Cairo Film Festival Artistic Director Mohamed Tarek on Trusting Audiences: They ‘Are Often More Adventurous Than We Imagine’

For Mohamed Tarek, one of the biggest lessons from his first year as artistic director of the Cairo Intl. Film Festival came from an unexpected source – the audience. After drawing approximately 45,000 ticket sales last year, the festival is building on that response with an expanded program that challenges traditional screening hierarchies, introduces new […]