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| 1971 | ||||
| Youssef Chahine’s Al-Ikhtiyar (The Choice) premieres in Cairo. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
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Al-Asfour (The Sparrow) (Youssef Chahine) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Al-Makhdu’un (The Dupes) (Tewfik Saleh) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Salah Abou Seif's film Hammam el Malatili (The Baths of Malatili) is released. [MORE] [ADD} |
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Youssef Chahine’s Al-Asfour (The Sparrow) is released more than a year after its completion after it was banned by Egyptian censors. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Millions take part in the funeral procession of singer, actress and radio interviewer Oum (Mother) Kalsoum, "the voice and face of Egypt," [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1976 | ||||
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Awdat al ibn al dal (The Return of the Prodigal Son) (Youssef Chahine) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1977 | ||||
| 5/11 |
Misr Studios celebrate the 50th anniversary of Egyptian cinema. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1978 | ||||
| 26/2 - | The Egyptian Film Association declares Salah Abouseif's film al-Saqqa mat (The Water-Carrier Is Dead) the best film of 1977. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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Iskanderija .. lih? (Alexandria... Why?) (Youssef Chahine) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Al-Qadisiya (Salah Abouseif) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1982 | ||||
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Hadduta misrija (An Egyptian Story) (Youssef Chahine) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1984 | ||||
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Leilet al quabd al Fatma (The Night of Fatima’s Arrest) (Henry Barakat) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1985 | ||||
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Weda’an Bonapart (Adieu Bonaparte) (Youssef Chahine) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1986 | ||||
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The Sixth Day (Youssef Chahine) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Summer Thefts (Yousry Nasrallah) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
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Acclaimed 82-year-old filmmaker Youssef Chahine falls into a coma after suffering a brain haemorrhage. [MORE] |
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| 27/7 - |
Legendary director Youssef Chahine dies in Cairo at the age of 82 after falling into a coma following a brain haemorrhage in June. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2009 | ||||
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Debate rages over the demands made by a number of Coptic activists and lawyers for the banning of the as-yet unseen film Wahed Sifr (One-Zero), in which Elham Shahin plays a Coptic woman who has a baby out of wedlock after being denied a marriage licence following her divorce through a civil court. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2011 | ||||
| 13/5 - | Leading actor Amr Waked announces he will boycott this year's Cannes Film Festival in protest at the presence of supporters of the old Mubarek regime. Waked appears in and helped to co-produce the omnibus film 18 Days. [ADD] | |||
| 8/8 - | Legendary actress Hind Rostom dies of a heart attack in a Cairo hospital at the age of 82. [ADD] | |||
| 22/8 - | Screen legend Kamal Elshinawi dies after a long illness in Beirut at the age of 89. | |||