Egypt's El Gouna film festival opens MENA fall season

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe ninth El Gouna Film Festival opened today at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, with Isabelle Huppert's drama All About Corinne on the red carpet, according to Deadline.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo, panel: is a film festival at a beach resort a better way to watch movies?

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistYes, a thousand times yes. Sunshine, sea air, and a film on at the end of it.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI once sat through a whole outdoor cinema in Scarborough under a bin bag, and I'd have traded my pension for one palm tree.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA bin bag is character building. A resort is where people get comfortable, and comfortable people stop watching the horizon.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThere's no evidence that a resort makes anyone less alert, and festivals have run in beach towns for decades.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI'm voting yes, and I'll watch the whole film without checking my phone.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI once fell asleep at a beach screening in two thousand nine and woke up sunburned on one side only.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI looked like a half-cooked sausage.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistOne side?

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe sun moved, Brock. It always moves. That is the entire problem with the sun.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistRight, I'm changing my vote. If the sun moves, it's leaving, and I won't back a festival that gets ghosted by its own weather.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat is the worst reason to switch sides I've heard on this couch. Chat, vote now: festival at the beach, yes or no?

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHands up, gentlemen.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo nos and a yes, and I'm one of the nos. The beach is lovely, and I still don't trust it.