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During the sixth round of the National Festival for Egyptian Cinema -- closing today -- the industry's chronic ailments have had hardly any effect on the Film Institute's shorter innovations, as refreshing as they are accomplished
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A new kind of thriller
The National Festival for Egyptian Cinema provides an exhaustive picture of Egyptian cinema today. Looking on, Khairiya El-Bishlawi has more than a few reservations
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An enormous flop
An allegedly ground-breaking 1933 Rihani film, Rubies, discovered recently in Paris, opened the 6th National Festival for Egyptian Cinema -- a discovery El-Rihani could hardly have welcomed, as the extract from his diary below suggests |
L'homme sans slip
 David Blake hears some Russian striptease
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Angling for the trophy
 Joy, sadness and shifting official perspectives. Youssef Rakha hazards a summery of this year's Jawa'iz Al-Dawla (state awards)
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