The first session of the Sharm el-Sheikh Arab Film Festival will start on 1 May, during which the Egyptian actress Poussi (Safinaz Qadry), the Egyptian actor Adel Imam, and films with the Egyptian writer Taha Hussein as the main subject will be honoured. The festival's jury is also known. It is composed of Egyptian director Inas Al Degheidy, photographer Sameh Selim, Dean of the Higher Institute of Cinema Mohsen Altouni, Egyptian writer Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, and Sheikha Alyazia bent Nahyan ben Mubarak Al Nahyan, Ambassador of Culture for ALECSO.