New Cairo Independent Film Festival re-launched

The Cairo Independent Film Festival opened yesterday after being abruptly postponed hours before its scheduled opening on Nov. 21. As one Rawabet Theater official put it, the postponment was due to the failure of the festival’s organizers to submit required paperwork containing the approval of the Ministry of Culture.“There will be a total of 46 films from around the globe screened during the festival, all of equal importance,” Mohamed Abdel Fattah, director of the festival, said. “Audiences...