Cairo International Film Festival aims for highest standard

Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmi, chairman of Cairo International Film Festival said that he has made a five-year program so that the festival can reach the level of the international festivals like Cannes, Venice and Berlin.

Fahmi said in a statement to ArabicNews.com that he had concepts of ambitious ideas for developing the festival when he assumed its chairmanship last year, due he knowledge of international festivals as he attended many of them.

Therefore, he wanted the Cairo festival to be on the same level of these international festivals.

Fahmi said, "Certain things must be provided, and a lot of procedures must be taken to reach (this standard for the) festival, which I already started this year to reach the aspired festival."

Egypt is the center of Cinema in the Arab states and the industry holds great potential for expansion in the traditional and new entertainment media.