Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the Special Screenings lineup for its 47th edition, taking place from 11 to 20 November 2026, as the festival marks 50 years since its inaugural edition in 1976.
The announcement was made during the festival’s press conference, held today, 11 October, at Sofitel Cairo Downtown Nile.
The Special Screenings programme features 11 films, as follows:
Deleau: Cinema Unchained — Michel La Veaux | Canada | 2025 | 99 min
For Life — Ahmet Seven | Turkey, Palestine | 2026 | 88 min
Homesick — Taekyung Tanja In Wol Sørensen | Denmark | 2026 | 83 min
LOUF — Aziz Zoromba | Canada | 2026 | 109 min
Making Marie Antoinette — Eleanor Coppola | United States | 2026 | 86 min
Nipster — Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum | Sweden | 2026 | 78 min
Sevda — Ufuk Emiroglu | Switzerland, Belgium, Turkey | 2026 | 101 min
The Huntress — Suzanne Andrews Correa | Mexico, United States | 2026 | 91 min
The Lion at My Back — Tonia Mishiali | Cyprus, Luxembourg, Greece | 2026 | 106 min
Al Shabih (The Lookalike) — Nehal El Koussi | Egypt | 2026 | 106 min
Vittorio De Sica – Staging Life — Francesco Zippel | Italy | 2026 | 100 min
Cairo International Film Festival is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the Arab world and Africa, and the only festival in the region to hold Category “A” status from the Paris-based International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). Established in 1976, the festival is held annually under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.
