El Gouna Film Festival

The El Gouna Film Festival (GFF; Arabic: مهرجان الجونة السينمائي‎) is an annual film festival established in 2017, held in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna, Egypt.[1] The inaugural festival started September 22, 2017. The psychological thriller Scary Mother, by Georgian first-time director Ana Urushadze, took the Golden Star, the festival’s top feature film competition prize.[2] Oscar-winning actor-director Forest Whitaker was feted with a lifetime achievement award.[3]

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[2]

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[4]

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[5]

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[6]

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[7]

References
  1. "El Gouna Film Festival kicks off its first edition in Egypt". English.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. Vivarelli, Nick (2017-09-29). "'Scary Mother' Takes Top Nod at Egypt's Inaugural El Gouna Fest". Variety.comy. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  3. Vivarelli, Nick (13 September 2017). "Forest Whitaker to Be Feted by Egypt's New El Gouna Film Festival; Lineup Announced (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. "El-Gouna Film Festival reveals its awards - Daily News Egypt". DAilynewsegypt.com. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. "The First Edition of El Gouna Film Festival Concludes with Huge Aspirations For MENA and Worldwide Cinema". El Gouna Film Festival. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. "El Gouna international film festival wraps". Euro News. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. "3rd El Gouna Film Festivals announces the winners". Ahram Online. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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