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 have been introduced on the fringes of the Cannes Movie Pageant on Saturday.
Goodbye Julia received Greatest Characteristic Movie and Greatest Screenplay. 4 Daughters, which was nominated for finest documentary function at this yr’s Academy Awards received for Greatest Director, Greatest Documentary and Greatest Modifying.
Each movies world premiered in Cannes Official Choice in 2023.
In different prizes, Mouna Hawa received Greatest Actress for her efficiency in Jordanian director Amjad Al-Rasheed’s inshallah A Boy, which additionally clinched Greatest Cinematography. Saleh Bakri was named Greatest Actor for his lead position in West Financial institution drama The Instructor by UK-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi.
yr’s version of the Critics’ Awards for Arab Movies launched a brand new Greatest Brief Movie class which was received by the Morad Mostafa’s I Promise You Paradise. Different winners included Amin Bouhafa’s Saudi function Hajjan, which received Greatest 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 around the globe.
The 2024 nominees and winners (in daring)
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest Cinematography
Farouk Laâridh | FOUR DAUGHTERS | Tunisia
Kanamé Onoyama | INSHALLAH A BOY | Jordan
Gilles Porte | THE TEACHER | Palestine
Gerry Vasbenter | HAJJAN | Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Al Morsy | KIRA & EL GIN | Egypt
Greatest 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
