Cairo International Film Festival
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
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| Founded | 16 August 1976 |
| Awards | Golden Pyramid Award |
| Artistic director | Mohamed Tarek |
| Festival date | 12-21 November |
| Language | International |
| Website | ciff.org.eg |
The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1976, the festival is the only international competitive feature film festival recognized by the FIAPF in Africa and the Arab world as well as the oldest in this category. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year. Cairo is held annually at the Cairo Opera House and under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.
About 150 films are shown at multiple venues across Cairo, mostly in and around Downtown Cairo. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Pyramid and Silver Pyramid, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialized CIFF juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by independent juries and organizations.