[4] To that end, films are screened at no fee[5] with both English and Arabic subtitles[6] and Q&A sessions, panels and master classes are held with guests of the festival.

[1] Throughout the festival, master classes and panels are held to introduce filmmakers to the audience and open the floor for themes or film-based discussions.

It is held several times around the year in various cities and towns around Egypt and the Arab World, Latin America and Europe in collaboration with the TRAMA network and Drac Màgic—the women's film festival that had launched the initiative in 1997.

[12] Every edition also celebrates one prominent female filmmaker by screening a selection of her films in a section titled ′Tribute to a Cineaste′ and inviting her to conduct Q&A sessions and a panel.

[13] Other recurring sections are the International Panorama, the Country in Focus and the Guest Festival—which is often a partner women's film festival.