A billionaire businessman and a scion of Egypt’s wealthiest family, Naguib also happens to be passionate about cinema. His ambitious new film festival in the high-end El Gouna Red Sea resort, which he launched in 2017, under the supervision of Al Tamimi, has helped fill the funding vacuum caused by the abrupt disappearance of Dubai as a festival supporting mechanism. This year, the festival’s CineGouna Platform more than doubled its prizes, granting the winners a total of $175,000. Artistic Director Amir is a filmmaker in his own right and also manages the film program of new Tahrir Culture Center (the previous location of The American University and still managed by it).