Rasha Hosny

Film Critic, Egypt

Rasha Hosny is an Egyptian film critic and one of the main programmers of the Cairo International Film Festival as she is programming the Asian Films. Also, she is an associate programmer at Tribeca Film Festival. She has been working in the cinema and film criticism field since 2008. Her writing productions have been published in several publications and outlets inside and outside Egypt. Rasha has participated as a FIPRESCI jury member at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, after participating in The 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, after being selected as the first Egyptian and Arab critic to participate in the Berlinale Talents Press in the same festival in February 2016. Also, Rasha was part of the Critics’ Choice Program of the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam. Above all, Rasha is the current president of the Egyptian Film Critics Association’s board (EFCA).