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{{Infobox Film festival
| name           = 32nd Cairo International Film Festival
| image          = Cairo poster small.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = 32nd CIFF Official Poster
| location       = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
| founded        = 1976
| awardsreceived = 
| awards         = [[Golden Pyramid]]
| date           = November 18 – November 28, 2008
| website        = http://www.cairofilmfest.org/
}}
The 32nd annual '''[[Cairo International Film Festival]]''' was held from November 18 to November 28, 2008. Spanish director [[Imanol Uribe]] was the President of the Jury.

==Films in competition==
The following films competed for the [[Golden Pyramid]].

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100% cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="30%"| English title
!width="25%"| Original title
!width="25%"| Director(s)
!width="20%"| Country
|-
|''[[The Tango Dancer]]'' || ||[[Gabriel Adrian Arregue]] || {{flagcountry|Argentina}}
|-
|''[[Cut Loose]]'' || ''Los'' ||[[Jan Verheyen (director)|Jan Verheyen]] || {{flagcountry|Belgium}}
|-
|''[[Dancen|Dancers]]'' || ''Dancen'' ||[[Pernille Fischer Christensen]] || {{flagcountry|Denmark}}
|-
|''[[The Day We Met]]'' || ''يوم ما اتقابلنا'' ||[[Ismail Murad]] || {{flagcountry|Egypt}}
|-
|''[[Séraphine (film)|Séraphine]]'' || ''Séraphine'' ||[[Martin Provost]] ||  {{flagcountry|France}}
|-
|''[[Mark of an Angel]]'' || ''L'empreite de l'ange'' ||[[Safy Nebbou]] || {{flagcountry|France}}
|-
|''[[Where the Grass is Greener]]'' || ''Nur ein Sommer'' ||[[Tamara Staudt]] || {{flagcountry|Germany}}/{{flagcountry|Switzerland}}
|-
|''[[El Greco (2007 film)|El Greco]]'' || ''Ελ Γκρέκο'' ||[[Yannis Smaragdis]] || {{flagcountry|Greece}}
|-
|''[[Mario the Magician]]'' || ''Márió, a varázsló'' ||[[Tamás Almási]] || {{flagcountry|Hungary}}/{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|-
|''[[In the Flesh (2007 film)|In the Flesh]]'' || ''Il Tuo Disprezzo'' ||[[Christian Angeli]] || {{flagcountry|Italy}}
|-
|''[[Tea Fight]]'' || ''闘茶'' ||[[Wang Yeming]] || {{flagcountry|Japan}}/{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|-
|''[[The Collectress]]'' || ''Kolekcioniere'' ||[[Kristina Buozyte]] || {{flagcountry|Lithuania}}
|-
|''[[Finding Shangri-La]]'' || ''這兒是香格里拉'' ||[[Ismene Ting]] || {{flagcountry|China}}
|-
|''[[The Vanished Empire]]'' || ''Исчезнувшая империя'' ||[[Karen Shakhnazarov]] || {{flagcountry|Russia}}
|-style="background:#FFDEAD;"
|''[[Return to Hansala]]'' || ''Retorno a Hansala'' ||[[Chus Gutiérrez]] || {{flagcountry|Spain}}
|-
|''[[The Blind Sunflowers (film)|The Blind Sunflowers]]'' || ''Los girasoles ciegos'' ||[[José Luis Cuerda]] || {{flagcountry|Spain}}
|-
|''[[Tandoori Love]]'' || ||[[Oliver Pavlus]] || {{flagcountry|Switzerland}}
|-
|''[[The Messenger (2008 film)|The Messanger]]'' || ''Ulak'' ||[[Çağan Irmak]] || {{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|}

