Cairo 2025: The Awards

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARDS

Golden Pyramid Award For Best Film
Dragonfly
Director: Paul Andrew Williams

Silver Pyramid for Best Director
Tarzan and Arab Nasser
Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Bronze Pyramid Special Jury Prize
As We Breathe
Director: Seamus Alton

Naguib Mahfouz Award For Best Screenplay
The Things You Kill
Directors, screenplay: Alireza Khatami

Best Actor Award
Maid Eid
Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Best Actress Award – ex aequo
Andrea Riseborough
Brenda Blethyn
Dragonfly

Henry Barakat Award For Best Artistic Contribution
Cinematography: Matthew Giombini
Sand City
Director: Necmi Sancak

Youssef Sherif Rizkallah Audience Award 
One More Show
Directors: Mai Saad, Ahmed El Danaf

HORIZONS OF ARAB CINEMA COMPETITION

Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film
Dead Dog
Director: Sara Francis

Salah Abu Seif Special Jury Prize
Anti-Cinema
Director: Ali Saeed

Best Screenplay Award
Complaint No. 713317
Director, screenplay: Yasser Shafiee

Best Acting Award
Afaf Ben Mahmoud
Round 13

NETPAC AWARD FOR BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM
The Botanist
Director: Jing Yi

BEST ARAB FEATURE FILM AWARD
Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Director: Tarzan and Arab Nasser

Special Mention
Flana
Director: Zahraa Ghandour

The International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI)
The Things You Kill
Director: Alireza Khatami

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film
Cairo Streets
Director: Abdullah Al-Taye

Best Arab Short Film Award
Two Tetas
Director: Lene El Safah

Watch It Special Jury Prize
A Very Straight Neck
Director: Nyo Sora

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS WEEK COMPETITION

Shady Abdel Salam Award for Best Film
Habibi Hussein
Director: Alex Bakri

Fathi Farag Special Jury Prize
My Parents’ House
Director: Tim Elrich

Special Mention
The Botanist
Director: Jing Yi

DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD
Souraya Mon Amour
Director: Nicolas Khoury