Kaleem Aftab The Cairo International Film Festival scrapped the red carpet and press conference for Egyptian filmmaker Islam El Azzazi’s debut feature and competition film “About Her” after a number of sexual misconduct allegations were made against the director and surfaced in the hours before the film’s world premiere this week.The first of the allegations against the director was submitted anonymously to Daftar Hekayat, an Arabic blog that shares stories of sexual violence survivors in their own words.
Since the film screened at the festival, other women have come forward. On Thursday, a fifth testimony was published on Egyptian feminist forum elmodawana.com with further misconduct allegations against the filmmaker.
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