Tag: Marianne Khoury

ARAB World Institute Marks Youssef Chahine Centenary in Paris

A four-day programme in Paris revisits Youssef Chahine’s films and legacy through screenings and panel discussions.

The Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris is marking the centenary of Youssef Chahine with a four-day programme running from January 22nd to 25th, bringing together film screenings and critical discussions dedicated to his legacy.

Across 38 feature films produced between 1950 and 2007, Chahine moved fluidly between comedy and melodrama, historical epics and political allegories, musicals and autobiographical narratives – often blending multiple forms within a single work. Emerging during the golden age of Egyptian cinema in the 1950s, he remains one of the most influential figures in the country’s film history, shaping both its artistic language and its engagement with politics, identity, and society.

On Thursday, January 22nd, the programme opens at 7:00 PM with a panel, ‘Youssef Chahine: Portrait and Legacies’, featuring Yousry Nasrallah, Marianne Khoury, and Rashid Masharawi, moderated by Jean-Michel Frodon. The evening continues at 8:30 PM with a screening of ‘Life After Siham’ by Namir Abdel Messeeh.

Then, on Friday, January 23rd, the conversation shifts to ‘Youssef Chahine and the Power of Women’, with Sharon Hakim, Hind Meddeb, and Viviane Candas, moderated by Jean-Michel Frodon at 7:00 PM. At 8:00 PM, the night moves into screenings with Chahine’s ‘The Sixth Day’.

A double screening day begins with ‘Destiny’ at 4:30 PM, followed by ‘The Emigrant’ at 7:30 PM on Saturday, January 24th.

Sunday, January 25th will see the final day start at 3:00 PM with ‘Youssef Chahine and Me: Unpublished Testimonies & Encounters’, featuring Jack Lang, Abdallah Taïa, Houda Ibrahim, and Dominique Bax, moderated by Thierry Jousse. Screenings follow with ‘The Land’ at 4:00 PM, then ‘The Sparrow’ at 6:00 PM to close out the programme.

You can book all screenings and panels on the Arab World Institute website.

source/content: scenenow.com (headline edited)

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Egyptian Filmmaker Marianne Khoury Awarded France’s Legion of Honour : January 2022

Egyptian Producer and director Marianne Khoury was awarded France’s Legion of Honour in the degree of Chevalier (Knight).

The award was given to Khoury by the Ambassador of France to Egypt in Cairo Marc Baréty. The Legion of Honour is the highest French decoration and one of the most famous in the world. For two centuries, it has been presented on behalf of the Head of State to reward the most deserving citizens in all fields of activity.

It is highest French decoration, one of most famous in world.

Born in 1958, Khoury is a graduate of economics from both Cairo and Oxford Universities. She has directed and produced films on controversial issues such as identity, memory, and social exclusion. Khoury, who is the niece of late great Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, is a managing partner in prominent Cairo-based Misr International, one of Egypt’s production companies, which Chahine founded.

She is also a co-founder of the Panorama of The European Film. She directed her first documentary, ‘The Times of Laura’ in 1999. She then worked on ‘Women Who Loved Cinema’ in 2002 and ‘Shadows’, which tackles personal and social perceptions of the mentally ill.

Shadows premiered at the Opening of the Venice Film Festival in 2010 and won the FIPRESCI award at the Dubai Film Festival of the same year and the Italian television Rai Award in 2011 at the International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Current Affairs Films.

She also produced and directed ‘Let’s Talk’ in 2019, which received the Audience Award at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival. Very personal in character, the film is a conversation between her and her daughter about ordinary things in life: Death, life, illness, identity, marriage, etc.

source/content : dailynewsegypt.com

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