Cairo 2022: The Awards

CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022

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VERDICT: Firas Khoury's notable feature debut 'Alam' about Palestinian teens living in Israel fought off the competition to win Cairo's main prize.

THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

  • The Golden Pyramid Award
    Alam (France, Tunisia, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)
    directed by Firas Khoury
  • The Silver Pyramid Award, Special Jury Award, for Best Director
    Love According to Dalva (Belgium, France)
    directed by Emmanuelle Nicot
  • The Bronze Pyramid Award For Best First or Second Feature
    Bread and Salt
    directed by Damian Kocur (Poland)
  • Naguib Mahfouz Award For Best Screenplay
    A Man (Japan)
    Screenplay by Kosuke Mukai
  • Best Actor Award
    Maher El Khair
    for his role in The Dam (France, Lebanon, Sudan, Qatar, Germany, Serbia)
    • Best Actor Award
    Mahmoud Bakry for his role in Alam (France, Tunisia, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)
  • Best Actress Award
    Zelda Samson for her role in Love According to Dalva (Belgium, France)
  • Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution
    Cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef for 19B (Egypt)

 

THE HORIZONS OF ARAB CINEMA COMPETITION

• Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film
Mother Valley (France, Lebanon)
directed by Carlos Chahine

  • Salah Abu Seif Award
    Riverbed (Lebanon, Qatar)
    directed by Bassem Breche
  • Best Non-Fiction Film Award
    Far from the Nile (Egypt, USA)
    directed by Sherief Elkatsha
  • Best Acting Performance Award
    Carole Abood for her role in Riverbed (Lebanon, Qatar)
  • Special Mention for a Film
    I’m Coming Home
    directed by Yassine Redissi (Tunisia)
  • Special Mention for an Actress
    Lyna Khoudri for her role in Houria (France, Belgium)

 

THE CRITICS WEEK COMPETITION

• Shadi Abdel Salam Award for Best Film
Pamfir (Ukraine, France, Poland, Chile, Luxembourg)
directed by Dmytro Sukholytky-Sobchuk

  • Fathy Farag Award
    Joyland (Pakistan)
    directed by Saim Sadiq
  • Special Mention
    Victim (Slovakia, Czech, Germany)
    directed by Michal Blaško

THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION

  • Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film
    Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)
    directed by Ethan Barrett (USA)
  • The Special Jury Award
    My Girlfriend (Egypt)
    directed by Kawthar Younis
  • Special Mention
    One F*cking Wish (Czech)
    directed by Piotr Jasinski

 

OTHER AWARDS

  • Best Arab Film Award
    19B (Egypt)
    directed by Ahmad Abdalla, produced by Mohamed Hefzy
  • Special Mention
    Riverbed (Lebanon, Qatar)
    directed by Bassem Breche
  • Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award (Audience Award)
    Alam (France, Tunisia, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)
    directed by Firas Khoury, produced by Marie Pierre Macia, Claire Gadéa
    distributed in Egypt by MAD Solutions

•FIPRESCI Award
19B (Egypt)
directed by Ahmad Abdalla