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9 articles available in total starting from 17/07/2017. Last article published on 08/12/2025.

Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky soars to victory at Marrakech

Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky soars to victory at Marrakech

The poetic drama has also netted Best Actress, while Oscar Hudson’s Straight Circle picked up Best Director and a Special Mention for its twin leads  

08/12 | Marrakech 2025 | Awards

Chapa 100, Don’t Let the Sun Go up on Me and La Más Dulce top the winners’ list at the Atlas Workshops

Chapa 100, Don’t Let the Sun Go up on Me and La Más Dulce top the winners’ list at the Atlas Workshops

Other victors at the Moroccan event included Les Dieux Délinquants, Goma Enough Is Enough, Safe Exit, A Childhood and Vanda  

05/12 | Marrakech 2025 | Atlas Workshops/Awards

The 3 Continents Festival Audience Award goes to Attachment

The 3 Continents Festival Audience Award goes to Attachment

Viewers at the Nantes-based festival dedicated to film production from Africa, Latin America and Asia crowned Mamadou Khouma Gueye’s documentary their champion  

01/12 | Festivals | Awards | France

Dragonfly takes flight, winning the Golden Pyramid at the 46th Cairo International Film Festival

Dragonfly takes flight, winning the Golden Pyramid at the 46th Cairo International Film Festival

Paul Andrew Williams’ drama has bagged the Egyptian festival’s top prize as well as the Best Actress Award, shared between Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn  

26/11 | Cairo 2025 | Awards

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Other winners included Lina Soualem’s Alicante, Abdallah Al Khatib’s Chronicles from the Siege and Linda Lô’s Lucky Girl  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops/Awards

The New Year That Never Came, Postmarks and Malu scoop the three main prizes at Cairo

The New Year That Never Came, Postmarks and Malu scoop the three main prizes at Cairo

Lee Kang Sheng and Maxim Stoyanov shared the Best Actor Award, while Yara de Novaes was named Best Actress  

25/11/2024 | Cairo 2024 | Awards

Alam and Mother Valley excel at Cairo

Alam and Mother Valley excel at Cairo

The Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film went to Firas Khoury’s drama on a Palestinian teenager, whilst the movie by French-Lebanese actor-director Carlos Chahine was awarded Best Arabic Film  

23/11/2022 | Cairo 2022 | Awards

Mexican-Polish co-production The Hole in the Fence grabs the main trophy at Cairo

Mexican-Polish co-production The Hole in the Fence grabs the main trophy at Cairo

Director Joaquín del Paso together with his producing partner Fernanda de la Peza accepted the Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film during a glamorous ceremony at the Cairo Opera House  

06/12/2021 | Cairo 2021 | Awards

Sweden’s While We Live awarded an “African Oscar”

Sweden’s While We Live awarded an “African Oscar”

The Swedish identity drama – Burkinabe director Dani Kouyaté’s first Swedish feature – was nominated for seven prizes at the Africa Movie Academy Awards  

17/07/2017 | Awards | Sweden/Africa

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