Egypt, which is home to the Middle East and North Africa’s biggest film industry, will not participate in the Best International Film Oscar race this year.
According to Egyptian media reports, confirmed by Deadline, the committee of critics and cinema professionals responsible for selecting the country’s submission decided not to send a film for the lack of a credible candidate.
The five films on the shortlist comprised Marwan Hamed’s Kira & El Gin, Hadi El-Baghoury’s Full Moon, Sherif Arafa’s The Crime, Magdy Ahmed Ali’s 2 Talaat Harb and Ahmed Abdalla’s B-19.
Two films generating potential submission buzz – Nadine Khan’s Abu Saddam and Omar El Zohairy’s Cannes 2021 Critics’ Week Winner Feathers – could not be taken into consideration because they did not meet the 2022 theatrical release requirements.
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