After cancelling the annual event two times as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, Zawya Cinema announced that the 13th Panorama of the European Film Festival will take place starting April 1. The greatly anticipated film festival was originally scheduled to take place in November 2020, but was cancelled due to covid-19-related purposes. The event was then announced to take place in January 2021, but then had to be postponed once again for the same reason. Following the covid-19 pandemic, many cultural events and festivals have had to be cancelled or postponed in order to avoid large gatherings and halt the spread of the virus. One such annual cultural event that had to face cancellation was last year’s D-CAF (Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival). “Launched in 2004, the Panorama of the European Film is an annual 10 day film event, showcasing some of the latest award-winning feature and documentary films as well as cinematic landmarks and classics,” reads a brief description on the event’s page. The films and documentaries showcased are usually of European origin or production. Zawya Cinema, one of the first art-house cinemas in Egypt, was launched in 2014…
Zawya’s 13th Panorama of the European Film Festival Scheduled to Take Place April 1
March 27, 2021
