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El Gouna Film Festival 2023: Shining Light on Sudanese Cinema

September 20, 2023

Coming into its sixth year, the Gouna Film Festival (GFF) has been celebrating the diverse filmmaking industry ever since its first edition in 2017. The Festival’s mission is to showcase a distinct selection of films, connecting filmmakers from around the region and bridging cultural gaps through the art of filmmaking.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by El Gouna Film Festival (@elgounafilmfestivalofficial) Striving to be a catalyst for the development of cinema in the Arab world, this year’s edition will see a collaboration between GFF and the Sudanese Film Group (SFG) to showcase a selection of eight restored Sudanese short films — treasures that attest to the resilience of Sudanese cinema. The joint force between GFF and SFG comes under the festival’s ‘Special Presentations’ lineup, which aims to pay homage to a bygone era of cinematic innovation and storytelling brilliance. The SFG was established in April 1989 with a mission “to champion the illuminating power of cinema against the shadows of darkness.” This group of dedicated filmmakers aspired to forge a new path for creative expression, cinematic exploration, and education. For nearly 30 years, Sudan’s artists…


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