The winners of the third edition of El Gouna Film Festival (19-27 September) were announced during the closing ceremony, which took place at the Marina Theatre on Saturday 27 September. The festival's competitive segments include Feature Narrative, Feature Documentary, Short Film and Cinema for Humanity Audience Award. The award-winning films in each category were offered Gouna stars (golden, silver, bronze), certificates and monetary awards totalling $224,000. An award amounting $20,000 is also offered to Cinema for Humanity Audience Award. This year, for the first time, the Red Sea El Gouna Film Festival, included awards by NETPAC for Best Asian Film and FIPRESCI Award.
The winners: Feature Narrative Competition El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and $50,000) You Will Die at Twenty by Amjad Abu Alala El Gouna Silver Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and $25,000) Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa El Gouna Bronze Star for Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and $15,000) Adam by Maryam Touzani El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Narrative Film (Trophy, certificate, and $20,000) Papicha by MouniaMeddour El Gouna Star for the Best Actor (Trophy, certificate) Bartosz Bielenia, Corpus Christi El Gouna Star for the Best Actress (Trophy, certificate) Hend Sabry, Noura's Dream Feature Documentary Competition El Gouna Golden Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and $30,000) Talking About Trees by SuhaibGasmelbari El Gouna Silver Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and $15,000) 143 Sahara Street by Hassen Ferhani El Gouna Bronze Star for Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and $7,500) Kabul, City in the Wind by AboozarAmini El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Documentary Film (Trophy, certificate, and $10,000) Ibrahim: A Fate to Define by Lina Alabed Short Film Competition El Gouna Golden Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and $15,000) Exam by Sonia K. Haddad El Gouna Silver Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and $7,500) Ome by Wassim Geagea El Gouna Bronze Star for Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and $4,000) Flesh by Camila Kater El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short Film (Trophy, certificate, and $5,000) Give Up the Ghost by Zain Duraie Special Jury Mention 16 December by Álvaro Gago Díaz Cinema for Humanity Audience Award The festival's Audience Award for a film exemplifying humanitarian themes (Trophy, certificate, and $20,000) Les Misérables by Ladj Ly NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film Kabul, City in the Wind by AboozarAmini FIPRESCI Award 1982 by OualidMouaness