31st Cairo International Film Festival
 31st CIFF Official Poster | |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Awards | Golden Pyramid |
| Festival date | November 27 – December 7, 2007 |
| Website | http://www.cairofilmfest.org/ |
The 31st annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 27 to December 7, 2007. English director Nicolas Roeg was the President of the Jury.
Films in competition
The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| The Seventh Heaven | ألوان السما السبعة | Saad Hendawi |  Egypt
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| On Air | ع الهوا | Ihab Lamei | Egypt
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| Intimate Enemies | L'ennmie intime | Florent Emilio Siri |  France
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| No Mercy | Nincs kegyelem | Elemér Ragályi |  Hungary
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| Life in a Metro | Anurag Basu |  India
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| I, the Other | Io, l'altro | Mohsen Melliti |  Italy
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| Opera | Ópera | Juan Patricio Riveroll |  Mexico
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| Waiting For Pasolini | Daoud Aoulad-Syad |  Morocco
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| The Lost Beauty | Lahcen Zinoun | Morocco
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| In The Name of God | خدا کے لیے | Shoaib Mansoor |  Pakistan
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| Ataul: For Rent | Neal 'Buboy' Tan |  Philippines
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| Jasminum | Jaśminum | Jan Jakub Kolski |  Poland
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| An Angel Hooked On Me | Îngerul necesar | Gheorghe Preda |  Romania
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| Full Scope | Valery Pendrakovsky |  Russia
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| Moon in the Bottle | La luna en Bottella | Grojo |  Spain
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| Kicks | Albert Ter Heedt |  Netherlands
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| Waiting For Heaven | Cenneti Beklerken | Derviş Zaim |  Turkey
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| And When Did You Last See Your Father | Anand Tucker |  United Kingdom
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| Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle | Simon Miller |  Scotland
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Digital Competition
The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Arab Competition
The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Films out of competition
The following films were screened out of the competition.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Juries
International Competition
- Nicolas Roeg, English director (President)
- Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress
- Hesham Selim, Egyptian actor
- Sandra Nashaat, Egyptian director
- Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian director
- Tilde Corsi, Italian producer
- Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
- Jillali Ferhati, Moroccan director and screenwriter
- Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish director and screenwriter
- Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Chadian director
- Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
Digital Competition
- Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Egyptian director (President)
- Michel Alexandre, French Screenwriter
- Tilman Scheel, German CEO
- Antonio Pizzo, Italian professor
- Naky Sy Savané, Ivoirian actress
- Peter Scarlet, American director of Tribeca Film Festival
Arab Competition
- Ahmed Al Maanouni, Moroccan director (President)
- Mofeeda Tlati, Tunisian director
- Jamal Soliman, Syrian actor
- Hala Khalil, Egyptian director
- Samir Farag, Egyptian cinematographer
Awards
The winners of the 2007 Cairo International Film Festival were: