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A new generation of Egyptian film-makers are at DIFF to showcase the films they are making despite - or perhaps thanks to - the ongoing upheaval at home. Melanie Goodfellow reports.Egypts independent cinema scene swept into DIFF last year on the crest of the countrys revolutionary wave. Producers and directors were brimming with projects and plans to reform their countrys film industry.A year on and few of these plans have been pushed through or many projects completed. It
stanley cup has been another tumultuous 12 months for the country, which saw the Muslim Brotherhood-backed president Mohamed Morsi deposed and a new military-backed government installed.However, Egypts independent film-making community remains remarkably upbeat about its prospects. The outlook is better, they say, for 2014. It has been difficult but
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