The Egyptian film "feathers" directed by Omar Al-Zuhairi won 4 awards at the 32nd edition of the Carthage Film Festival, a film that sparked controversy recently after it was shown at the fifth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
6 awards for Egyptian films
"Rish" was able to get the best screenplay award, and the film's heroine, Demiana Nassar, won the best actress award, and the "Al-Taher Sharia" award for the first work, in addition to receiving the "Golden Tanit" award for the best Arab film from the festival, which was announced. At the closing ceremony of Carthage, presented by Tunisian director Najib Belkadhi.
The film's producer, Mohamed Hefzy, celebrated the film's victory and published the awards he received on his official Facebook page
While "Rish" received 4 awards, the film "Captains of Zaatari" by Egyptian director Ali El-Araby also received a special mention from the jury, and the film "Princess" by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab also received a special mention.
Awards and controversy
The awards received by the film "feathers" at the Carthage Festival are not the first, as it won the Grand Critics' Prize at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, and the film was celebrated as the first Egyptian work to receive this award at the festival, but it sparked controversy after its premiere in Egypt. Within the activities of the fifth session of the El Gouna Festival, after some artists left the show, headed by Sherif Mounir, and accused the film of insulting Egypt's reputation, but soon the El Gouna Festival issued a statement confirming that the film takes place in an unspecified time and place and does not harm Egypt's reputation.
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On the sidelines of the El Gouna Festival, director Omar Al-Zuhairi won the Best Promising Film Award from Variety, then the Best Arab Film award at the conclusion of El Gouna, and then won the Best Film at the Roberto Rosellini Awards at the Pingyao Festival. China International Film Festival.
strong competition
The film "Feather" was able to obtain these awards from the Carthage Film Festival, despite the strong competition witnessed by the session.
More than 54 films participated in official competitions from 45 Arab, foreign and African countries, under the slogan "We dream to live," which was announced by Reda El Behi, Director General of the festival, during the press conference held in the capital, Tunis.
Parallel jury awards were announced, and the film "On the Footsteps of the Craft" directed by Mohamed Saleh Al-Erqi won the Tunisian General Labor Union award, which was spotted for the best mixing, and the International Federation of Film Press (Fibrisi) won the film "This is not a funeral, this is a resurrection" by director Limohang Jeremiah. The film won the award of the tenth session of the Luxor African Film Festival, and the film "Argo" directed by Omar Belkacemi from Algeria won the African University Prize for Film Criticism.