The 32nd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 18 to November 28, 2008. Spanish director Imanol Uribe was the president of the jury.

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

English title Original title Director(s) CountryThe Tango Dancer Gabriel Adrian Arregue Cut Loose Los Jan Verheyen Dancers Dancen Pernille Fischer Christensen The Day We Met يوم ما اتقابلنا Ismail Murad Séraphine Séraphine Martin Provost Mark of an Angel L'empreite de l'ange Safy Nebbou Where the Grass is Greener Nur ein Sommer Tamara Staudt /El Greco Ελ Γκρέκο Yannis Smaragdis Mario the Magician Márió, a varázsló Tamás Almási /In the Flesh Il Tuo Disprezzo Christian Angeli Tea Fight 闘茶 Wang Yeming /The Collectress Kolekcioniere Kristina Buozyte Finding Shangri-La 這兒是香格里拉 Ismene Ting The Vanished Empire Исчезнувшая империя Karen Shakhnazarov Return to Hansala Retorno a Hansala Chus Gutiérrez The Blind Sunflowers Los girasoles ciegos José Luis Cuerda Tandoori Love Oliver Pavlus The Messenger Ulak Çağan Irmak

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

English title Original title Director(s) CountryNo One's Normal When You're Near De cerca nadie es normalMarcelo MosensonBehind the GlassIza staklaZrinko OgrestaThe Story of the Virgin Butterflyقصة الفراشة العذراءWalid AouniW.C.Liam O MochainThree LiraLira 3Andrea PellizzerGoodbyeへばのBunyo KimuraBe With Meخليك معيElie HabibSeasons of LifeCharles Shimu JoyaChanging FacesFaruk Afolabi LassakiZimbabweDarrell RoodtOrdinary BoysChicos normalesDaniel HernandezDotNoktaDerviş ZaimMozlymEdreace PurmulShades of RayJaffar Mahmood/

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

English title Original title Director(s) CountryMen's AffairAmine Kais/MascaradesمسخرةLyes Salem/AdhenRabah Ameur-Zaïmeche/Four Girlsأربع فتياتHussein El HulaibiBasraبصرةAhmed RashwanFawzeya's Secret Recipeخلطة فوزيةMagdy Ahmed AliSwimming Bolteyaبلطية العايمةAli RagabNumber Oneرقم واحدZakia TahriLaila's Birthdayعيد ميلاد ليلىRachid MasharawySalt of this Seaملح هذا البحرAnnemarie JacirHassibaحسيبةRaymond BoutrosDays of Boredomأيام الضجرAbdellatif AbdelhamidThe AccidentحادثةRachid FerchiouFiveخمسةKarim Dridi/

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

English title Original title Director(s) CountryThe HomecomingΜπαρ ΦλωμπέρVassilis DouvlisThe Last YearRituparno GoshOcean of an Old ManRajesh SheraThe Sea WithinOre KadalShyamaprasadTaj Mahal: An Eternal Love StoryAkbar KhanThe Demons of St. PetersburgI demoni di San PietroburgoGiuliano MontaldoGomorraMatteo GarroneAll the Women in My LifeTutte le donne della mia vitaSimona IzzoTeo's VoyageEl viajo de TeoWalter DoehnerThe TourТурнејаGoran MarkovićPromise Me ThisЗаветEmir Kusturica/Three MonkeysÜç MaymunNuri Bilge CeylanIt's a Free World...Ken LoachBattle In SeattleStuart TownsendInto the WildSean PennMargot at the WeddingNoah Baumbach

Juries

International Competition Imanol Uribe, Spanish director (President) Mohamed Khan, Egyptian director Dalia El Behiry, Egyptian Actress Grazia Volpi, Italian Producer Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Nigerian Director Sophie Ndaba, South African actress Suzan Najm El Din, Syrian actress Gungor Bayrak, Turkish actress Anthony Sloman, English director

Digital Competition Tarek Al Eryan, Egyptian director (President) Karl Baumgartner, German producer Silvia Ferreri, Italian actress Hisham Al Ghanim, Kuwaiti filmmaker Rahmatou Keita, Nigerien director and screenwriter Eugen Serbanescu, Romanian editor and screenwriter Wayne Drew, English critic

Arab Competition Jean Chamoun, Lebanese director (President) Djamila Sahraoui, Algerian director Sherif Mounir, Egyptian actor Sawsan Badr, Egyptian actress Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Moroccan director

Awards The winners of the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival were:

Golden Pyramid: Retorno a Hansala by Chus Gutiérrez Sliver Pyramid: Los by Jan Verheyen Best Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen for Dansen Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay): Bram Renders for Los Safy Nebbou & Cyril Gomez-Mathieu for L'empreinte de l'ange Best Actor: Juan Diego Botto for El Greco Best Actress: Yolande Moreau for Séraphine Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Second Work): Safy Nebbou for L'empreite de l'ange Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Oliver Pavlus for Tandoori Love Special Mention: Finding Shangri-La by Ismene Ting (For Cinematography) Los girasoles ciegos by José Luis Cuerda Best Arabic Film: Mascarades by Lyes Salem Best Arabic Screenplay: Rachid Masharawy for Laila's Birthday Basra for Ahmed Rashwan Golden Award for Digital Films: Nokta by Derviş Zaim Silver Award for Digital Films: Goodbye by Bunyo Kimura FIPRESCI Prize: Chus Gutiérrez for Retorno a Hansala

External links Official Cairo International Festival Site (in English) Cairo International Film Festival:2008 at Internet Movie Database