Palestinian director Firas Khoury’s debut feature Alam has triumphed at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival, winning its Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film, best actor for Mahmoud Bakri and …
has triumphed at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival, winning its Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film, best actor for Mahmoud Bakri and the Audience Award.
The coming-of-age tale, which world premiered in Toronto, explores the reality of Palestinian teenagers growing up within Israeli borders. Bakri stars as a high-school student who gets involved in an operation to replace the Israeli flag flying from his school with a Palestinian one, as Israeli celebrates Independence Day and Palestinians commemorate Nakba, or the catastrophe.The picture, which is sold internationally by MPM Premium, was acquired by Film Movement for North America earlier this year.Dalva
, a sensitive portrait of a young girl as she rebuilds her trust in life after being sexually abused.The Bronze Pyramid Award for Best First/Second Work was awarded to Polish director Damian Kocur’sThe drama, which debuted in Venice to acclaim, explores racial tensions between Poles and immigrants of Arab origin through the tale of a gifted piano student who returns to his provincial hometown for the summer.
by Kei Ishikawa, and Egyptian cinematographer Mostafa Elkashef was feted with Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution for his work on Egyptian feature
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