• Aswan International Women’s Film Festival announces 61 films to compete in the seventh edition.

• The seventh edition of the Festival will take place from 5 to 10 March at the upper Egyptian city and will honor a Spanish actress.

• 10 films were selected for the feature film competition.

The seventh edition of the Aswan International Women’s Film Festival (AIWFF) will feature 61 films, nine of which are world premieres, the organisation announced.

The chosen movies will compete in six different events in the Upper Egyptian city from 5th March to 10th March, 2023.

In addition to the 11 films created during the festival’s workshops and the 12 films in the children’s film program, there are ten films competing in the feature film competition, 18 in the short film competition, five in the Egyptian film competition, and seven in the impact competition. 

The seventh AIWFF will commemorate Spanish actress Cuca Escribano, Dutch director Mijke de Jong, Tunisian director Selma Baaccar, Egyptian actress Nabila Ebeid, and Egyptian media personality Dorria Sharaf El-Din.

Including the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and Aswan Governorates, the AIWFF is also sponsored by a number of public and private bodies.

On Sunday 26th February, the organisation revealed the 10 films selected for the Feature film competition, including Big Little Women by Nadia Fares – Egypt, Banu by Tahmina Rafaella – Azerbaijan, the Desert Rocker by Sara Nacer – Algeria & Canada, among others. 

In 2017, the Aswan International Women’s Film Festival (AIWFF) was established by Mohamed Abdul Khalek, an Egyptian screenwriter. The festival is recognized as the first aimed at training the youth of the Aswan region in filmmaking.