El-Gouna Film Festival's announced 11 Internationally award-winning films in the lineup of its second edition, which opens 20 September. The films were featured top festivals this year, such as Cannes, the Berlinale, Sundance, and Rotterdam, with productions from Japan, Italy, Poland, Australia and Denmark, among others. Several films have won awards at Cannes, including the winner of the Palme d'Or, Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, which, according to the press release, is a highlight in the festival's selection. This year, the festival is eliciting high expectations. “El-Gouna Film Festival has unlimited ambitions and the ability to fulfill them. We set the bar high in our inaugural edition and are working hard to raise it a notch or two this year," festival director Intishal El-Tamimi has said. The line up of award-winning international films includes: Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes Cold War, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski Poland, France, UK Winner of Best Director Award at Cannes Dogman, directed by Matteo Garrone Italy, France Winner of Best Actor Award for Marcello Fonte at Cannes Happy as Lazzaro, directed by Alice Rohrwacher Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany Winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes Samouni Road, directed by Stefano Savona Italy Winner of the Golden Eye Documentary Prize at Cannes All These Creatures, directed by Charles Williams Australia Winner of the Short Film Palme d'Or at Cannes Mug, directed by Małgorzata Szumowska Poland Winner of the Silver Bear Award at the Berlinale The Heiresses, directed by Marcelo Martinessi Paraguay Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress and Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale Of Fathers and Sons, directed by Talal Derki Syria, Germany Winner of Best Documentary at Sundance Winter Flies, directed by Olmo Omerzu Czech Republic Winner of Best Director at the Karlovy Vary Festival The Guilty, directed by Gustave Moller Denmark Winner of Audience Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival and Sundance For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
