Mohamed Hefzy – Egypt Today. CAIRO – 6 April 2018: The famed Egyptian producer and screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy has been selected as the President of the 40th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), following the acclaimed Egyptian Film Critic Magda Wasef. "I attended the Cairo International Film Festival as an audience member, a filmmaker, and then a member of the festival's team in recent years. I'm very thankful to the Minister of Culture, Ines Abdel-Dayem, for her confidence in me," Hefzy added on his Facebook page.Who is Mohamed Hefzy the new head of Cairo International Film Festival?Mohamed Hefzy is an Egyptian film producer and screenwriter who was born in 1975. In 2016, one of his latest productions (Clash) was chosen as the opening film of the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes Film Festival.In 2011, Hefzy was as a jury member at several local and Arab festivals such as the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival.

Source: Egypt Today April 06, 2018 11:48 UTC