Over the ages, and as far back as seven thousand years, Egypt stood the land where civilizations have always met. The Pharaohs together with the Greeks and the Romans have left their imprints here. Muslims from the Arab Peninsula, led by Amr Ibn Al Ass, introduced Islam into Egypt. Khedive Mohammad Ali, with his Albanian family roots, put Egypt on the road to modernity.

If anything, the cultural mix in this country is natural, given its heritage. Egypt can be likened to an open museum with monuments of the different historical periods on display everywhere. With the genius of place and time, the country stands the Arab world’s cultural beacon.

EGYPT PHOTO ALBUM

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The movie industry was launched in Cairo a hundred years ago. Hence, Egypt itself offers a spectacular range of potential locations as well as a long established film heritage

With this rich background of time, place and people, the idea of a media production city was born. A major institution, it would seek to bring Egypt’s genius out into works of art and drama and into other media forms, produced at a lesser cost, though with the same quality, if not better than at other places.

STATE-OF-THE-ART AMENITIES

EMPC is supplied with state-of-the-art engineering equipments for its diverse spacious plateaus and for its technical support centres. It has the most advanced out-door shooting equipments and the most skilled teams to man them. The International Academy for Media Sciences [IAMS] is also located here; an educational institute to provide EMPC and Egyptian media at large with qualified graduates, well-trained to use the diverse media and art production tools.

ALL-PURPOSE VENUE

Although Egyptian by origin, EMPC has its mind set on being international by making itself available as a site for local, Arab and international movie and television. Our client list illustrates our proficiency not just in features, popular TV, video and commercials, but also documentaries, docu-drama and more upstream current affairs programming. In every respect, EMPC is a multi-purpose venue offering a highly professional, friendly and welcoming filming environment.

THE EDIFICE

Thirty kilometers away from downtown Cairo and 10 kilometers from the Giza Pyramids lies this new edifice, the Egyptian Media Production City [EMPC]. It stands on the Sixth of October City plateau on the Cairo-Alexandria highway, with trade and commerce centers and the international airports in both cities easy to access. The sky is clear all the year round, which makes it ideal for shooting purposes 365 days a year.

EMPC measures some two million square metres. Another one million square metres are set aside for free zone future expansions and for meeting the needs of potential investors.