El Gouna Film Festival: 39 photos from the red carpet on days two and three

Stars aplenty turned out for screenings of 'The Furnace' and '200 Metres'

Tunisian director Anissa Daoud arrives for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Donia Maher and Islam Ibrahim arrive for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Lebanese actress Diamand Abou Abboud arrives for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actress Injy El Mokkaddem arrives for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actresses Ilham Shahin and Laila Elwi arrive for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actress Rania Youssef arrives for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Mohamed Hefzy, Ameen Nayfeh, Clarens Grollmann, Kamal El Mallakh and May Odeh, arrive for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Director Ameen Nayfeh and producer May Odeh arrive for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan arrives for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actress Hoda El Etreby arrives for the screening of '200 Metres' on day three of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Lebanese model Cynthia Khalifeh walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of El Gouna, on October 25, 2020. AFP

Emirati-Moroccan actress Mayssa Maghrebi walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Heba El-Sisi walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Basma Hassan walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Passant Shawky walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actor Khaled Al-Nabawi walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Rania Youssef walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Tunisian actress Sarah Hannachi walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Yasmine el-Hawary walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Bushra Rozza walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian model and TV celebrity Enjy Kiwan walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Hoda Eletreby walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 25, 2020. AFP

Lebanese actress Stephanie Saliba poses on the red carpet ahead of the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actresses Salma Abu Deif and Huda El Mufti hug as they walk the red carpet for the screening of 'The Furnace', on the second day of the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actress Hoda Eletreby walks the red carpet for the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actress Amina Khalil poses on the red carpet ahead of the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actress Huda El Mufti poses on the red carpet ahead of the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Syrian actress Nesreen Tafesh poses on the red carpet ahead of the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian actress Menna Shalaby walks the red carpet for the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Iraqi actress Zahraa Ghandour walks the red carpet for the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Senegalese actress Mareme N'Diaye walks the red carpet for the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Tunisian film director Raja Amari walks the red carpet for the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Jordanian actress Mais Hamdan walks the red carpet for the screening of screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Egyptian model and television celebrity Enjy Kiwan walks the red carpet for the screening of 'The Furnace' at the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. AFP

Syrian actress Nesreen Tafesh blows a kiss on the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 24, 2020. AFP

'The Furnace' star Ahmed Malek walks the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 24, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Arwa Gouda and fashion designer Sara Onsi pose on the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 24, 2020. AFP

Lebanese actress Cynthia Khalifeh on the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 24, 2020. AFP

Egyptian actress Arwa Gouda on the red carpet during the fourth El Gouna Film Festival on October 24, 2020. AFP

The glitz and the glamour of the fourth El Gouna Film Festival continues, as a host of stars have flocked to Egypt’s Red Sea town for nine days of cinematic celebrations.

With Covid-19 safety measures in place, a host of names, including Huda El Mufti, Zahraa Ghandour, Ahmed Malek and Mayssa Maghrebi, have descended on the resort town for red carpet screenings.

Click through the gallery above to see stars on day two and three of the 2020 El Gouna Film Festival. 

Roderick MacKay's The Furnace, which stars Malek, screened on Saturday, October 24, and 200 Metres screened on Sunday, October 25.

The festival is set to run until Saturday, October 31, and will showcase 63 films across five categories.

The event had its opening night on Friday, October 23, with celebrities attending this year's red carpet. Social distancing was maintained as stars were all kept spaced apart.

At a press conference this month, festival director Intishal Al Timimi said that a large part of CineGouna, the festival’s bustling industry platform, will be made available online. “Instead of the opportunity to connect 150 people, this year, there will be 500 people available for discussion via virtual interaction,” he said.

Sixteen films will compete in the Feature Narrative Competition, including the festival's opening picture The Man Who Sold His Skin, written and directed by Tunisian filmmaker and scriptwriter Kaouther Ben Hania.

Another film in this year's competition is Palestinian director Ameen Nayfeh's debut feature 200 Metres, which also had its premiere in Venice. The film sheds light on the traumatic but familiar ordeal of crossing borders, following Mustafa – played by Ali Suliman of Paradise Now – as he makes a risky journey to unite with his family who are only 200 metres away. The film won the BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas People's Choice Award at Venice.