==Digital Competition==
The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100% cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="30%"| English title
!width="25%"| Original title
!width="25%"| Director(s)
!width="20%"| Country
|-
|''[[No One's Normal When You Are Near]]''|| ''De cerca nadie es normal''||[[Marcelo Mosenson]]||{{flagcountry|Argentina}}
|-
|''[[Behind the Glass (film)|Behind the Glass]]''||''Iza stakla''||[[Zrinko Ogresta]]||{{flagcountry|Croatia}}
|-
|''[[The Story of the Virgin Butterfly]]''||''قصة الفراشة العذراء''||[[Walid Aouni]]||{{flagcountry|Egypt}}
|-
|''[[W.C. (film)|W.C.]]''||||[[Liam O Mochain]]||{{flagcountry|Ireland}}
|-
|''[[Three Lira]]''||''Lira 3''||[[Andrea Pellizzer]]||{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|-
|''[[Goodbye (film)|Goodbye]]''||''へばの''||[[Bunyo Kimura]]||{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|-
|''[[Be With Me (film)|Be With Me]]''||''خليك معي''||[[Elie Habib]]||{{flagcountry|Lebanon}}
|-
|''[[Seasons of Life]]''||||[[Charles Shimu Joya]]||{{flagcountry|Malawi}}
|-
|''[[Changing Faces (film)|Changing Faces]]''||||[[Faruk Afolabi Lassaki]]||{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
|-
|''[[Zimbabwe (film)|Zimbabwe]]''||||[[Darrell Roodt]]||{{flagcountry|South Africa}}
|-
|''[[Ordinary Boys (film)|Ordinary Boys]]''||''Chicos normales''||[[Daniel Hernandez (director)|Daniel Hernandez]]||{{flagcountry|Spain}}
|-style="background:#FFDEAD;"
|''[[Nokta (film)|Dot]]''||''Nokta''||[[Derviş Zaim]]||{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|-
|''[[Mozlym]]''||||[[Edreace Purmul]]||{{flagcountry|USA}}
|-
|''[[Shades of Ray]]''||||[[Jaffar Mahmood]]||{{flagcountry|USA}}/{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
|}

==Arab Competition==
The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100% cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="30%"| English title
!width="25%"| Original title
!width="25%"| Director(s)
!width="20%"| Country
|-
|''[[Men's Affair]]''||||[[Amine Kais]]||{{flagcountry|Algeria}}/{{flagcountry|USA}}
|-style="background:#FFDEAD;"
|''[[Mascarades]]''||''مسخرة''||[[Lyes Salem]]||{{flagcountry|Algeria}}/{{flagcountry|France}}
|-
|''[[Adhen]]''||||[[Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche]]||{{flagcountry|Algeria}}/{{flagcountry|France}}
|-
|''Four Girls''||''أربع فتيات''||[[Hussein El Hulaibi]]||{{flagcountry|Bahrain}}
|-
|''[[Basra (film)|Basra]]''||''بصرة''||[[Ahmed Rashwan]]||{{flagcountry|Egypt}}
|-
|''[[Fawzeya's Secret Recipe]]''||''خلطة فوزية''||[[Magdy Ahmed Ali]]||{{flagcountry|Egypt}}
|-
|''[[Swimming Bolteya]]''||''بلطية العايمة''||[[Ali Ragab]]||{{flagcountry|Egypt}}
|-
|''Number One''||''رقم واحد''||[[Zakia Tahri]]||{{flagcountry|Morocco}}
|-
|''[[Laila's Birthday]]''||''عيد ميلاد ليلى''||[[Rachid Masharawy]]||{{flagcountry|Palestine}}
|-
|''[[Salt of this Sea]]''||''ملح هذا البحر''||[[Annemarie Jacir]]||{{flagcountry|Palestine}}
|-
|''[[Hassiba]]''||''حسيبة''||[[Raymond Boutros]]||{{flagcountry|Syria}}
|-
|''[[Days of Boredom]]''||''أيام الضجر''||[[Abdellatif Abdelhamid]]||{{flagcountry|Syria}}
|-
|''The Accident''||''حادثة''||[[Rachid Ferchiou]]||{{flagcountry|Tunisia}}
|-
|''Five''||''خمسة''||[[Karim Dridi]]||{{flagcountry|Tunisia}}/{{flagcountry|France}}
|-
|}

==Films out of competition==
The following films were screened out of the competition.

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100% cellpadding="5"
|-
!width="30%"| English title
!width="25%"| Original title
!width="25%"| Director(s)
!width="20%"| Country
|-
|''[[Bar Flaubert|The Homecoming]]''||''Μπαρ Φλωμπέρ''||[[Vassilis Douvlis]]||{{flagcountry|Greece}}
|-
|''[[The Last Year]]''||||[[Rituparno Gosh]]||{{flagcountry|India}}
|-
|''[[Ocean of an Old Man]]''||||[[Rajesh Shera]]||{{flagcountry|India}}
|-
|''[[Ore Kadal|The Sea Within]]''||''Ore Kadal''||[[Shyamaprasad]]||{{flagcountry|India}}
|-
|''[[Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story]]''||||[[Akbar Khan (director)|Akbar Khan]]||{{flagcountry|India}}
|-
|''[[The Demons of St. Petersburg]]''||''I demoni di San Pietroburgo''||[[Giuliano Montaldo]]||{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|-
|''[[Gomorrah (film)|Gomorra]]''||||[[Matteo Garrone]]||{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|-
|''[[All the Women in My Life]]''||''Tutte le donne della mia vita''||[[Simona Izzo]]||{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|-
|''[[Teo's Voyage]]''||''El viajo de Teo''||[[Walter Doehner]]||{{flagcountry|Mexico}}
|-
|''[[The Tour (film)|The Tour]]''||''Турнеја''||[[Goran Marković]]||{{flagcountry|Serbia}}
|-
|''[[Promise Me This]]''||''Завет''||[[Emir Kusturica]]||{{flagcountry|Serbia}}/{{flagcountry|France}}
|-
|''[[Three Monkeys]]''||''Üç Maymun''||[[Nuri Bilge Ceylan]]||{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|-
|''[[It's A Free World]]''||||[[Ken Loach]]||{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
|-
|''[[Battle In Seattle]]''||||[[Stuart Townsend]]||{{flagcountry|USA}}
|-
|''[[Into the Wild]]''||||[[Sean Penn]]||{{flagcountry|USA}}
|-
|''[[Margot at the Wedding]]''||||[[Noah Baumbach]]||{{flagcountry|USA}}
|}

