met with director Waleed Seif, head of this year's edition of the Annual Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries. Seif revealed many details related to preparing for this round which is taking place between 11 and 17 September. He added that director Khaled Galal will be directing the opening ceremony in cooperation with the Cultural Production Division in the Ministry of Culture. According to Seif, many obstacles have been finally defeated and that the major elements of the festival are getting together. He added that 70 films will be screening in the festival's major events and they are the "International competition", "Extraordinary Cinema", "Modern Mediterranean Beauties", "Civil Rights Cinema" and "Panorama".On the other hand, Seif revealed the names of guests to be honored this year that include Italian star Jasmine Trinca, Italia cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and Moroccan star Hamido