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Egyptian cinema is Egypt's flourishing Egyptian Arabic-language film industry based in Cairo. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Egypt has long been the cultural and informational centre of the Arab world and Cairo is the region's largest Publishing and Broadcasting The Culture of Egypt has five thousand years of recorded history Egyptian cuisine consists of the local culinary traditions of Egypt. Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the second-most populous on the African continent Occupying the northeast corner of the African continent Egypt is bisected by the highly fertile Nile valley where most economic activity takes place The Egyptian educational system is highly centralized and is divided into three stages Basic Education (التعليم الأساسى transliteration Holidays in Egypt have many classifications There are a set of national holidays celebrated by the entire population Rights and liberties ratings Freedom House places Egypt's political rights at 6 civil liberties at 5 and an average of 5 Official language The official language of Egypt is Standard Arabic and is used in most written media The Egyptian Army See also Egyptian Army The armed forces inventory includes equipment from the United States, France, Brazil, the The Parliament of Egypt is a bicameral legislature that is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group Religion in Egypt controls many aspects of social life and is endorsed by law The Culture of Egypt has five thousand years of recorded history Transport facilities in Egypt are centered in Cairo and largely follow the pattern of settlement along the Nile. The wildlife of Egypt includes Egypt's Flora and Fauna and their natural Habitats. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Cairo is famous for its annual International Film Festival which has been rated as one of 11 festivals with a top class rating worldwide by the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations. The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual Film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. [1]There's another festival held in Alexandria. Of the more than 4,000 short- and feature-length films made in Arabic-speaking countries since 1908, more than three-quarters were Egyptian. [2]

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Beginnings

While a limited number of silent films were made in Egypt (with 1927's Layla notable as the first full-length feature), Cairo's film industry became a regional force with the coming of sound. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Between 1930 and 1936, various small studios produced at least 44 feature films. In 1936, Studio Misr, financed by industrialist Talaat Harb, emerged as the leading Egyptian equivalent to Hollywood's major studios, a role the company retained for three decades. Talaat Pasha Harb ( 25 November 1867 - 23 August 1941) was a leading Egyptian economist and founder of Banque Misr (The [3]

"The golden age" and after

Stars Youssef Wahbi and Leila Mourad.
Stars Youssef Wahbi and Leila Mourad. Youssef Wahbi (يوسف وهبي ( July 14 1900 &ndash October 17 1982) was an Egyptian Actor and Film director Leila Mourad (ليلى مراد February 17, 1918 - November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian Singer.

The 1940s and 1950s are generally considered the "golden age" of Egyptian cinema. As in the West, films responded to the popular imagination, with most falling into predictable genres, happy endings the norm, and many actors making careers out of playing strongly typed parts. In Film theory, genre refers to the primary method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed In the words of one critic, "If an Egyptian film intended for popular audiences lacked any of these prerequisites, it constituted a betrayal of the unwritten contract with the spectator, the results of which would manifest themselves in the box office. "[2]

Political changes in Egypt after the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952 initially had little effect on Egyptian film. Farouk I of Egypt ( Arabic: فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal) ‎ (February 11 1920 &ndash March 18 1965 was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad The Nasser regime sought control over the industry only after turning to socialism in 1961. Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15 1918 September 28 1970) was the second President [4] By 1966, the Egyptian film industry had been nationalized; in the words of Ahmed Ramzi, a leading man of the era, "it went to the dogs". Ahmed Ramzy ( أحمد رمزي) is an Egyptian actor who played the leading roles in many Egyptian films in the 1950s 60s and early 70s Leading man or leading gentleman is an informal term for the Actor who plays a love interest to the Leading actress in a film or play [5] The "heavy government hand" that accompanied nationalization of Egyptian film "stifled innovative trends and sapped its dynamism". [4]

By the 1970s, films struck a balance between politics and entertainment. Films such as 1972's Khalli Balak min Zouzou (Watch out for Zouzou), starring "the Cinderella of Arab cinema", Suad Husni, sought to balance politics and audience appeal. Soad Mohamed Hosny ( Arabic: سعاد محمد حسني January 26, 1942 – June 21, 2001) was an Egyptian Zouzou integrated music, dance, and contemporary fashions into a story that balanced campus ferment with family melodrama. [6]

The late 1970s and 1980s saw the Egyptian film industry in decline, with the rise of what came to be called "contractor movies". Actor Khaled El Sawy has described these as films "where there is no story, no acting and no production quality of any kind. . . basic formula movies that aimed at making a quick buck. ” The number of films produced also declined, from nearly 90 a year in the industry's prime to about a dozen in 1995. [7]

Today

Since the 1990s, Egypt's cinema has gone in separate directions. Smaller art films attract some international attention but sparse attendance at home. An Art film (also called an “art cinema” “art movie” or in the U Popular films, often broad comedies such as the extremely profitable vehicles for comedian Mohamed Saad, battle to hold audiences either drawn to Western films or, increasingly, wary of the perceived immorality of film. Mohamed Saad ( محمد سعد) is an Egyptian film actor active since 2000 [4]
A few productions, such as 2003's Sahar El Layali (=Sleepless Nights) an intertwined stories of four bourgeois couples and 2006's Imarat Yacoubian (=The Yacoubian Building) bridge this divide, combining high artistic quality and popular appeal. This article is about the 2006 film for the novel of the same name see The Yacoubian Building.
In 2006, the film Awkat Faragh (=Free Times) was released. A social commentary on the decline of the youth in Egypt, the film was produced on a low-budget and with low production values. However the film became a success. Its controversial subject matter (the film depicted the sexual undertones in today's society) was seen as a boost that the industry was finally taking risks.

