El Gouna Film Festival · 2026

Ninth edition

15 October to 23 October 2026.

  • 77 films listed so far, from 69 countries, 10 of them Egyptian and 26 Arab.

The Stars of this edition are given on closing night, 23 October 2026. They will be here the morning after.

The programme

77

Every film the festival listed for this edition, section by section. Point at a poster, or press it, and it comes forward.

Where a film's own poster is not on the record yet, goat grids draws one from its title.

Feature Narrative Competition

13
BoomahZaid Abu HamdanArab filmMy Notes on MarsLili HorvátA Bit of LightAli Asgari3 Weeks AfterMiroslav TerzicSafe ExitMohammed HammadEgyptian filmYesterday the Eye Didn't SleepRakan MayasiArab filmAll the Lovers in the NightYukiko SodeFatherlandPawel PawlikowskiHalimaYassine El IdrissiArab filmPipesKarim KassemArab filmOnly Rebels WinDanielle ArbidArab filmThe Garden We DreamedJoaquin del PasoRoseMarkus Schleinzer

Feature Documentary Competition

11
A War on WomenRaha ShiraziBig Boys Don't CryMuhammad MustaphaEgyptian filmCitizen OsamaAhmed HassounaArab filmThe Return of Captain KabongaAmir El-ShenawyEgyptian filmThe Calf DollAnkur HoodaDream of Another SummerIrene BartoloméArab filmWhispers in MayDongnan ChenNuisance BearGabriela Osio Vanden, Jack WeismanAmerican DoctorPoh Si TengArab filmMariinkaPieter-Jan De PueWho Killed Alex Odeh?William Lafi Youmans, Jason Osder

Short Film Competition

19
MothmamaJessica DiCostaVagabondSusa MonteiroSouls of FoutaAlpha DialloI Broke a VaseAsim AbdulazizArab filmMy Village Blamed Women for the End of MankindJad ChahineEgyptian filmCity of OwlsZhenia KazankinaLaser-CatLucas AcherContactAnna BelovaOH BOYSAntonio DonatoSon of BadriyahRazan AlsoghayerArab filmDisquietMariam AbdelgaberEgyptian filmNobody Knows the WorldRoddy DextreStolen MemoriesAnders DavidsenAya Meets GhostsDoha HamdyEgyptian filmNobody Said AnythingTamara TodorovicCowardDmitriy MaseykinThe Kalgan HorseZichen ZhaoKentucky GazaOmar RammalArab filmSomeday a ChildMarie-Rose OstaArab film

Official Selection Out of Competition

25

Special Presentations

10

Displacement Film Fund

4
Sense of WaterMohammad RasoulofAllies in ExileHasan Kattan, Fadi Al HalabiArab filmSuper Afghan GymShahrbanoo SadatRotationMaryna Er Gorbach

Tribute to Mohamed Khan

2
A Dinner DateMohamed KhanEgyptian filmThe Street PlayerMohamed KhanEgyptian film

Tribute to Roberto Rossellini

2
PaisanRoberto RosselliniRome, Open CityRoberto Rossellini

Career Achievement Awardees

1
Scheherazade, Tell Me a StoryYousry NasrallahEgyptian film

Spotlight Screenings

1
Dolphins: My Close EncountersBarny RevillEgyptian film

Worked on one of these films? Find your name.

goat grids keeps the credits of the people behind Egyptian and Arab films. Your name may already be in them.

The juries

5

Feature Narrative Competition

Honoured at the ninth edition

2026Career Achievement Award

منى زكيMona Zaki

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