The most ambitious film festival to launch in the MENA region in the last few years is the one in El-Gouna, a Red Sea resort near Hurghada. The latest in a series of international film events that date from the founding of festivals in Marrakech (2001) and Dubai (2004), the GFF’s major benefactor is the Sawiris family, particularly Egyptian telecoms mogul Naguib Sawiris.The GFF’s director is Iraq-born Intishal Al Timimi ...