Within Alexandria film festival, a conference was held to tribute the Greek artist Costas Ferris, who spoke about his Egyptian origins and said, “I belong to four countries. My father is Lebanese and my mother is Cypriot. I lived my childhood and youth in Egypt until I was 22 years old, after which I traveled to Greece. Despite this, I am very proud of the years of my life that I have lived.” I lived in Egypt.”
Ferris pointed out that he worked as an extra in a number of Egyptian films, starting with “Love and Revenge” with Asmahan, “Our Sweet Days,” “Fatima, Marika and Rachel,” and “Bab al-Hadid,” drawing attention to his work also in the ancient Egyptian opera, and he participated in many Among the international works, including the opera Aida.
Costas admitted that he was influenced in his films by Egyptian cinema more than by European cinema, and he considers Youssef Chahine, Hassan Al-Imam and Salah Abu Seif among the Egyptian directors who have had the most imprint on his artistic career.
He concluded that Egyptian cinema is distinguished from European cinema in that it brings together the heart, soul and mind, and that he loves Egyptian songs, especially by Sayed Darwish, Umm Kulthum and Al-Masharaty, expressing his dream of presenting an Egyptian-Greek film entitled “The Lemon Bridge”.
