MUMBAI: A film Late December by the Tunisian director Moez Kamoun will be part of the 34th edition of International Film Festival in Cairo due to be held from 30 November to 9 December.

Tunisian producer and director Ibrahim Letaief will also take part in this edition, as a jury member of the Arab film competition alongside Egyptian, Syrian and Saudi Arabian members.

As many as 135 films from 69 countries including 12 Arab countries will take part in this year’s edition. Sixteen films from Egypt, Hungary, India, Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, Argentina, Turkey, Switzerland, Slovenia, France, Romania Ireland, and Tunisia will take part in the official competition.

Many celebrities have been invited to the event including Richard Gere, South Korean actress Yun Jung Hee and Irrfan Khan and Celina Jaitley from India.