Cairo 2026

Cairo’s Midnight Screenings pair contemporary horror and thrillers with genre classics.

French-born Mia Bendrimia presents her research into her Algerian roots in ‘Magma’, an engagingly fresh exploration of intergenerational trauma left by war that tends to be diluted by too many ideas.

Teodora Ana Mihai returns to one of football’s darkest nights in a tense, sometimes frustrating drama about the officials who failed to prevent a catastrophe.

The head of Cairo Industry Days discusses a new forum for adaptation rights, the move to one-on-one meetings and what it takes to get films made after they win funding.

As the Cairo International Film Festival opens Nov. 11, artistic director Mohamed Tarek reveals programming choices, regional disruptions, international partnerships and the growing popularity of classic cinema.