In the Last Days of the City, a coproduction between Egypt, Germany, UK and United Arab Emirates, follows an episode in the life of a filmmaker in Cairo, who deals with a loss in his life and struggles to make a movie that captures the soul of the city.
The New Horizons competition jury consisting of Mania Akbari, Gust van den Berghe, Adrian Sitaru, Magnus von Horn and Sandrine Marques awarded director Tamer El Said with a Grand Prix of 20,000 EUR and a guaranteed distribution in Poland. "I am very moved by this award, it is amazing that my film travels through so many countries to so many viewers. It is a great honor," Tamer El Said told FNE.
FIPRESCI Jury including Margarite Chapatte, Dejan Petrovic and Anna Osmólska-Mętrak gave its award to Dark Beast by Felipe Guerrero. The film follows three women on the run from situations of extreme violence, and it is a coproduction between Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany and Greece. Polish filmmaker Michał Marczak won the Audience Award for his debut feature All These Sleepless Nights, a Polish/UK coproduction.
Films on Art International Competition 10,000 EUR prize was won by A Magical Substance Flows into Me directed by Jumana Manna (Palestine). A Jury Special Mention went to Melissa Dullius and Gustavo Jahn for their film Muito romântico (Germany, Brazil).
Kwassa Kwassa directed by Tuan Andrew Nguyen and With All Our Cameras directed by Miguel López Beraza won ex-aequo the European Short Film Competition. Emi Buchwald’s Education won the Polish Short Films Competition.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
New Horizons International Competition
Grand Prix - In the Last Days of the City ( Egypt, Germany, UK, United Arab Emirates)
Directed by Tamer El Said
FIPRESCI Prize - Dark Beast (Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Greece)
Directed by Felipe Guerrero
Audience Award - All These Sleepless Nights (Poland)
Directed by Michał Marczak
Produced by Endorfina Studio
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Films on Art International Competition
Main Prize - A Magical Substance Flows Into Me (Palestine)
Directed by Jumana Manna
Special Mention - Muito romântico (Germany, Brazil)
Directed by Melissa Dullius, Gustavo Jahn
European Short Films Competition
1st Prize ex-aequo:
Kwassa Kwassa (Denmark, Vietnam)
Directed by Tuan Andrew Nguyen
With All Our Cameras ( Spain, Hungary)
Directed by Miguel López Beraza
2nd Prize - I Don’t Think I Can See an Island (France)
Directed by Emmanuel Lefrant, Christopher Becks
3rd Prize - Cinéma Concret (Japan, Netherlands)
Directed by Makino Takashi
Polish Short Films Competition
1st Prize - Education (Poland)
Directed by Emi Buchwald
Produced by Lódź Film School
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
2nd Prize - 16.03 (Poland)
Directed by Natalia Siwicka
Produced by Cor Leonis Production
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
3rd Prize - Close Ties (Poland)
Directed by Zofia Kowalewska
Produced by Studio Munka – SFP, Katarzyna Zariczny Produkcja Filmowa
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
