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Egyptian film ‘Photocopy' to open South Korea's 2020 Arab Film Festival
‘Photocopy' is Egypt's only entrant at festival which will take place in Seoul later this month
Daily News Egypt Published in Daily News Egypt on 11 - 07 - 2020

The 2017 Egyptian film Photocopy has been chosen to kick off the Arab International Film Festival, scheduled to take place between 16 and 21 July in South Korea's capital, Seoul.
The festival will screen over 10 films by numerous Arab directors, with Photocopy being the only entry from Egypt.
The film festival devoted to Arab cinema is a non-competitive event hosted by the Korea-Arab Society. Screenings will take place in cinema halls at the Busan Cinema Centre, a large complex that offers indoor and outdoor screening facilities.
Launched in 2011, the centre is also an official venue for the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).
The Egyptian film tells the story of a retiree in Cairo who becomes obsessed with searching for the causes that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. This passion in the prehistoric leads him to rediscover love, friendship, paternity and the real meaning of life.
The film is directed by Tamer El-Ashry, and stars veteran actor Mahmoud Hemeida, alongside Sherin Reda, Ali Tayeb, Ahmed Dash, Farah Yousef and Bayoumi Fouad.
Photocopy has received several awards since its release, including the Gouna Star for Best Arab Feature Narrative from the El Gouna film festival where the film premiered.
The film has also received many Arab and international awards. These include the best feature narrative award at the Tripoli Film Festival (2018) in Lebanon, best scriptwriting at the Ohran Arab Film festival (2018), best film at the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival (2019), and best film-audience award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (2018).
Among the highlights of the Arab films screened during the event in South Korea are The Cave (Syria, 2019), Heritages (Lebanon, 2013), The Unknown Saint (Morocco, 2019), Haifa Street (Iraq, 2019), and It Must Be Heaven (Palestine, 2019).
The Arab Women Filmmakers Now section of the festival will feature 17 (Jordan, 2017), Noura's Dream (Tunisia, 2019), Scales (Saudi Arabia, 2019), The Perfect Candidate (Saudi Arabia, 2019), and Papicha (Algeria, 2019).

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