‘Mica’ Wins GFF award at the Final Cut in Venice Workshop

CAIRO – 3 September 2019: "Mica", a feature directed by Moroccan Ismaël Ferroukhi, wins El Gouna Film Festival award at the Final Cut in Venice workshop for an Arab film project.

The film follows the story of 10-year-old Mica, who lives with his parents in a slum near Meknes. A friend of his parents', a handyman in a tennis club in Casablanca, takes him as his apprentice.

Mica finds himself propelled into a whole new world which he knows nothing about, where a new life awaits him.

The Final Cut in Venice workshop is held as part of the Venice Film Festival. It provides opportunities for six film projects in the production stage from Africa and the Middle East to facilitate post-production processes and strengthen partnerships between these projects and film markets.

The workshop runs forthree days, presenting projects to producers, buyers, distributors, post-production companies and festival programmers.

El Gouna Film Festival continues to build on a number of collaborations it has initiated to empower Arab filmmakers, especially outside the Arab world, and promote projects and films at various stages to enhance co-production and distribution opportunities.

It is worth mentioning that the organizers of El Gouna Film Festival's third edition revealed granting Mohamed Henedy the Creative Achievement Award for his significant contribution to cinema.The festival’s third edition is scheduled to run from September 19 -27.

The festival's management decided granting Palestinian director Mai Masry the same award. Masry is one of the most prominent Palestinian directors. She is known for her documentaries, which focus on women and children.