A film festival for audiences?
Cairo's cinema fest wraps up a promising year, but leaves questions about the formidable role of the Egyptian public unanswered
By Jim Quilty
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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It's not uncommon to see film festival journalists rushing into screening rooms a minute or so after the movie's supposed to have started. On this particular day, about half-way through the Cairo International Film Festival, the destination is the Turkish film "Concrete Pillow," by Fatih Hacios Monoglu, at a small theater in the Cairo Opera.
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