Cairo Film Fest Hosts From Book to Screen
The Cairo International Film Festival has announced the launch of the "From Book to Screen" forum for the first time during the "Cairo Industry Days" event in November 2026. The forum aims to strengthen the connection between the publishing industry, filmmaking, and audiovisual content, opening opportunities to transform Egyptian and Arab literary works into films and series. Ten major Egyptian publishing houses will participate in the forum. This initiative comes amidst a deep historical relationship between literature and cinema, where literary works have been a primary source of inspiration for Egyptian and Arab films. Through this, the festival seeks to develop the adaptation rights market, facilitate collaboration between publishers and producers, and broaden avenues for transforming literary intellectual property into audiovisual content. The initiative hopes to become an regional platform for adaptation rights in the future, underscoring the role of literature as a main source for producing cinematic and television content, reaffirming the historic relationship between literature and cinema.
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