# 2024 El Gouna Film Festival

The seventh edition of the El Gouna Film Festival took place from October 24 to November 1 in El Gouna, Egypt., held at the El Gouna Convention and Culture Centre.

## Official sections
### Feature Narrative Competition

The following films were selected to compete for El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film Prize:
| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Algiers | Chakib Taleb | Algeria, Tunisia, France, Canada |
| Crickets, It's Your Turn | Olga Korotko | France, Kazakhstan |
| Everybody Loves Touda | Nabil Ayouch | France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway |
| Ghost Trail | Jonathan Millet | France, Germany, Belgium |
| Girls Will Be Girls | Shuchi Talati | India, France, Norway, USA |
| My Everything | Anne-Sophie Bailly | France |
| On Falling | Laura Carreira | UK, Portugal |
| Salve Maria | Mar Coll | Spain |
| Stranger | Zhengfan Yang | China |
| The Inevitable Journey to find a Wedding Dress | Jaylan Auf | Egypt |
| Thank You for Banking with Us | Laila Abbas | Palestine, Germany, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
| The Kingdom | Julien Colonna | France |
| Tiny Lights | Beata Parkanová | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Toxic | Saule Bliuvaite | Lithuania |
| Who Do I Belong To | Meryam Joobeur | Tunisia, France, Canada |

### Feature documentary

The following films were selected to be compete for El Gouna Golden Star for Documentary Film:
| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A New Kind Of Wilderness | Silje Evensmo Jacobsen | Norway |
| Cilama | Hady Zaccak | Lebanon, Qatar |
| Death Without Mercy | Waad Al-Kateab | UK |
| Elementary | Claire Simon | France |
| Mistress Dispeller | Elizabeth Lo | China, UK |
| Thakerati Maleaa Bel Ashbah | Anas Zawahri | Syria |
| Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Johan Grimonprez | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
| Tata | Radu Ciorniciuc, Lina Vdovii | Romania |
| Tell Them About Us | Rand Beiruty | Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Germany |
| The Brink of Dreams | Ayman El Amir, Nada Riyadh | Country |
| The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners | Samir | Switzerland, Italy |
| We Are Inside | Farah Kassem | Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark |

## CineGouna funding

CineGouna funding :
| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Projects in Development |||
| The Gardian | Muhannad Lamin | TBA |
| House No. 7 | Rama Abdy | TBA |
| Running With Beasts | Leila Basma | TBA |
| Amara | Michelle Keserwany | TBA |
| Al Madeeneh 2008 | Youssef Assabahi | TBA |
| Leila's Trial | Charlie Kouka | TBA |
| Elsewhere | Issraa ElKogali | TBA |
| Remind Me to Forget | Lama Jamjoom | TBA |
| Dwellers of The Cabins | Hend Bakr | TBA |
| A Pair of Shoes in The Dark Corner of The Moon | Ayman El Amir | TBA |
| The Cow Thief | Mohamed Zedan | TBA |
| The Masters of Magic and Beauty | Jad Chahine | TBA |
| The Myth of Mahmoud | Mayar Hamdan, Shaima Al Tamimi | TBA |
| Projects in Post Production |||
| Exile | Mehdi Hmili | TBA |
| La vie d'après | Namir Abdel Messeeh | TBA |
| In The Darkness I See You | Nadim Tabet | TBA |
| My Father and Qaddafi | Jihan | TBA |
| Son of The Streets | Mohammed Almughanni | TBA |
| The Settlement | Mohamed Rashad | TBA |
| Those Who Watch Over | Karima Saidi | TBA |
| The Meursault Investigation | Malek Bensmail | TBA |

## CineGouna Shorts

CineGouna Shorts :
| English Title | Director(s) | Producer |
| The Last Performance | Abanoub Nabil | Rouba Atiyeh |
| The Bar Girl | Yassir Naeim | Doaa Saber |
| The Last Request | Hozifa Abdelhalim | Noura Abdelrahman |
| Yellow | Sherouk Helal | Ahmed El Shebiny |
| In Such Moment, We Cry | Ahmed Sobhy | Marwa Tammam |
| A Little "Rosy" Journey | Ahmed El-Hawarey | Hala Lotfy |
| Dead Tired | Beshoy Youssef | Ramy El Gabry |
| Lemon Trees | Mariam Nasser | Mohamed Gaber |