MAFF avslutning 2019.

MAFF och MAFF Market Forum presenterar vinnarna

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Den nionde omgången av Malmö Arab Film Festival  avslutades med att belöna den egyptiska filmen "EXT. Night" av Ahmad Abdallah El Sayed för bästa långfilm.

Kategorin Bästa regi gick till Bahij Hojeij, och palestinska regissören Bassam Jarbawi vann kategorin Bästa manus. Priset för Bästa manliga skådespelare tilldelades den tunisiska stjärnan Ahmed Hafiane, medan marockanska Fatima Atif van pris för Bästa kvinnliga skådespelerska. Bästa kortfilm vanns av Kaouther Ben Hania och Bästa dokumentär tilldelades Ghassan Halwani. Sarah Kaskas tilldelades priset för Bästa regi. Publikens val, presenterat av kulturförvaltningen i Malmö, gick till Hadi El Bagoury.

Festivalens avslutningsfilm var "En dag och en natt" (av Ayman Makram) som fick sin världspremiär i Malmö.

MAFF Market Forum 2019
MAFF Market Forum 2019.

MAFF Market Forum, the industry arm of Malmo Arab Film Festival, announced the winners of its fund, with a total awards sum of more than 110.000 USD, for which 22 Arab projects competed. The winners are as follow:

1. Short films in development phase

  • Film Centrum award with SEK 30,000 editing services to “Habib and the Thief”, Arab Swedish producer and director: Naures Sager, country: Sweden.
  • Luxor African Film Festival award with 2000 USD to “Repression”, Arab producer: Abed Lotfi, director: Mike Malajalian, country: Lebanon.
  • Film I Skane with SEK 30,000 to “A Resume”, Arab Swedish producer and director: Bassem Nabhan, country: Sweden.

2. Feature Documentaries in development phase

Swedish Film Institute award with SEK 75,000 to “Looking for Saada”, Arab producer: Rashid Masharawi, Swedish producer: Linda Mutawi, director: Areen Omari, country: Palestine.

3. Feature fiction films in development phase

Swedish Film Institute award with SEK 150,000 to “The Sea Needs to Heave”, Arab producer: Alaa Alasad, Swedish producer: Helene Granqvist, director: Zain Duraie, country: Jordan.

4. Feature documentaries in post-production phases

  • Team One Productions award with USD 2,000 Sound design, mixing and editing to “Captains of Za'atari”, producers: Dina Emam & Aya Dowara, director: Ali El-Arabi, country: Jordan, Egypt.
  • The General Union of Arab Artists award with USD 2,000 to “Suspended Wives”, producer: Karim Aitouna, director: Mariam Addou, country: Morocco.
  • Imaginarium award with USD 3,000 to “Their Algeria”, producer: Marie Balducchi, director: Lina Soualem, country: Algeria, France.

5. Feature fiction films in post-production phase

  • Red Star award with USD 3,000 to “Mica”, producer: Lamia Chraibi, director: Ismael Ferroukhi, country: Morocco, France.
  • Team One Productions award with USD 3,000 to “For the Cause”, producers: Hassan Benjelloun and Rachida Saadi, director: Hassan Benjelloun, country: Morocco.
  • The Cell Post Production award with USD 10,000 Editing Service to “Mica”, producer: Lamia Chraibi, director: Ismael Ferroukhi, country: Morocco, France.
  • The Cell Post Production award with USD 10,000 Color Grading to “Mica”, producer: Lamia Chraibi, director: Ismael Ferroukhi, country: Morocco, France.
  • Elgouna Film Festival award with USD 5,000 to “Before it's Too Late”, producer: Mohammed Ali ben Hamra, director: Majdi Lakhdar, country: Tunisia.
  • Leyth Production award with USD 12,000 Sound mixing for 15 days to “State of Agitation”, producers: Elie Khalife, Nicolas Khabbaz, and Mahmoud Karak, director: Elie Khalife, country: Lebanon.
  • MAD Solutions award with USD 20,000 Distribution and Marketing to “The Women  in Block J”, producer: Rachida Saadi, director: Mohammed Nadif, country: Morocco.