33rd Cairo International Film Festival

The 33rd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 10 to November 20, 2009. Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan was the president of the jury.

Films in competition
The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.

Digital Competition
The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.

Arab Competition
The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.

Films out of competition
The following films were screened out of the competition.

International Competition

 * Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian director (President)
 * Belkacem Hadjadj, Algerian director
 * Marcelo Mosenson, Argentinian producer
 * Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canadian actress and director
 * Hala Fakher, Egyptian actress
 * Moustafa Fahmi, Egyptian actor and cinematographer
 * Giuseppe Piccioni, Italian director, writer, actor and producer
 * Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Lithuanian actress
 * Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter
 * Ioana Maria Uricaru, Romanian director
 * Juan Diego Botto, Spanish actor
 * Tom Berenger, American actor

Digital Competition

 * Victor Okhai, Nigerian director, writer and producer (President)
 * Nadia Kaci, Algerian actress
 * Marianne Khoury, Egyptian director and producer
 * Imma Piro, Italian actress
 * Vikas Swarup, Indian writer
 * Joanna Kos-Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter
 * Rachid Ferchiou, Tunisian director and screenwriter
 * Norma Heyman, English actress
 * Edreace Purmul, American director

Arab Competition

 * Yehia El-Fakharany, Egyptian actor (President)
 * Lyès Salem, Algerian director
 * Ghada Adel, Egyptian actress
 * Kassem Hawal, Iraqi director
 * Sana Mouziane, Moroccan actress
 * Mai Masri, Palestinian director

Awards
The winners of the 2009 Cairo International Film Festival were:


 * Golden Pyramid: Postia Pappi Jaakobille by Klaus Härö
 * Silver Pyramid: Le hérisson by Mona Achache
 * Best Director: Mona Achache for Le hérisson
 * Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay): Klaus Härö for Postia Pappi Jaakobille
 * Best Actor:
 * Fathy Abdel Wahab for The Nile Birds
 * Subrat Dutta for Madholal Keep Walking
 * Best Actress: Karolina Piechota for Drzazgi
 * Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Directorial Debut): Gonzalo Calzada for Luisa
 * Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Vera Glagoleva for Odna voyna
 * Best Arabic Film: Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
 * Best Arabic Screenplay: Cherien Dabis for Amreeka
 * Arabic Film Special Mention:
 * Heliopolis by Ahmad Abdalla
 * The Long Night by Hatem Ali
 * Golden Award for Digital Films: The Rapture of Fe by Alvin Yapan
 * Silver Award for Digital Films:
 * Exile in Paris by Ahmet Zirek
 * First Time by Krishnan Seshardi Gomatam
 * FIPRESCI Prize: Mona Achache for Le hérisson