Chahine grants films to Algerian museum

Egyptian director Yousef Chahine agreed to grant three films he directed and produced to the Algerian Museum for Cinema and the Visual Arts after the success of Shahine's film week in Algeria organized by the museum at the beginning of the current month.

The granted films are "The Immigrant," "Goodbye Bonaparte" and his recent film "Destiny" which was entered in the official competition at the 50th Cannes Film Festival in 1997. Shahine was awarded at Cannes in 1997 for his body of work.

Chahine previously produced a film in cooperation with the Algerian Ministry of Culture in 1972 named "The Return of the Last Son."