Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival has announced that it has indefinitely postponed its sixth edition, which was due to run with revised dates from October 27 from November 2, due to the events unfolding in Gaza.
“In light of the deeply distressing circumstances prevailing in Gaza, the management of El Gouna Film Festival has made the conscious decision to postpone the forthcoming sixth edition of the festival,” the festival said in a statement.
The event said it had made a donation of five million Egyptian pounds ($161,766) to fortify the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in partnership with the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development and the Egyptian Red Crescent Society.
“These measures resonate profoundly with the spirit of solidarity extended by the El Gouna Film Festival’s administration toward the Palestinian people and the civilian population of Gaza,” continued the statement.
“El Gouna Film Festival has, since its inception, adopted the principle of “Cinema for Humanity” as a core belief bolstering all humanitarian understanding values. The GFF management aspires for the resumption of the 6th edition, when the situation stabilises in the Palestinian lands.”
