Ameen Nayfeh: 200 Meters succeeded because it was very personal

CAIRO - 2 November 2020: El Gouna Film Festival (GFF)celebrated the success of anotherCineGouna Platform (CGP)alumnus through the participation of Ameen Nayfeh’s film200 Meters in the feature narrative competition of 4theditionof the festival.Written and directed by Ameen Nayfeh,200 Metersis an international co-production that involves producers fromPalestine, Jordan, Italy and Swedenand has just had its world premiere at the 17thGiornate degli Autori (Venice Days), an important sidebar of the Venice Film Festival.The MENA premiere of the film was hosted at GFF.It is worth noting that the film was an award-winning project, receiving theMentor Arabia prize for Children and Youth Empowermentat the inaugural edition ofCineGouna Springboard’sprojects in developmentsection.200 Meterstells the story of Mustafa and his wife who come from two Palestinian villages, separated by a dividing wall.Although the distance between them is only 200 meters, it poses a challenge when their child is admitt...