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Egyptian documentary The Square wins three Emmy awards
The Square, which has won several festival awards and was nominated for an Oscar in 2014, wins three Emmy Awards
Ahram Online Published in Ahram Online on 18 - 08 - 2014

Academy Awards contender The Square, which chronicles the events of the revolution since its outbreak in January 2011 until president Mohamed Morsi's removal in 2013, has received international acclaim since its release, with the latest being three Emmy Awards on Sunday.
Emmy awards recognise excellence in the television industry and in the United States corresponds to the Academy Awards for film, Tony Awards for theatre and Grammy Awards for music.
The Square,directed by Jehane Noujaim, is an Egyptian-American production and was shown on Netflix in the United States, hence its inclusion in this year's 66th Emmy Awards nominees list.
The documentary won awards for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming.
The Squarewas also nominated for the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special but lost to PBS'sJFK (American Experience).
The film stars Khaled Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Aida El-Kashef, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan and Ragia Omran.
The Squareis an immersive experience that transports viewers into the intense emotional dramas and personal stories behind the January 2011 uprising and its aftermath of military and short-lived Muslim Brotherhood rule.
The film won the People's Choice Documentary Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013, and the Audience Award at Sundance 2013.
The Square has also won the Amnesty International Award at the Berlinale and the film's directorNoujaim won the prestigious Directors Guild Award.
In spite of all of the documentary's international acclaim abroad, it has never been released in Egyptian cinemas. Its screening during the 6th Panorama of the European Film in 2013 was not screened due to technical issues which followed difficulties in getting the needed permissions from Egyptian censorship authorities.
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