Like every year for 5 years, it is during a ceremony organized on the sidelines of the 74th Edition of the Cannes Film Festival that the Arab Cinema Center announced the winners of criticism prizes for Arab films 2021 (Arab Critics Awards):
Best documentary: Lift like a girl movie | Directed by Mayye Zayed | Egypt
The postcard | Directed by Asmae El Moudir | Morocco
Before the death of the light | Directed by Ali Essafi | Morocco
Best actress: Hiam Abbas | Gaza my love | Palestine
Khansa Batma |Zanka Contact | Morocco
Zoe Adjani | Honey cigar | Algeria
Best actor: Ali Suliman | 200 meters | Palestine and Jordan
Salim Dau | Gaza my love | Palestine
Tarek Yaacoub | Broken keys | Lebanon
Best scenario: Kaouther ben Hania | The man who sold his skin | Tunisia
Ameen Nayfeh | 200 meters | Palestine & Jordan
Arabic Nasser – Tarzan Nasser | Gaza my love | Palestine
Best director: Ameen Nayfeh | 200 meters | Palestine & Jordan
Arabic Nasser – Tarzan Nasser | Gaza my love | Palestine
Kaouther ben Hania | The man who sold his skin | Tunisia
Best feature film: Gaza my love | Directed by Arab Nasser – Tarzan Nasser | Palestine
200 meters | Directed by Ameen Nayfeh | Palestine and Jordan
Zanka Contact | Directed by Ismaël El Iraki | Morocco
We note that Palestine had the biggest share in this competition, winning four prizes out of a total of six. This indicates the great progress that Palestinian cinema has experienced in recent years.
The very beautiful 200 metersproduced by Ameen Nayfehof which it is the first fictional feature, even won two of these four prizes. Bravo for this young director, whose film was selected in several major film festivals and won numerous awards.
May Odeh, producer of the film “200 meters” and the two trophies won during the Arab Critics Awards
The man who sold his skinwhich was appointed to the Oscar 2021 for the best international film, would also have deserved the prize for the best director.
In this same edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Kaouther Ben Hania is a member of Jury of short films and the competition for film film films.
Since the first edition which had been launched on the sidelines of the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, each year the awards have been awarded to the best Arab cinematographic productions. For this year 2021, the jury committee brought together 160 of the greatest criticisms of Arab and international cinema in 63 countries around the world (in 2017, there were 24 jury members of 15 different countries).
Neïla Driss
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