Film festival in El Gouna, Egypt
The El Gouna Film Festival (GFF; Egyptian Arabic: مهرجان الجونة السينمائي) is an annual film festival established in 2017, held in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna, Egypt.[1][2][3] The event is hosted by the El Gouna Convention and Culture Centre.[4][5]
Overview
The inaugural festival started September 22, 2017.[2][6] The psychological thriller Scary Mother, by Georgian first-time director Ana Urushadze, took the Golden Star, the festival's top feature film competition prize.[7][6][8][9] Oscar-winning actor-director Forest Whitaker was feted with a lifetime achievement award.[10]
Awards
Feature Narrative Competition
- El Gouna Gold Star for a Narrative Film
(Trophy, Certificate and USD 50,000)
- El Gouna Silver Star for Narrative Film
(Trophy, Certificate and USD 25,000)
- El Gouna Bronze Star Narrative Film
(Certificate, Trophy and USD 15,000)
- El Gouna Star for Best Arab Narrative Film
(Trophy, Certificate and USD 20,000)
- El Gouna Star for Best Actor
(Trophy and Certificate)
- El Gouna Star for Best Actress
(Trophy and Certificate)
Feature Documentary Competition
- El Gouna Gold Star for a Documentary Film
(Trophy, Certificate and USD 30,000)
- El Gouna Silver Star for Documentary Film
(Trophy, Certificate and USD 15,000)
- El Gouna Bronze Star Documentary Film
(Trophy, Certificate and USD 7,500)
- El Gouna Star for Best Arab Documentary Film
(Trophy, Certificate and USD 10,000)
2017 Winners
Feature Narrative competition
Golden Star: Scary Mother, Ana Urushadze
Silver Star: The Insult, Ziad Dower
Bronze Star: Arrhythmia, Boris Khlebnikov
Golden Star for Best Arabic Feature Film: Photocopy, Tamer Ashry
Best Actress: Nadia Kounda, Volubilis
Best Actor: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Zama[7]
Cinema For Humanity Audience Award: Soufra, Thomas Morgan
Documentary competition
Golden Star: I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck
Silver Star: Brimstone and Glory, Viktor Jakovleski
Bronze Star: Mrs Fang, Wang Bing
Golden Star For Best Arabic Documentary: I Have a Picture, Mohamed Zedan[11]
Short Film competition
Golden Star: Nightshade, Shady El-Hamus
Silver Star: Merry-Go-Round, Ruslan Bratov
Bronze Star: Mama Bobo, Robin Andelfinger and Ibrahima Seydi
El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film: Punchline, Christophe M. Saber[12]
2018 Winners
Feature Narrative competition
Golden Star: A Land Imagined, Yeo Siew Hua
Silver Star: Ray & Liz, Richard Billingham
Bronze Star: The Heiresses, Marcelo Martinessi
El Gouna Star for Best Arabic Narrative Film: Yomeddine, A.B. Shawky
Special Mention: The Man Who Surprised Everyone, Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov
Best Actress: Joanna Kulig, Cold War
Best Actor: Mohamed Dhrif, Dear Son
Cinema for Humanity Audience Award: Another Day Of Life; Raúl De La Fuente, Damian Nenow and Yomeddine, A.B. Shawky (joint winners)
Feature Documentary competition
Golden Star: Aquarela, Victor Kossakovsky
Silver Star: Of Fathers and Sons, Talal Derki
Bronze Star: The Swing, Cyril Aris
El Gouna Star for Best Arab Documentary Film: Of Fathers and Sons, Talal Derki
Short Film competition
Golden Star: Our Song To War, Juanita Onzaga
Silver Star: Judgement, Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
Bronze Star: Sheikh's Watermelons, Kaouther Ben Hania
El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film: EyeBrows, Tamer Ashry[13]
2019 Winners
Feature Narrative competition
Golden Star: You Will Die at Twenty, Amjad Abu Alala
Silver Star: Corpus Christi, Jan Komasa
Bronze Star: Adam, Maryam Touzani
El Gouna Star for Best Arabic Narrative Film: Papicha, Mounia Meddour
Best Actress: Hend Sabry, Noura's Dream
Best Actor: Bartosz Bielenia, Corpus Christi
Cinema for Humanity Audience Award: Les Misérables, Ladj Ly
FIPRESCI Award: 1982, Oualid Mouaness
Feature Documentary competition
Golden Star: Talking About Trees, Suhaib Gasmelbari
Silver Star: 143 Sahara Street, Hassen Ferhani
Bronze Star: Kabul, City in the Wind, Aboozar Amini
El Gouna Star for Best Arab Documentary Film: Ibrahim: A Fate to Define, Lina Alabed
NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film: Kabul, City in the Wind, Aboozar Amini
Short Film competition
Golden Star: Exam, Sonia K. Haddad
Silver Star: Ome, Wassim Geagea
Bronze Star: Flesh, Camila Kater
El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film: Give Up the Ghost, Zain Duraie
Special Jury Mention: 16 December, Álvaro Gago Díaz[14]
2021 Winners
Feature Narrative competition
Golden Star: The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic, Teemu Nikki
Silver Star: Sun Down, Michel Franco
Bronze Star: Captain Volkongov Escaped, Aleksey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova
El Gouna Star for Best Arabic Narrative Film: Feathers, Omar El Zohairy
Best Actress: Petri Poikolainen, Playground
Best Actor: Perri Poikonainen, The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Cinema for Humanity Audience Award: Ostrove: Lost Island, Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
FIPRESCI Award: Costa Brava, Mounia Akl
Feature Documentary competition
Golden Star: Life of Ivana, Renato Borrayo Serrano
Silver Star: Ostrov - Lost Island, Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
Bronze Star: Sabaya, Hogir Hirori
El Gouna Star for Best Arab Documentary Film: Captains of Za’atari, Ali El Arabi
NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film: Captain Volkongov Escaped, Aleksey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova
Short Film competition
Golden Star: Katia, Andrey Natotcinskiy
Silver Star: Holy Son, Aliosha Massine
Bronze Star: On Solid Ground, Jela Hasler
El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film: Cai-Ber, Ahmed Abdelsalam
Special Mention: actress Aisha Al Rifae for Nour Shams directed by Faiza Ambah[15]
Side events
Pitching Session: CinemaTech by Gemini Africa[16][17] [18] [19] [20] [21][22]
Gemini Africa is an EgyptIan company extending into Africa and the Middle East for tech startups in an entrepreneurial pitching event under Cinematech’s track.[23]
CinemaTech is the first entrepreneurial track bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and filmmaking, with the aim of uplifting the industry by injecting technological solutions offered by startups.[24][25]
See also
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