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Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s 4 Daughters and Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s drama Goodbye Julia topped the prizes on the eighth Critics Awards for Arab Movies, which had been introduced on the fringes of the Cannes Movie Pageant on Saturday.
Goodbye Julia gained Finest Characteristic Movie and Finest Screenplay. 4 Daughters, which was nominated for finest documentary characteristic at this yr’s Academy Awards gained for Finest Director, Finest Documentary and Finest Modifying.
Each movies world premiered in Cannes Official Choice in 2023.
In different prizes, Mouna Hawa gained Finest Actress for her efficiency in Jordanian director Amjad Al-Rasheed’s inshallah A Boy, which additionally clinched Finest Cinematography. Saleh Bakri was named Finest Actor for his lead function in West Financial institution drama The Trainer by UK-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi.
yr’s version of the Critics’ Awards for Arab Movies launched a brand new Finest Brief Movie class which was gained by Morad Mostafa’s I Promise You Paradise. Different winners included Amin Bouhafa’s Saudi characteristic Hajjan, which gained Finest Music.
Organized by the Arab Cinema Heart, in collaboration with MAD Options, the Worldwide Rising Movie Expertise Affiliation, and NEFT Rising Movie Expertise Worldwide Competitors, the eighth version of the awards was voted on by greater than 200 movie critics from world wide.
The 2024 nominees and winners (in daring)
Finest Characteristic Movie
GOODBYE JULIA | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan
INSHALLAH A BOY | Amjad Al-Rasheed | Jordan
HAJJAN | Abu Bakr Shawky| Saudi Arabia
THE TEACHER | Farah Nabulsi Palestine
THE BURDENED | Amr Gamal | Yemen
Finest Director
Mohamed Kordofani | GOODBYE JULIA | Sudan
Kaouther Ben Hania | FOUR DAUGHTERS | Tunisia
Karim Bensalah | SIX FEET OVER | France
Asmae ElMoudir THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES | Morocco
Amjad Al-Rasheed | INSHALLAH A BOY | Jordan
Finest Screenplay
Mohamed Kordofani | GOODBYE JULIA | Sudan
Amr Gamal, Mazen Refaat THE BURDENED | Yemen
Kamal Al-Azrak | HOUNDS | Morocco
Delphine Agut, Rula Nasser, Amjad Al-Rasheed | INSHALLAH A BOY | Jordan
Omar Shama, Mufarrij Almajfel, Abu Bakr Shawky | HAJJAN | Saudi Arabia
Finest Actress
Mouna Hawa | INSHALLAH A BOY | Jordan
Eiman Yousif GOODBYE JULIA | Sudan
Hend Sabry KIRA & EL GIN | Egypt
Hend Sabry FOUR DAUGHTERS | Tunisia
Adwa Bader | NAGA | Saudi Arabia
Finest Actor
Ibrahim Al-Hasawi | HAJJAN | Saudi Arabia
Majd Mastoura FOUR DAUGHTERS | Tunisia
Ayoub Elaid HOUNDS | Morocco
Saleh Bakri THE TEACHER | Palestine
Nazar Goma | GOODBYE JULIA | Sudan
Finest Documentary
FOUR DAUGHTERS | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia
THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES | Asmae ElMoudir Morocco
Q| Jude Chehab Lebanon
UNDER THE SKY OF DAMASCUS | Talal Derki, Heba Khaled, Ali Wajeeh | Syria
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL | Mohamed Jabaly | Palestine
Finest Brief Movie
I PROMISE YOU PARADISE | Morad Mostafa Egypt
LES CHENILLES | Noel Keserwany, Michelle Keserwany | Lebanon
THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY | Faris Alrjoob | Jordan
SEA SALT | Leila Basma Lebanon
THE KEY | Rakan Mayasi | Palestine
Finest Music
Amine Bouhafa HAJJAN | Saudi Arabia
Amine Bouhafa FOUR DAUGHTERS | Tunisia
Mazen Hamid GOODBYE JULIA | Sudan
Omar Fadel | NAGA | Saudi Arabia
Alex Baranowski | THE TEACHER | Palestine
Finest Cinematography
Farouk Laâridh | FOUR DAUGHTERS | Tunisia
Kaname Onoyama | INSHALLAH A BOY | Jordan
Gilles Porte | THE TEACHER | Palestine
Gerry Wasbenter | HAJJAN | Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Al Morsy | KIRA & EL GIN | Egypt
Finest Modifying
Ahmed Hafez INSHALLAH A BOY | Jordan
Heba Othman GOODBYE JULIA | Sudan
Fahd Ahmed | Q| Lebanon
Sarah Peczek | HAJJAN | Saudi Arabia
Qutaiba Barhamji FOUR DAUGHTERS | Tunisia
‘Goodbye Julia’, ‘4 Daughters’ Prime Critics Awards For Arab Movies
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