Egypt’s El Gouna Movie Pageant (GFF) has unveiled a primary wave of worldwide titles as a result of play at its upcoming comeback sixth version, unfolding from October 13 to twenty after a one-year hiatus.

The choice options a lot of high-profile pageant titles together with Justine Triet’s Cannes 2023 Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, Berlinale 2023 Golden Bear successful documentary On the Adamant by Nicolas Philibert and Guto Parente’s Tribeca Movie Pageant break-out The Unusual Path.

The road-up additionally showcases a number of buzzy first and second movies together with UK director Charlotte Regan’s Sundance 2023 Grand Jury Prize winner Scrapper and French filmmaker Delphine Deloget’s Cannes Un Sure Regard social drama All To Play For, starring Virginie Efira.

Revered Egyptian distributor and producer Marianne Khoury is overseeing the choice for the primary time, following her appointment as creative director earlier this yr, working alongside long-time pageant director Intishal Al Timimi.

“Though I’ve just lately joined GFF, I’ve identified it since its inception,” mentioned Khoury.

“GFF has all the time strived to be a platform that celebrates the total spectrum of Cinema. With this line-up, we’re not solely paying homage to the masterful works of established filmmakers but additionally championing the voices that form the way forward for our trade.”

The pageant shall be saying additional titles together with its Arab cinema line-up within the coming weeks.

GFF Worldwide Choice

Pageant Hits

Anatomy Of A Fall (Fr)
Dir. Justine Triet

The Buriti Flower
Dir. João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora (Br)

The Echo (Mex, Ger)
Dir. Tatiana Huezo

Might December (US)
Dir. Todd Haynes

Obscure Evening – Goodbye Right here, Anyplace (Fr, Switz)
Dir. Sylvain Georges

The Shadowless Tower (China)
Dir. Zhang Lu

A Unusual Path (Br)
Dir. Guto Parente | brazil

Youth (Spring) (China-Fr-Lux-Neth)
Dir.  Wang Bing

First and Second Movies

All To Play For (Fr)
Dir. Delphine Deloget

Dreaming & Dying (Sing, Indo)
Dir. Nelson yeo

Household Portrait (US)
Dir. Lucy Kerr

If Solely I Might Hibernate (Mong, Fr, Switz)
Dir. Zoljargal Purevdash

Misplaced nation (Serbia, Croatia, Fr, Lux)
Dir.  vladimir perisic

Scrapper (UK)
Dir. Charlotte Regan

Stepne (Ukr, Ger, Pol, Sk)
Dir.  Maryna Vroda

Totem (Mex, Den, Fr)
Dir. Lila Avilés

Whispers of Fireplace & Water (Ind)
Dir. Lubdhak Chatterjee

White Plastic Sky (Hun, Sk)
Dir. Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó