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CAIRO – 30 September 2019: ON E TV Channel will air the closing ceremony of El Gouna Film Festival on Monday, September 30.
El Gouna Film Festival concluded its third edition on September 27 with a closing ceremony held at the Marina Theater, where the award-winning films were announced.
Winners of different competitions came as follows:
Feature Narrative Competition
El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $50,000) went to “You Will Die at Twenty” by Amjad Abu Alala.
El Gouna Silver Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $25,000) went to “Corpus Christi” by Jan Komasa.
El Gouna Bronze Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $15,000) went to “Adam” by Maryam Touzani.
El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $20,000) went to “Papicha” by Mounia Meddour.
El Gouna Star for Best Actor (Trophy, certificate) went to Bartosz Bielenia for his role in “Corpus Christi”.
El Gouna Star for Best Actress (Trophy, certificate) went to Hend Sabry for her role in ”Noura’s Dream”.
Feature Documentary Competition
El Gouna Golden Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $30,000) went to “Talking About Trees” by Suhaib Gasmelbari.
El Gouna Silver Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $15,000) went to “143 Sahara Street” by Hassen Ferhani.
El Gouna Bronze Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $7,500) went to “Kabul, City in the Wind” by Aboozar Amini.
El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $10,000) went to “Ibrahim: A Fate to Define” by Lina Alabed.
Short Film Competition
El Gouna Golden Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $15,000) went to “Exam” by Sonia K. Haddad
El Gouna Silver Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $7,500) went to “Ome” by Wassim Geagea
El Gouna Bronze Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $4,000) went to “Flesh” by Camila Kater.
El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and US $5,000) “Give Up the Ghost” by Zain Duraie.
The Special Jury Mention went for “16 December” by Álvaro Gago Díaz.
Cinema for Humanity Audience Award
The festival’s Audience Award for a film exemplifying humanitarian themes (Trophy, certificate, and US $20,000) went to “Les Misérables” by Ladj Ly.
NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film went to “Kabul, City in the Wind” by Aboozar Amini.
FIPRESCI Award went to “1982” by Oualid Mouaness.
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