The latest bride in the middle.. The romance of Mariam El Khost and her husband at El Gouna Film Festival

The opening activities of the seventh edition of El Gouna Film Festival kicked off this evening, and the red carpet witnessed a huge presence of various Arab stars, and some international stars.

Maryam El Khost attracts attention with her romance with her husband Among the most prominent attendees was the newest bride in the artistic community, the artist Mariam El Khost, who attended with her husband Ahmed Abaza, and caught the attention with romantic shots with her groom, and the love and harmony between them was evident on the red carpet.

This is their first appearance in the media since their marriage. Maryam wore a white dress, while she left her hair loose on her shoulders, and her husband chose a classic black suit.

El Gouna Film Festival The purpose of the El Gouna Film Festival is to showcase a variety of films to a cinema-loving and passionate audience, as well as to provide a better way to communicate between cultures through the art of cinema. Filmmakers also connect their counterparts from their region to international regions in order to increase the spirit of participation and cultural exchange.

El Gouna Film Festival also discovers new cinematic voices and is constantly encouraging the development and improvement of cinema in the Arab world, especially through its industry arm.

International films participating in its seventh session The El Gouna Film Festival, in its seventh edition scheduled to be held in October 2024, announced 13 international films, as follows:

● The soundtrack to the coup, a French-Belgian-Netherlands production directed by Johan Grimonprez, which won the Sundance Jury Prize and the Audience Award.

● One of the most prominent of these is the film The Matter, starring Demi Moore. This film was produced by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, and directed by Coralie Farge. It won the award for Best Film and Screenplay.

● While the film Learn or From a Primary School in the Suburbs of Paris, directed by Claire Simon, also contributed to the screening program of the Cannes Film Festival.

● The film Sam, directed by Sully Bleuvet, revolves around the story of teenagers who are heading to immigrate due to the depression of their town. This film won four awards at the Locarno Festival.

● The film Strange, produced by China, America, Norway, the Netherlands and France and directed by Chongfan Yang, won the Grand Prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Proxima Competition.

● After that, the movie Girls Stay Girls, which was produced by France, India, Norway and America and directed by Shochi Talati, achieved great success as it won an award in the World Dramatic Cinema Competition at the Sundance Film Festival.

● The film was co-produced by France and the United Kingdom, starring Andrea Arnold.

● Followed by the German film The Dying, directed by Matthias Glassner, which achieved great success and won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin Film Festival.

● The film "Traveler's Needs" is a South Korean production directed by Hong Sang-soo, and won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival.

● Sons Vogter, a Swedish-Danish production directed by Gustav Müller, became the most prominent film in the Youth Cinema section and won an award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

● Tidal Blockade, directed by Ja Junkie, was selected for the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

● Ghosts, co-produced by Belgium, France and Germany, directed by Jonathan Meyer, opened in the Critics' Week competition at the Cannes Film Festival.