Two of the Egyptian films, Alexandria... Why? by late director Youssef Chahine and Salata Baladi by Nadia Kamel, will be screened in the festival's special spotlight programme Four award-winning films will officially represent Egypt in the 7th edition of the Arab Film Festival of Berlin (ALFILM), which runs from 6 to 13 April at Kino Arsenal. The festival features films and documentaries, as well as short films and video art, from Arab countries and artists, with a number of the films seeing their German or European premieres. Four Egyptian films will be screened at the festival: The Gate of Departure by Karim Hanafy; In the last Days of the City by Tamer El-Saied; A Present from the Past by Kawthar Younis; and Mother of the Unborn by Nadin Salib. The festival's special spotlight programme will present films on to the topic; “Cousin: Jewish-Arab identities in postcolonial cultural discourse.” The film programme examines historical and contemporary feature and documentary films that depict Jewish-Arab identities as a historical component of Arab and Jewish culture and memory. Two Egyptian films have been selected for this section; Alexandria… Why? by Youssef Chahine, and Salata Baladi by Nadia Kamel. ALFILM, the largest festival providing a platform for the diverse Arab cinema, focuses on artistically and thematically outstanding films from the Arab world. The event is organised by Makan – Centre for Arab Film, Arts and Culture, an independent non-profit association founded in 2004 to promote and support Arab cinema. For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/198425.aspx
