Egyptian actress Bushra on jury of 47th Moscow Int'l Film Festival
Egyptian actress Bushra Rozza (AKA Bushra) will be a jury panel member for the main competition segment of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), which is taking place from 17 to 24 April.
The jury panel will include Spanish film producer Luis Miñarro, Romanian filmmaker Cornel Gheorghita, Russian filmmaker Aleksey German Jr., American actor John Robinson, and Russian actress Maryana Spivak.
MIFF's competitive segment comprises four categories: main competition, documentary film, short film, and Russian premieres. Six films from various countries, including Russia, Italy, Spain, Argentina, India, Mexico, Iran, China, Korea, and Turkey, are included in each category.
The Egyptian actress served as a jury member in previous film festivals, including the Carthage Film Festival, Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Amman International Film Festival, and Aswan International Film Festival.
Bushra, 43, began her career in entertainment in the early 2000s as a broadcaster before becoming an actress. She landed her first role in the sitcom Shabab Online (Youths Online).
She won an early award for her 2004 film Alexandria... New York (directed by Youssef Chahine) and then the Best Actress Award at the Dubai International Film Festival for her role in Mohamed Diab's film 678 (2010).
Among her other significant roles is the leading role in Akram Farid's Mr. and Mrs. Oweis (2012).
She is also a singer who has released multiple albums, including Makanak (Your Place) and Ehki (Talk).
MIFF
Founded in 1935 and became regular since 1959, MIFF is one of the oldest festivals in the world.
Over the past twenty years, the festival jury has been headed by leading world film personalities, such as Alan Parker, Richard Gere, Theo Angelopoulos, Geraldine Chaplin, and Margarethe von Trotta.
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