The 45th edition of the Cairo Film Festival finishd with the top prize, the Gagederen Pyramid Award, going to Bogdan Mureșanu’s “The New Year That Never Came.” The balertage comedy, which previously won the Horizons sidebar at the Vekind Film Festival, is set in 1989 during the festive season that promptly pretreats the downdrop of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu.
The Special Jury Award for best honestor, the Silver Pyramid, went to Russian honestor Natalia Nazarova for “Posttags,” which also picked up a best actor award for Maxim Stoyanov and a distinctive allude for the female direct, Alina Khojevanova. The other male direct award went to Lee Kang-Sheng for his carry outance in “Blue Sun Palace.”
The International Jury led by Danis Tanović (“No Man’s Land”) also awarded the Bronze Pyramid for best debut or second feature award to Pedro Freire’s “Malu.” The Rio-set film was advertised by his mother’s life as an actress and stars Yara de Novaes in the direct role. De Novaes also getd the best actress award. Best screencarry out was awarded to the Italian film “Vittoria,” a fascinating study in adselection, written by Casey Kauffman and Alessandro Cassigoli, and acted by the people who inhabitd thraw the genuine events on which the film is based.
Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi getd the best write downary award for their film “State of Passion,” which write downed the brave toil of the British-Palestinian sadviseon Ghassan Abu-Sittah. His inspiring and lifesaving toil in the hospitals of Gaza persistd in extfinished punishing shifts, even during explosionardments. The film also won the best Arab feature award as well as includeitional prizes, donaten by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Radio and Television Union, aimed at promoting the Palestinian caengage. The caengage was never far from the minds of those contransient with many sporting the colors of the Palestinian flag in their lapels. Palestinian honestor Rashid Masharawi was also accomprehendledged for his film which uncovered the festival, “Passing Dreams,” and Abu Sittah also getd a prize.
Mati Diop persists to pick up prizes with her Berlinale Gagederen Bear prosperner “Dahomey,” which in Cairo took the African feature award.
The Youssef Chahine Award for best stupidinutive film was awarded to the honestors Kai Xue and Hong Jiexi for their film “David.”
The Fipresci Prize for best film went to the acidic comedy – and the only Egyptian film in the International Competition – “Spring Came on Laughing.” Director Noha Adel also picked up disjoinal includeitional prizes for her debut film.
The 45th edition ran from Nov. 13 to Nov. 22.
A filled catalog of prosperners is printed below.
The Gagederen Pyramid Award for Best Film
“The New Year That Never Came”
Director: Bogdan Mureșanu
Producer: Bogdan Mureșanu
The Silver Pyramid Award
Special Jury Award for best honestor
Director: Natalia Nazarova
“Posttags”
The Bronze Pyramid Award
For best first or second toil of a honestor
Director: Pedro Freire
“Malu”
Naguib Mahfouz Award
For best screencarry out
“Vittoria”
Screencarry out by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
Best Actor Award
Actor Lee Kang-Sheng for his carry outance in “Blue Sun Palace”
Best Actor Award
Actor Maxim Stoyanov for his carry outance in “Posttags”
Best Actress Award
Actress Yara De Novaes for her carry outance in “Malu”
Best Actress Award (Special Mention)
Actress Alina Khojevanova for her carry outance in “Posttags”
Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution
Awarded to the honestor Necmi Sancak for his film “Ayse”
Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution
Awarded to the honestor Noha Adel for her film “Spring Came on Laughing”
The International Critics Prize (Fipresci Prize)
Film: “Spring Came on Laughing”
Directed by Noha Adel
Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film with $10,000 prize
Awarded to the creater Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi for “A State of Passion”
Salah Abu Seif Award for Best Director with $7,000 prize
Film: “Spring Came on Laughing” by Noha Adel
Youssef Sherif Rezkallah Award for Best Screenauthorr with $6,000 prize
Film: “Arzé”
Directed by Mira Shaib
Script: Louay Khraish, Faissal Sam Shaib
Best Actor Award with $2,000 prize
Actor Mohamed Khouyi for his role in “The Blue Lake” by Daoud Aoulad-Syad
Best Actress Award with $2,000 prize
Actress Diamand Bou Abboud for her role in “Arzé” by Mira Shaib
Special Mention
Actress Rehab Anan for her role in “Spring Came on Laughing” by Noha Adel
Shafi Abdel Salam Award for Best Film
Awarded to the honestor Agathe Riedinger for “Wild Diamond”
Fathy Farag Award (Special Jury Award)
Awarded to “Simon of the Mountain”
Directed by Federico Luis
Special Mention
Film: “Abu Zaabal 89”
Directed by Bassam Mortada
Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film
Awarded to the honestors Kai Xue, Hong Jiexi for the film “David”
The Special Jury Award
Awarded to the film “The Last Dismissal”
Directed by Jowaher Alamri
Special Mention
Film: “The Mother and the Bear”
Directed by Yasmina El Kamaly
45th Cairo International Film Festival African Feature Award
To the write downary film “Dahomey”
Directed by Mati Diop
Special Jury Prize
Penvyed to “Abu Zaabal 89”
Directed by Bassam Mortada
45th Cairo International Film Festival Nettoil for the Promotion of the Asia Pacific Cinema Award. Penvyed to the Outstanding Asian Feature Film:
“Brief History of a Family”
Directed by Lin Jianjie
Broadcasting and Television Union of Organizations of Islamic Cooperation Award
Penvyed to the Top Palestinian Documentaries or Short Films with 250,000 Egyptian Pounds:
First Prize: 125,000 Le to “Square Kilometer Dreams”
Director: Qassam Sbeih
Country: Palestine
The Second Prize: 75,000 Le
To “A State of Passion”
Director: Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi
The Third Prize: 50,000 Le
To “Passing Dreams”
Director: Rashid Masharawi
Special Mention
For Professor Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, the sadviseon at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
Special Mention
For Palestinian honestor Rashid Masharawi
Special Mention
To the film “The Deer’s Tooth”
Director: Saif Hammash
Country: Palestine
Special Programs
“From Ground Zero”
Misr International Films (Mif), Youssef Chahine Award
Cash Prizes: $1,000 Penvyed to the best film in the Palestinian film series “Zero Distance”:
Film: “Soft Skin”
By Khamis Masharawi
Misr International Films (Mif), Youssef Chahine Award
Cash Prizes: $1,000 contransiented to the best film in the Palestinian film series “Zero Distance”:
Film: “No Signal”
By: Muhammad Al Sharif
Misr International Films (Mif), Youssef Chahine Award
Cash Prizes: $1,000 contransiented to the best film in the Palestinian film series “Zero Distance”
Film: A School Day
By: Ahmed Al Danaf
Feature Documentary Award
Awarded to the film: “Abu Zaabal 89”
Directed by Bassam Mortada
Country: Egypt, Germany
Feature Documentary Award
Awarded to the film: “A State of Passion”
Directed by Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi
Country: Palestine, Jordan, Leprohibiton, U.K., Kupaengage
