Jonathan Millet’s thriller about Syrian exiles in France “Ghost Path” took the Golden Star for narrative movie at this 12 months’s El Gouna Film Festival, with Julien Colona’s “The Kingdom” and Shuchi Talati’s “Women Will Be Women” taking the Silver and Bronze Star awards respectively. The awards ceremony wrapped the seventh version of the celebrated Egyptian pageant, held at the resort city of El Gouna between Oct. 24-Nov. 1.
Adam Bessa additionally took the most effective actor award for “Ghost Path,” with Laila Abbas’s comedy in regards to the Islamic Sharia Regulation “Thanks for Banking With Us!” and Meryam Joobeur’s drama a couple of Tunisian household navigating their son’s strenuous return from conflict “Who Do I Belong To” obtained the El Gouna Star for the most effective Arab movie. Documentary-wise, Farah Kassem’s “We Are Inside” obtained the Golden Star for documentary movie, with Johan Grimonprez’s “Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat” and Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s “A New Sort of Wilderness” taking Silver and Bronze.
The El Gouna Star for the most effective Arab documentary movie went to Anas Zawahri’s “My Reminiscence Is Filled with Ghosts” and “The Brink of Goals,” directed by this 12 months’s Selection MENA Expertise of the 12 months Award winners Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir. The jury’s particular point out went to Charles Peccia Galletto, the star of Anne-Sophie Bailly’s Venice Horizons entry “My Every little thing.”
In style on Selection
The function narrative jury consisted of Indian director Candida Das, French movie critic and historian Charles Tesson, German actress Sibel Kekilli, Algerian director Sofia Djama and Egyptian actress Menna Shalaby. Lebanese director Eliane Rehab, French producer Jérôme Paillard, Tunisian director Nejib Belkadhi, German director Steffi Niederzoll and Moroccan filmmaker Hicham Farah made up this 12 months’s function documentary jury.
The quick movie jury consisted of famend British-Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry, Algerian-Palestinian-French filmmaker Lina Soualem, Egyptian actress Amina Khalil, Filipino filmmaker Sam Maniacs and Jordan actress Rakeen Saad.
Earlier this week, it was introduced that Mohammad Rasoulof’s Cannes particular jury prize-winning “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” took this 12 months’s Arab critics’ award for European movie, which is being offered for the sixth time by European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Heart. Rasolouf, who earlier this 12 months illegally left Iran for Europe after getting a jail sentence for the movie, couldn’t be in Egypt to simply accept the award.
Producer Mani Tilgner of Run Manner Photos accepted the award on the director’s behalf and mentioned: “This recognition assures us that we not solely succeeded in producing an excellent movie underneath troublesome situations but additionally in telling a narrative that strikes individuals world wide.”
The pageant’s market arm, CineGouna, gave out over $400,000 in awards for 21 tasks. Jad Chahine’s “The Masters of Magic and Magnificence” took the Cinegouna Platform Award of $15,000 in money for a venture in growth and Jihan’s “My Father and Qaddafi” took the CineGouna Platform Award $15,000 in money for a venture in post-production. Michelle Keserwany’s “Amara” was awarded $50,000 as MG for gross sales and distribution from MAD Options.
Amr Mansi, co-founder and CEO of El Gouna Film Festival, mentioned that “the curiosity of all movie and cultural establishments within the area in supporting CineGouna Funding confirms El Gouna because the place the place tasks are born and later grow to be nice movies chosen by main festivals world wide.”
Ahmed Shawky, head of CineGouna Funding, mentioned that the awards affirm “the dear addition that CineGouna offers to gifted filmmakers, whether or not by means of direct assist or opening horizons for networking and cooperation with everybody who can profit them.”
The CineGouna Funding jury consisted of Swiss professional Nadia Dresti, Sudanese director and producer Amjad Abu Al-Ala, and Tunisian critic and inventive director of Carthage Film Festival Lamia Guiga.
The total checklist of winners could be discovered right here.
Full checklist of El Gouna Film Festival 2024 winners under:
Characteristic Narrative Competitors
El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film
“Ghost Path” by Jonathan Millet
France, Germany, Belgium
El Gouna Silver Star for Narrative Film
“The Kingdom” by Julien Colona
France
El Gouna Bronze Star for Narrative Film
“Women Will Be Women” by Shuchi Talati
India, France, U.S., Norway
El Gouna Star for the Greatest Actor
Adam Bessa in “Ghost Path” by Jonathan Millet
France, Germany, Belgium
El Gouna Star for the Greatest Actress
Laura Weissmahr in “Salve Maria” by Mar Coll
Spain
El Gouna Star for the Greatest Arab Film
“Thank You for Banking With Us!” by Laila Abbas
Palestine, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt
“Who Do I Belong To” by Meryam Joobeur
Tunisia, France, Canada
Particular Point out
Actor Charles Peccia Galletto in “My Every little thing” by Anne-Sophie Bailly
France
Characteristic Documentary Competitors
El Gouna Golden Star for Documentary Film
“We Are Inside” by Farah Kassem
Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark
El Gouna Silver Star for Documentary Film
“Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat” by Johan Grimonprez
Belgium, France, Netherlands
El Gouna Bronze Star for Documentary Film
“A New Sort of Wilderness” by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Norway
El Gouna Star for the Greatest Arab Documentary Film
“The Brink of Goals” by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir
Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
“My Reminiscence Is Filled with Ghosts” by Anas Zawahri
Syria
Brief Film Competitors
El Gouna Golden Star for Brief Film
“Upshot” by Maha Haj
Palestine, Italy, France
El Gouna Silver Star for Brief Film
“How We Obtained Mom Again” by Gonçalo Waddington
Portugal
“An Orange From Jaffa” by Mohammed Almughanni
Palestine, Poland, France
El Gouna Bronze Star for Brief Film
“Ebb & Movement” by Nay Tabbara
Lebanon, Qatar, U.S.
Cinema for Humanity – Viewers Award
“Dysfunction”
Lucien Bourjeily, Bane Fakih, Wissam Charaf, Areej Mahmoud
Lebanon
FIPRESCI
“Women Will Be Women” by Shuchi Talati
India, France, U.S., Norway
El Gouna Inexperienced Star Award
“The Battle for Laikipia” by Peter Murimi, Daphne Matziaraki
Kenya, Greece, United States
NETPAC
“We Are Inside” by Farah Kassem
Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark