Bogdan Mureșanu’s The New Yr That By no means Got here, a tragicomedy set on the point of revolution in 1989 Romania, has gained the Golden Pyramid for greatest movie on the 45th Cairo Worldwide Movie Pageant (CIFF).
The worldwide competitors jury was unanimous in choosing the movie, which premiered at Venice in September the place it gained greatest movie within the Horizons strand in addition to the Fipresci prize.
Scroll down for full checklist of winners
CIFF handed out an expanded set of awards at a glitzy closing cermony of this yr’s version, which marked a return for the longest-running movie pageant within the Center East and Africa after cancelling final yr following the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza battle.
The Silver Pyramid award for greatest director went to Russia’s Natalia Nazarova for Postmarks, a comedy-drama a few lady with cerebral palsy who hopes her father will return from the ocean and meets a sailor who brings information that modifications her life. The movie additionally picked up a greatest actor award for Maxim Stoyanov and a particular point out for lead actress Alina Khojevanova.
The Bronze Pyramid award for the most effective first or second movie by a director went to Brazil’s Pedro Freire for drama Malu. Yara De Novaes, who performs the title function, additionally scooped the most effective actress prize.
The movie premiered at Sundance earlier this yr and marks the function directorial debut of Freire. The story is impressed by the filmmaker’s personal mom, Malu Rocha, a movie and TV cleaning soap opera actress, exploring reminiscences of an excellent previous in a rundown house in a Rio slum. It picked up a number of awards on the Rio de Janeiro Worldwide Movie Pageant final month.
Additional movies to select up a number of prizes included Spring Got here Laughing, an Egyptian melodrama that noticed filmmaker Noha Adel obtain the Henry Barakat Award for greatest creative contribution and Salah Abu Seif Award for greatest director in addition to the Fipresci prize.
Within the Horizons of Arab Cinema Competitors, the most effective Arab movie prize was awarded to A State Of Ardour, Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi’s documentary about British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah, who turned a face of Palestinian resistance after working around the clock for 43 days underneath fixed bombardment within the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals.
The function additionally gained a function documentary award and one among a sequence of recent awards given by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Radio and Tv Union, recognising movies addressing the Palestinian trigger.
Additional prizes that have been new this yr included greatest African movie, which went to Mati Diop’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey, and greatest Asian movie, awarded to Lin Jianjie’s Transient Historical past Of A Household by Netpac.
The pageant ran from November 13-22 at Cairo Opera Home Complicated, screening round 200 movies, and opened with the world premiere of Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi’s Passing Desires, which was additionally recognised with a prize from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Radio and Tv Union.
CIFF 2024 winners
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Golden Pyramid Award: greatest movie
The New Yr That By no means Got here, dir. Bogdan Mureșanu
Silver Pyramid Award: particular jury award for greatest director
Natalia Nazarova for Postmarks
Bronze Pyramid Award: greatest first or second work of a director
Pedro Freire for Malu
Naguib Mahfouz Award: greatest screenplay
Vittoria by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
Finest Actor Award
Lee Kang Sheng Blue Solar Palace
Maxim Stoyanov, Postmarks
Finest Actress Award
Yara De Novaes, Malu
Particular point out: Alina Khojevanova, Postmarks
Henry Barakat Award: greatest creative contribution
Director Necmi Sancak for Ayse
Director Noha Adel for Spring Got here On Laughing
Worldwide Critics Prize (Fipresci Prize)
Spring Got here On Laughing, dir. Noha Adel
HORIZONS OF ARAB CINEMA COMPETITION
Saad Eldin Wahba Award: greatest Arabic movie ($10,000)
A State of Ardour, execs. Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi
Salah Abu Seif Award: greatest director ($7,000)
Noha Adel for Spring Got here On Laughing
Youssef Sherif Rezkallah Award: greatest screenwriter ($6,000)
Louay Khraish and Faissal Sam Shaib for Arzé
Finest Actor Award ($2,000)
Mohamed Khouyi, The Blue Lake
Finest Actress Award ($2,000)
Diamand Bou Abboud, Arzé
INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ WEEK COMPETITION AWARDS
Shadi Abdel Salam Award: greatest movie
Wild Diamond, dir. Agathe Riedinger
Fathy Farag Award: particular jury award
Simon Of The Mountain, dir. Federico Luis
Particular point out
Abu Zaabal 89, Bassam Mortada
African Characteristic Award
Dahomey, dir. Mati Diop
Particular Jury Prize
Abu Zaabal 89, Bassam Mortada
Netpac Award: excellent Asian function movie
Transient Historical past Of A Household, dir. Lin Jianjie
Broadcasting & Tv Union of Organizations of Islamic Cooperation Award
Introduced to the highest Palestinian documentaries or brief movies
First prize: Sq. Kilometer Desires, dir. Qassam Sbeih
Second prize: A State Of Ardour, dirs. Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi
Third prize: Passing Desires, dir. Rashid Masharawi
Particular mentions
Professor Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, surgeon at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi
The Deer’s Tooth, dir. Saif Hammash
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Misr Worldwide Movies (MIF), Youssef Chahine Award
Introduced to the most effective movie within the Palestinian movie sequence “Zero Distance”
Mushy Pores and skin, dir. Khamis Masharawi
No Sign, dir. Muhammad Al Sharif
A College Day, dir. Ahmed Al Danaf
Characteristic Documentary Award
Abu Zaabal 89, dir. Bassam Mortada
A State Of Ardour, dirs. Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Youssef Chahine Award: greatest brief movie
David, dirs. Kai Xue, Hong Jiexi
Particular Jury Award
The Final Dismissal, dir. Jowaher Alamri
Particular Point out
The Mom And The Bear, dir. Yasmina El Kamaly
