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Carthage Film Festival was always considered to be one of the most majestic festivals that have supported and cared for African film industry hand in hand with FESPACO in Burkina Faso. Then came Luxor African Film Festival (#LAFF) in Egypt as an up-and-coming youthful event that strongly seeks to connect and support young filmmakers in Africa as well.
As a continuation of the dialog between Carthage Film Festival and Luxor African Film festival since March 2015, it was decided that the 5th edition of Luxor African Film Festival, due in March 2016, will host a special tribute to Carthage Film Festival through the screening of all the films that received the Golden Tanit at Carthage Film Festival from 1966 till now, and this with the presence of its African and Arab filmmakers.
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Ibrahim Loteif, director of the 26th edition of Carthage Film Festival, and Sayed Fouad, President of Luxor African Film Festival have agreed to continue the rest of the items of the collaboration protocol between the two festivals during the next edition of Luxor African Film Festival, 17-23 March 2016, where the full protocol will be announced.
Among the films that received the Golden Tanit: Ambassadors by Al-Nasser Al-Katary (Tunisia), Adeventures of a Hero by Merzak Allouache (Algeria), Those Slave are Your Neighbours by Mohamed Hondou (Mauritania), Man of Ashed by Nour Bouzid (Tunisia), The Dupes by Tewfik Saleh (Egypt), Wedding in Galilee by Michel Khleifi, The Pirogue by Moussa Touré, Price of Forgivenes by Mansour Soura Wada (Senegal), Teza by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia), Angels don't Fly over Casablanca by Mohamed al-Asly (Morocco), Omar by Hany Abou Assad, Halafaouine by Farid Boughdir (Tunisia) and Microphone by Ahmed Abdallah.
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