AWARDS
MAFF Development Funding:
Feature Films:
Jury:
Chiraz Lari (Director of the Tunisian National Cinema and Image Center -CNCI) / Hani Osama (Producer) / Shivani Pandya (Managing Director of Dubai international Film Festival -DIFF)
Winner:
- Swedish Film Institute award with SEK 150,000 to “Costa Brava Lebanon”, Director: Mounia Akl, Producer: Myriam Sassine, Swedish co-producer: Olivier Guerpillon, Country: Lebanon, Sweden.
Documentary:
Jury:
Amir Ramses (Director and Producer) / Karolina Lidin (Documentary consultant primarily engaged at Nordisk Film & TV Fond) / Nadim Cheikhrouha (Producer).
Winner:
- Swedish Film Institute award with SEK 50,000 to “Searching For Kikhia”, Director: Jiji Kikhia, Producer: Jiji Kikhia, Mohammed Soueid, Swedish co-producer: Andreas Rocksen, William Johannson, Country: Lybia, Sweden.
Short films:
Jury:
Jad Abi Khalil (Head of its Beirut Cinema Platform – BCP) / Kaouther ben Hania (Film Director) / Azza El Hosseiny (Luxor African Film Festival – Etisal)
Winners:
- Etisal Film Fund – Luxor African Film Festival award with 2 weeks long/short films-workshop to “Everyday At 6 am”, Director: Yasser Shafiey, producer: Yasser Shafiey, Swedish co-producer: William Johansson, Andreas Rocksen, Country: Egypt, Sweden.
- Etisal Film Fund – Luxor African Film Festival award with 2 weeks long/short films-workshop to “Give Up The Ghost”, Director: Zain Duraie, producer: Alaa Alasad, Swedish co-producer: Helene Granqvist, Country: Sweden.
- Film Skåne award with SEK 30,000 to “Worms Will Not Know Pardise”, Director: Emna Najjar, Producer: Nejib Ayad, Swedish co-producer: Leif Mohlin, Country: Tunisia, Sweden.
Post-Production Platform:
Documentary:
Jury:
Layaly Badr (Writer and producer) / Madeleine Tabar (Actress and producer) / Abdalla El Chami (Producer).
Winners:
- Mad Solution award with distribution in the Arab world to “Fataria”, Director: Walid Tayaa, Producer: Richard Magnien, Country: Tunisia, Sweden.
- Imaginarium award with USD 3,000 to “When We’er Born”, Director: Tamer Ezzat, Producer: Moataz Abdelwahab, Country: Egypt.
- Arab Cinema in Sweden award with USD 5,000 to “The Smuggled Sperm”, Director: Sawsan Qaoud, Producer: Nada Ennab, Country: Palestine.
