International Film Festival of Kerala honors Youssef Chahine on his birth centenary

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The 30th International Film Festival of Kerala will honor Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine on his birth centenary by screening three of his films. The festival, held in Thiruvananthapuram from December 12-19, 2025, will feature "Cairo Station" (1958), "Alexandria Again and Forever" (1989), and "The Other" (1999) in its retrospective section. Chahine, who died in 2008, was a significant figure in Egyptian cinema and received a Cannes Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.


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