El Gouna Festival Spotlights Arab Talent; Warsaw Honors 'What Belongs to Others'

Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival has announced the third cohort for its CineGouna Emerge program, highlighting emerging filmmakers from the Arab world. The selected talents include Egyptian director Abdallah Dnewar, Saudi Arabian writer-director Razan AlSoghayer, Palestinian filmmaker Omar Rammal, Palestinian Jordanian director-producer Asmahan Bkerat, and Syrian DoP, editor, and director Rama Abdi. This initiative aims to support and promote rising stars within the regional film industry.

In parallel, the 42nd Warsaw Film Festival concluded with "What Belongs to Others" taking home the top award. The festival also recognized Cai Chengjie as best director for "Suzhou Quartet," and "Agia" received the Competition 1-2 award, underscoring a diverse range of international cinematic achievements celebrated at the Polish event.