Best Film: Stories Only Exist When Remembered, directed by Julie Murat (Brazil, Argentina, France)“It was a unanimous decision by the jury to award this the Best Film prize. It's a film that opened a window onto a new perspective of both life and death. At once subtle but full of emotion, the story is universal and resonates days after the viewing experience.”-ADFF PRESSphoto by Vanessa McMahon
Best Film: Stories Only Exist When Remembered, directed by Julie Murat (Brazil, Argentina, France)“It was a unanimous decision by the jury to award this the Best Film prize. It's a film that opened a window onto a new perspective of both life and death. At once subtle but full of emotion, the story is universal and resonates days after the viewing experience.”-ADFF PRESSphoto by Vanessa McMahon
Best Producer from the Arab World: Souney Kadouh, This Narrow Place (Lebanon, USA)“For an independent spirit and a determined effort”-ADFF PRESSphoto by Vanessa McMahon
Best Producer from the Arab World: Souney Kadouh, This Narrow Place (Lebanon, USA)“For an independent spirit and a determined effort”-ADFF PRESSphoto by Vanessa McMahon
Best Actress (split prize): Memona Mohamed, Tears of Sand (Spain)“For skillful achievement and a graceful simplicity in creating a complex, understated and unexpected performance” Sonia Guedes, Stories Exist Only When Remembered (Brazil, Argentina, France) “For an elegant performance played with a haunting resonance and ageless gravitas”-ADFF PRESSphoto by Vanessa McMahon
Best Actor: Maged El Kedwany, Asma’a (Egypt)“A natural and restrained performance bringing to life a character with human complexity and emotional conflict”-ADFF PRESSphoto by Vanessa McMahon
Best Documentary: Position Among the Stars, directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich (Netherlands)“Its distinguished cinematic language, the visualization and the way the life of a family is presented in this film takes us to their world and lets us experience the complexities of the society they lived in – with a sense of humor that turns their tragedy into happy moments.”-ADFF PRESSphoto by Vanessa McMahon
NETPAC Award: Marathon Boy, directed by Gemma Atwal “For the great Indian story of a child told locally, but brilliantly integrated into the problems of Asian societies”-ADFF PRESS photo by Vanessa McMahon
Best Producer Arben Zharku for The Wedding Tape
Short Film Winners! (ADFF PRESS)Jim Poe
20.10.2011 - On Thursday, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival announced the winners of the Black Pearl Awards for its two shorts competitions: the Emirates Film Competition (EFC) and the Short Film Competition. The awards were presented to the filmmakers in a ceremony at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr hotel.
The EFC observes its 10th anniversary this year. It was one of the first outlets for filmma...
