DFI grantee and winner of the DTFF 2011 award for Best Arab Documentary, ‘The Virgin, the Copts and Me’ is screening in Panorama and will also have one market screening. Namir Abdul Messeeh will be attending to represent his film. DFI co-production ‘Just Like a Woman’ by Rachid Bouchareb is also screening in Market. International sales for both films are being handled by Doc and Film International.

‘The Virgin, the Copts and Me’

Namir is a French filmmaker of Egyptian origin. One day he watches a videotape of the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Egypt with his mother who, like millions of other Copts (Egypt’s Christians), sees the virgin on the screen while he sees nothing. Skeptical about the videotape, Namir travels back to Egypt, to make a film about the bizarre occurrence of these apparitions.

Panorama and Market Screenings:

• Sat, 11 Feb- 17:30- Cubix 7 (Press)
• Mon, 13 Feb- 20:00- Cinestar 7 (Official)
• Tue, 14 Feb- 14:30- Cinestar 7 (Official)
• Wed, 15 Feb- 09:30- Arsenal 2 (Market)
• Wed, 15 Feb- 15:30, Colloseum 1 (Official)
• Sat, 18 Feb- 20:00, Cinestar (Official)

‘Just Like a Woman’

‘Just Like a Woman’ is the first in director Rachid Bouchareb’s planned trilogy about the changing relationship between Americans and the Arab world. The film stars Sienna Miller and Golshifteh Farahani, and is about two women who meet as they journey from Chicago to New Mexico, both escaping broken marriages. DFI is an equity investor in the project.

Market Screenings:

• Sat, 11 Feb- 14:00- MGB Kino
• Mon, 13 Feb- 15:25- Cinemaxx 10