El Gouna Film Festival

A **El Gouna Film Festival** (**GFF**; Egyptian Arabic: مهرجان الجونة السينمائي) e la yuoni zaa tigiri nang da taa diibu piiluu a 2017, nang daa taa piiluu a Red Sea city of El Gouna, Egypt. A tigiri da taa la diibu neg a  El Gouna Convention ane Culture Centre. A tigiri yelnimizeɛ da la o da maale pukyaare la sensellɛ, as well as emerging talents fromnang gɔɔloŋ mine wuluu nang be a Egypt ane a tendaa ziiri mine.

## Kyɔɔtaɛ

### 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*

**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

### 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

## 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

## 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

## 2021 Winners

### Feature Narrative competition
**Golden Star:** *The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic*, Teemu Nikki

**Silver Star:** *Sun Down*, Michel Franco

**Bronze Star:** *Captain Volkongov Escaped*, Aleksey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova

**El Gouna Star for Best Arabic Narrative Film:** *Feathers*, *Omar El Zohairy*

**Best Actress:** Petri Poikolainen, *Playground*

**Best Actor:** Perri Poikonainen, *The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic*

**Cinema for Humanity Audience Award:** Ostrove: Lost Island, *Svetlana Rodina*, *Laurent Stoop*

**FIPRESCI Award:** *Costa Brava*, Mounia Akl

### Feature Documentary competition
**Golden Star:** *Life of Ivana*, Renato Borrayo Serrano

**Silver Star:** *Ostrov - Lost Island*, *Svetlana Rodina*, *Laurent Stoop*

**Bronze Star:** *Sabaya*, Hogir Hirori

**El Gouna Star for Best Arab Documentary Film:** *Captains of Za’atari*, Ali El Arabi

**NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film:** *Captain Volkongov Escaped*, *Aleksey Chupov*, *Natasha Merkulova*

### Short Film competition
**Golden Star:** *Katia*, Andrey Natotcinskiy

**Silver Star:** *Holy Son*, Aliosha Massine

**Bronze Star:** *On Solid Ground*, Jela Hasler

**El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film:** *Cai-Ber*, Ahmed Abdelsalam

**Special Mention:** actress Aisha Al Rifae for *Nour Shams* directed by Faiza Ambah

## Meng kaa kyԑ

* Egyptian cinema
* List of film festivals
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## Ziiri mine liŋkiri

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