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33rd Cairo International Film Festival

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Location
  
Cairo, Egypt

Awards
  
Golden Pyramid

Founded
  
1976

Festival date
  
November 10–20, 2009

Website
  
http://www.cairofilmfest.org/

The 33rd annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 10 to November 20, 2009. Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan was the President of the Jury.

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Films in competition

The following films competed for the Golden Pyramid.

Digital Competition

The following films were screened in the Digital Competition for Feature Films category.

Arab Competition

The following films were screened in the Arab Competition for Feature Films category.

Films out of competition

The following films were screened out of the competition.

Awards

The winners of the 2009 Cairo International Film Festival were:

  • Golden Pyramid: Postia Pappi Jaakobille by Klaus Härö
  • Sliver Pyramid: Le hérisson by Mona Achache
  • Best Director: Mona Achache for Le hérisson
  • Saad El-Din Wahba Prize (Best Screenplay): Klaus Härö for Postia Pappi Jaakobille
  • Best Actor:
  • Fathy Abdel Wahab for The Nile Birds
  • Subrat Dutta for Madholal Keep Walking
  • Best Actress: Karolina Piechota for Drzazgi
  • Naguib Mahfouz Prize (Best Directorial Debut): Gonzalo Calzada for Luisa
  • Youssef Chahine Prize (Best Artistic Contribution): Vera Glagoleva for Odna voyna
  • Best Arabic Film: Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
  • Best Arabic Screenplay: Cherien Dabis for Amreeka
  • Arabic Film Special Mention:
  • Heliopolis by Ahmad Abdalla
  • The Long Night by Hatem Ali
  • Golden Award for Digital Films: The Rapture of Fe by Alvin Yapan
  • Silver Award for Digital Films:
  • Exile in Paris by Ahmet Zirek
  • First Time by Krishnan Seshardi Gomatam
  • FIPRESCI Prize: Mona Achache for Le hérisson

    • References

    33rd Cairo International Film Festival Wikipedia
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