sun”. "," The City of Light ", and the "City of the Scepter", and after the Arab conquest of Egypt, the Arabs called it "Luxor", which is the plural of the word "palace", as the city contained many palaces of the Pharaohs.