Luxor African Film Festival

Luxor African Film Festival
LocationLuxor, Egypt
Founded2012
Founded bySayed Fouad, Azza al-Husseny
Most recent2023
DirectorsSayed Fouad
Hosted byIndependent Shabab Foundation (ISF)
LanguageEgyptian Arabic
English

The Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) is an annual film festival for African cinema in Luxor, Egypt. In October 2019 the Malmö Arab Film Festival recognized LAFF for having "made great strides and [become] one of the most important festivals specialized in African cinema".[1]

Luxor African Film Festival is run by the Independent Shabab Foundation (ISF). Writer Sayed Fouad and director Azza al-Husseny were involved as cofounders.[2] First conceived in mid-2010, the first festival took place in February 2012.[3]

  1. ^ Luxor African Film Festival Night makes waves in Malmö, Sweden, Ahram Online, 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ Al-Youm, Al-Masry (2019-11-20). "Luxor African Film Festival to feature Youssef Chahine films in Africa". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ^ Thoraia Abou Bakr, Luxor hosts second Luxor African Film Festival, Daily News Egypt, March 19, 2013.