The 40th Edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has just ended. Two Tunisian films were awarded:
Track record
Cinema of tomorrow, short films fiction
Special mention : A Fisher Recall (Colombia)
Special mention : Dark Chocolate (Egypt)
Special jury prize : She (Kosovo)
Prix Youssef Chahine for the best short film : Brotherhood (Tunisia)
International criticism week:
Fathy Farag Prize for the best artistic contribution : Erased, Ascebt of the invisible by Ghassan Halawani (Lebanon)
Prix Shadi Abdel Salam for best film: Aga de Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria – Germany – France)
Horizons of Arab cinema:
Prix Salah Abu Seif (Special Jury Prize) : Poisonous roses of Ahmed Fawzy Saleh (Egypt)
Prix Saad Eldin Wahba for the best movie : Fatwa by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia)
International competition:
Better artistic contribution : The Third Wife of Ash Mayfair (Vietnam)
Naguib Mahfouz Prize for the best scenario : Birds of Passage by Christina Gallego (Colombia – Denmark – Mexico)
Best actress Prize : Zsofia szilagyi for its role in One Day (Hungary)
Best actor price : SHERIF DESOKY for its role in Ext/Night (Egypt)
The bronze pyramid : Obey by Jamie Jones (UK)
Silver pyramid : MANTA RAY DE PHUTTIPHONG AROOPHENG (Thailand) and Donbass de Sergei Loznitsa (Germany – Ukraine – France)
The golden pyramid : A Twelve-Year Night d’Alvaro Brechner (Uruguay-Argentina-Spain)
The UNFPA Prix : Poisonous roses of Ahmed Fawzy Saleh (Egypt)
The Tik Tok Prize for the best Arab film : Poisonous roses of Ahmed Fawzy Saleh (Egypt)
The price fipresci : A Twelve Year Night of Alvaro Brechner (Spain, Urugay, Argentina)
Congratulations to all the winners.
Neila Driss
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The 40th Edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has just ended. Two Tunisian films were awarded:
Track record
Cinema of tomorrow, short films fiction
Special mention : A Fisher Recall (Colombia)
Special mention : Dark Chocolate (Egypt)
Special jury prize : She (Kosovo)
Prix Youssef Chahine for the best short film : Brotherhood (Tunisia)
International criticism week:
Fathy Farag Prize for the best artistic contribution : Erased, Ascebt of the invisible by Ghassan Halawani (Lebanon)
Prix Shadi Abdel Salam for best film: Aga de Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria – Germany – France)
Horizons of Arab cinema:
Prix Salah Abu Seif (Special Jury Prize) : Poisonous roses of Ahmed Fawzy Saleh (Egypt)
Prix Saad Eldin Wahba for the best movie : Fatwa by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia)
International competition:
Better artistic contribution : The Third Wife of Ash Mayfair (Vietnam)
Naguib Mahfouz Prize for the best scenario : Birds of Passage by Christina Gallego (Colombia – Denmark – Mexico)
Best actress Prize : Zsofia szilagyi for its role in One Day (Hungary)
Best actor price : SHERIF DESOKY for its role in Ext/Night (Egypt)
The bronze pyramid : Obey by Jamie Jones (UK)
Silver pyramid : MANTA RAY DE PHUTTIPHONG AROOPHENG (Thailand) and Donbass de Sergei Loznitsa (Germany – Ukraine – France)
The golden pyramid : A Twelve-Year Night d’Alvaro Brechner (Uruguay-Argentina-Spain)
The UNFPA Prix : Poisonous roses of Ahmed Fawzy Saleh (Egypt)
The Tik Tok Prize for the best Arab film : Poisonous roses of Ahmed Fawzy Saleh (Egypt)
The price fipresci : A Twelve Year Night of Alvaro Brechner (Spain, Urugay, Argentina)
Congratulations to all the winners.
Neila Driss
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