A major challenge facing both Egyptian and international scholars, students, and fans of Egyptian film is the lack of resources in terms of published works, preserved and available copies of the films themselves, and development in Egypt of state and private institutions dedicated to the study and preservation of film. The Egyptian National Film Centre (ENFC), which theoretically holds copies of all films made after 1961, according to one Egyptian film researcher, "far from being a library, houses piles of rusty cans containing positive copies. "[8]

The year 2007, however, saw a great rise in the number of Egyptian movies. In 1997, the number of Egyptian feature-length movies created was 16, 10 years later, that number has risen to 40. Box office records have also risen considerably, as Egyptian movies gathered around 50 Million $, and American movies gathered around 10 Million $. The quality of movies has also seen a considerable rise, both in the quality of direction and the quality of stories.

Notable films

Transliteration Arabic Translation
Ayam El-Sadat أيام السادات The Days of Sadat
Doaa al-Karawan دعاء الكروان The Nightingale's Prayer
Halim حليم -
Al Haram الحرام The Sin
Malak al-Rahma ملاك الرحمة Angel of Mercy
Rossassa Fel Qalb رصاصة في القلب A Bullet in the Heart
Tharthara Fawq Al Neel ثرثرة فوق النيل Adrift on the Nile
Tito تيتو —
Al-Yateematain اليتيمتين The Two Orphans
El-Ard الأرض The Land
Yawm Said يوم سعيد Happy Day
El-Gezeera الجزيرة The Island
El-Nasser Salah El-Din الناصر صلاح الدين Saladin The Victorious
Al-Ayde Al-Na'ema الأيدى الناعمة The Soft Hands
Ard El-Khof أرض الخوف The Land Of Fear
El-Karnak الكرنك Karnak
Rud Qalbe رد قلبى Return My Heart Back
El-Tareeq Ela Eilat الطريق الى ايلات The Road To Eilat
Emaret Yaaqubian عماره يعقوبيان Yaaqubian bullding

Notable directors

Notable directors of photography

Notable actors

West Asian cinema
Iranian New Wave
African cinema

See also

References

  1. ^ Cairo Film Festival information. The term African cinema usually refers to the film production in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa following formal independence which for many countries happened in the 1960s Cinema in Burkina Faso is an important part of West African and African film industry Cinema of Kenya refers to the film industry of Kenya. Although a very small industry in western comparison Kenya has produced or been a location for film since the early 1950s Morocco knew cinema since 1897 through the filming of "Le chevrier Marocain" (The Moroccan goatkeeper by Louis Lumière. Cinema in Niger grew from ethnographic documentaries in the colonial period to become one of the most active national film cultures in Francophone Africa Nollywood redirects here For the Nollywood TV channel in the UK see Nollywood Movies (TV channel. Storytelling is an ancient custom in Somali culture. Love of cinema in Somalia is but a modern visual incarnation and continuation of this well-established oral tradition Cinema of South Africa refers to the films and Film industry of the nation of South Africa. Somaliwood is an informal name for the Somali-language film industry that has developed in the diaspora community of Columbus Ohio, centered around the Abdel Halim Ismail Shabana ( Arabic: عبدالحليم إسماعيل شبانة) commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez ( عبد الحليم حافظ Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza ( Arabic: رشدي سعيد بغدادي أباظة (born on August 3 1926, Mansoura, Egypt and died Samia Gamal ( سامية جمال) born as Zaynab Ibrahim Mahfuz) ( 1924 - December Fatima Ahmad Kamal ( Arabic: فاطمة أحمد كمال) better known by her stage name Shadia (Arabic شادية) is an Egyptian Ahmed Mazhar ( احمد مظهر,) Biography Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (1917-2002 was an Egyptian actor Emad Hamdy ( عماد حمدى,) ( November 25 1909 in Suhaj, Egypt &ndash January 28 1983 in Cairo Hend Rostom ( هند رستم) (born November 12 1931) is an Egyptian actress. Adel Emam (sometimes credited as Adel Imam) (عادل إمام born May 17, 1940 in El Mansoura (المنصورة is a popular Egyptian Mervat Amin, (Arabic ميرفت أمين is an Egyptian actress born in 1946 in El-Menya in Egypt Youssra ( Arabic:يسرا is an Egyptian actress and singer She was born Civene Nassim on March 10, 1955 in Cairo, The Culture of Egypt has five thousand years of recorded history
  2. ^ a b Farid, Samir, "Lights, camera...retrospection", Al-Ahram Weekly, December 30, 1999
  3. ^ Darwish, Mustafa, Dream Makers on the Nile: A Portrait of Egyptian Cinema, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 1998, Pp. Al-Ahram ( Arabic: الأهرام, literally "The Pyramids" founded in 1875 is one of the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspapers 12-13.
  4. ^ a b c Farid, Samir, "An Egyptian Story", Al-Ahram Weekly, November 23-29, 2006
  5. ^ Khairy, Khaireya, "Ahmed Ramzi: rendevous at the snooker club", Al-Ahram Weekly, June 22, 2000
  6. ^ Anis, Mouna, "Before the public gaze", Al-Ahram Weekly, June 28, 2001
  7. ^ El Bakry, Rehab, "Reeling them in", Business Monthly, July 2006
  8. ^ El-Assyouti, Mohamed, "Forgotten memories",Al-Ahram Weekly, September 2, 1999

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