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The
28th Cairo International Film Festival
Special
Mention
For
Mohammad Ali Sajjadi
For
his Film “
The Crime
”
(Iran)
For
the originality of the story and how it is brilliantly
integrated into its surroundings, enriching the concept, and
giving it a more profound cinematic effect.
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Special
Mention
For
The little girl “
Louisa Pili
”
For her
role in the French Film
“
The
Giraffe’s Neck ”
(France)
She
portrayed the role of a girl, who looks at her grandmother’s
picture and misses her unpretentious love of life, her
aspirations, and the joy she brought.
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The Prize
For the Best
Artistic Contribution
Goes
to the Director:
Mahesh
Dattani
For
his film:
Morning
Raga
(India)
For
the brilliant use of music as a major dramatic element by
the director.
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The Best First
or Second work of a Director
( Naguib
Mahfouz Prize)
Goes
to the Director:
Safy
Nebbou
For
his film :
The Giraffe’s Neck
(France-
Belgium)
In
appreciation of three characters, representing three
different generations, in search of the purity of absent
love, the righteousness of the warmth of security, and the
shadows of a past which is ever present.
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The Prize for
the Best Script
(Saad El-Din Wahba Prize)
Goes
to the Scriptwriter: Jillali
Ferhati
For
his Film: Memory
in Detention
Directed by:
Jillali Ferhati (Morocco)
In
appreciation from the committee for the depth of the
scenario and its ability to transport deep emotions and
visions from a personal to a general level, and intensify
them along the way.
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The Prize for the Best
Director
Goes
to the Director:
Hector Olivera
For
his film:
Ay Juancito (Argentina)
For
his brilliant ability in portraying events occurring over a
long period of time with amazing simplicity and compassion,
which leads to a broader understanding of life with its
limitless possibilities.
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The Prize for the Best Actor
Shared By
the Actor:
Sophocles Peppas
For
his role in Film: Dust
Directed by:
Tassos
Psarras (Greece)
For
his ability to play a role with a passionate inner emotion,
demonstrating honesty, credibility, and drawing sympathy
from beginning to end for his painful and difficult search.
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And
the
Actor:
Adrian
Navarro
For
his role in Film: Ay
Juancito
Directed by:
Hector
Olivera (Argentina)
For
his great dramatic ability in playing the role of a very
difficult character, who sways from one extreme to the
other, keeping the level of emotion high and maintaining
the sincerity of the character.
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The Prize for the Best actress
Shared By
the
Actress:
Eszter
Bagameri
For
her role in the Film:
Guarded
Secrets
Directed by:
Zsuzsa
Boszorményi (Hungary)
For
her performance in her first cinematic role, which she plays
with great spontaneity and depth, a young woman who is
engulfed by confusing questions of love, life, and misses
the care of an absent mother.
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And
the
Actress:
Nelly Karim
For her
role in Film:
My Soul
Mate
Directed by:
Khaled
Youssef (Egypt)
For
her sensitive portrayal of a highly charged and pivotal
cinematic role in which she deals with the emotions of love
and jealousy with intense passion from start to finish.
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The Prize for
the Best Arabic Film
100.000
Egyptian Pounds
Presented by the Ministry
of Culture
To the Producer
Goes to the Egyptian film:
Looking
for Freedom
Directed by:
Inas El Degheidy
Produced by:
Inas El Degheidy (Egypt)
For a
noble and extraordinarily courageous film about three girls
who live outside their country and culture but maintain a
strong link to home knowing they will return. Three
different stories with a common thread told with direct
honesty but deep sensitivity.
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The Special Jury Prize
The Silver
Pyramid
Presented to
the Director
Goes To
The Film: Bless the Woman
Directed by:
Stanislav
Govorukhin
(Russia)
In
appreciation of his poetic viewpoint which meshes with the
inner emotion and destiny of his characters with wonderful
effectiveness, giving great warmth and compassion to the
story.
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The Prize for
the Best Film
The Golden
Pyramid
Presented to
the producer
Goes
to the Film :
Guardians of the Clouds
Directed by: Luciano Odorisio (Italy)
In
appreciation for the wonderful dramatic build up and the
director’s brilliance in plunging the audience into the
depth of emotion, and faithfully portraying an important
period of Italian history that glorifies love, friendship,
family, and patriotism.
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