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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Martin Robinson

The Cine International Film Festival: the most exciting thing to happen to London cinema in years?

Ben Charles Edward, Tamer Hassan and Kirsty Bell at the Karma Sanctum Soho Hotel - (Cressida Jade)

“We want to bring a bit of the Cannes Film Festival to Soho,” says London acting legend Tamer Hassan, “And already word is spreading like wildfire. Trust me on this: we're going to make this grow into a big international event.”

Can Soho become the new Cannes? Speaking the co-founders behind of the new Cine International Film Festival, you wouldn’t bet against them. In fact, since the Evening Standard will be their media partner, we are very much betting on them. And they do talk a good game, Hassan, plus director Ben Charles Edwards, and producer Kirsty Bell.

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