==Juries==
{{Multicol}}
===International Competition===
* [[Imanol Uribe]], Spanish director (President)
* [[Mohamed Khan]], Egyptian director
* [[Dalia El Behiry]], Egyptian Actress
* [[Grazia Volpi]], Italian Producer
* [[Mahmood Ali-Balogun]], Nigerian Director
* [[Sophie Ndaba]], South African actress
* [[Suzan Najm El Din]], Syrian actress
* [[Gungor Bayrak]], Turkish actress
* [[Anthony Sloman]], English director
{{Multicol-break}}

===Digital Competition===
* [[Tarek Al Eryan]], Egyptian director (President)
* [[Karl Baumgartner]], German producer
* [[Silvia Ferreri]], Italian actress
* [[Hisham Al Ghanim]], Kuwaiti filmmaker
* [[Rahmatou Keita]], Nigerien director and screenwriter
* [[Eugen Serbanescu]], Romanian editor and screenwriter
* [[Wayne Drew]], English critic
{{Multicol-break}}

===Arab Competition===
* [[Jean Chamoun]], Lebanese director (President)
* [[Djamila Sahraoui]], Algerian director
* [[Sherif Mounir]], Egyptian actor
* [[Sawsan Badr]], Egyptian actress
* [[Daoud Aoulad-Syad]], Moroccan director
{{Multicol-end}}


==Awards==
The winners of the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival were:

* [[Golden Pyramid]]: ''[[Return to Hansala|Retorno a Hansala]]'' by [[Chus Gutiérrez]]
* [[Sliver Pyramid]]: ''[[Cut Loose|Los]]'' by [[Jan Verheyen]]
* Best Director: [[Pernille Fischer Christensen]] for ''[[Dansen]]''
* [[Saad El-Din Wahba Prize]] (Best Screenplay):
** [[Bram Renders]] for ''[[Cut Loose|Los]]''
** [[Safy Nebbou]] for ''[[Mark of an Angel|L'empreinte de l'ange]]''
* Best Actor: [[Juan Diego Botto]] for ''[[El Greco (2007 film)|El Greco]]''
* Best Actress: [[Yolande Moreau]] for ''[[Séraphine (film)|Séraphine]]''
* [[Naguib Mahfouz Prize]] (Best Second Work): [[Safy Nebbou]] for ''[[Mark of an Angel|L'empreite de l'ange]]''
* [[Youssef Chahine Prize]] (Best Artistic Contribution): [[Oliver Pavlus]] for ''[[Tandoori Love]]''
* Special Mention for Cinematography:
** ''[[Finding Shangri-La]]'' by [[Ismene Ting]]
** ''[[The Blind Sunflowers|Los girasoles ciegos]]'' by [[José Luis Cuerda]]

* Best Arabic Film: ''[[Mascarades]]'' by [[Lyes Salem]]
* Best Arabic Screenplay: 
** [[Rachid Masharawy]] for ''[[Laila's Birthday]]''
** [[Basra (film)|Basra]] for ''[[Ahmed Rashwan]]''

* Golden Award for Digital Films: ''[[Nokta (film)|Nokta]]'' by [[Derviş Zaim]]
* Silver Award for Digital Films: ''[[Goodbye (film)| Goodbye]]'' by [[Bunyo Kimura]]

* [[FIPRESCI Prize]]: [[Chus Gutiérrez]] for ''[[Return to Hansala|Retorno a Hansala]]''
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*Special Mention: Finding Shangri La, Ismene Ting, China
*Special Mention: Los Girasoles Ciegos (The Blind Sunflowers), Jose Luis Cuerda, Spain

==External links==
*[http://www.cairofilmfest.org/ Official Cairo International Festival Site (in English)]
*[http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000141/2008  Cairo International Film Festival:2008] at [[Internet Movie Database]]

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