<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">French star Marianne Bourgo expressed her happiness to be a guest of honor at the 40th Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> During her meeting with the Emirati platform, Speciale, Marianne confirmed that she loves Egyptian cinema and of course knows director Youssef Chahine. She expressed her great admiration for the Egyptian artist Mahmoud Hemeida and said, “I am a fan of Mahmoud Hemeida because he is a giant artist.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is noteworthy that the French star Marianne Bourgo was honored in 2022 during the thirty-eighth session of the Alexandria Festival for Mediterranean Countries.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The opening ceremony of the 40th Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries kicked off last Tuesday, chaired by critic Amir Abaza, head of the Cinema Writers and Critics Association and head of the festival, and attended by Dr. Ahmed Fouad Heno, Minister of Culture, and Lieutenant General Ahmed Khaled Hassan Saeed, Governor of Alexandria. The festival was named after the great showgirl Nelly, and the ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina at 8:00 p.m.</p>