Egyptians Win Big At Malmo Arab Film Festival This Year

Egyptian attendees of the Malmo Arab Film Festival won big this year. The awards were announced yesterday, and Egyptians collected most of the prestigious awards. “ Asham: A Man Named Hope” won best director and best editor for its director Maggie Morgan and Ahmed Abdallah as editor.

Best Feature for this year's edition of the festival went to the Lebanese movie “Kessat Sawany,”(A Story of Seconds) directed by Lara Saba, also the winner of best original screenplay for its screenwriter, Nabal Arkaje.

Bassem Samra won best actor award for his role in “Baad Al Mawkeaa,” a movie by Youssry Nasrallah. Saudi actress Waad Mohamed won best actress for “Wadjda.” The cinematography award went to Raphel Obern, cinematographer of the Algerian movie “Yemma” while best score went to the Egyptian Ahmed Saleh for “El Sheta Elly Fat” ( Winter of Discontent).

Amir Ramses' “Jews of Egypt” shared the best documentary award with “No” directed by Hisham Abd Al Hamid. Ramses spent three years researching and filming his movie, telling the story of Egypt's exiled Jewish community, now mostly Paris residents.

“Oyoun Al Horeya” (Eyes of Freedom) for Tamer Fathy, a documentary about the clashes between the Egyptian police and the revolutionaries in Mohamed Mahmoud Street which were epitomized by eyes injuries among the rebels, was honored a certificate from the jury.