The Silver Pyramid Award for Best Director went to Laura Samani for the movie (Little Body) from Italy, while the Bronze Pyramid went to the best first or second work for the movie (Introverts) from South Korea..
The jury of the international competition awarded the award for the best artistic contribution to the photographer Jose Alion for the Spanish film (They Carry Death), while the film (107 Mothers) from Slovakia won the award for best screenplay..
The Egyptian Mohamed Mamdouh won the best actor award at the festival for the movie (Abu Saddam), and the Italian Swami Rotolo won the best actress award for her role in the movie (Kiara)..
The Jordanian film “Daughters of Abdul Rahman” directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan and starring Saba Mubarak, Farah Bseiso, Hanan Al-Helou, Maryam Pasha and Khaled Al-Tarifi won the audience vote award..
The closing ceremony was held at the Grand Theater of the Egyptian Opera House, during which singer and composer Hamid Al-Shaeri presented the song “The Films”, which he created specifically for this year’s festival..
In the “Arab Cinema Horizons” competition, the award was won by the Lebanese film “Maya’s Notebooks” by directors Joanna Hajji Touma and Khalil Joreige, while the documentary film “From Cairo” by director Hala Khalil won the award for the best non-fiction film, and the jury awarded its special award to the Lebanese film “Fiasco” directed by Nicolas Khouri.
The award for the best acting performance went to Afaf Ben Mahmoud from Tunisia for her role in the movie (Atyaf), and the competition jury praised the Tunisian movie (Kadha) by director Anis Al-Aswad..
In the short film competition, the Tunisian film (Blind Spot) by Lotfi Ashour won the award, while the jury prize went equally to my films (No Need, Naji, I Close) from Egypt and (Then Darkness) from Lebanon..
In the “Critics Week” competition, the film (The Stranger) by Amir Fakhreddin from Syria won the award, and the Jury Prize went to the movie (Wild Roots) from Hungary..
It won the Best Arab Film award in all festival competitions of ten thousand dollars (Al-Ghareeb) by Amir Fakhreddine. The jury also praised the film (Fiasco) by Lebanese director Nicolas Khoury.
The International Federation of Film Critics “Fepresi” award won the Tunisian film (Ghadwa), starring, written and directed by Dhafer El Abidine..
The United Nations Population Fund in Egypt presented the “Family and Population Award” to the film (The Exam) by Kurdish director Shaukat Amin Korki..
In conclusion, producer and scriptwriter Mohamed Hefzy, head of the festival, said that the turnout this year was “unprecedented” during the past ten days, as the opera halls were filled with people and a state of joy “not only for watching films but for attending seminars, lectures and meetings,” noting that the number of tickets sold in these The course exceeded 42 thousand.
He added that the festival is not only proud of achieving a new number of attendees, but of the content it offers and the opportunities it offers, whether to fund new films through Cairo Film Industry Days or learn and exchange experiences..
At the closing ceremony, the festival honored American producer Lawrence Bender and French director Thierry Frémaux, president of the Cannes Film Festival.
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