THE VOTES ARE IN!
The 2017 Audience Award goes to...
SOLITAIRE
Directed by Sophie Boutros
Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt
The 2017 Cultural Ambassador Prize goes to...
FOREIGN BODY
Directed by Raja Amari
Tunisia, France
Co-presented with
the Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia
With Honorary Artistic Acknowledgment to Hiam Abbass
in recognition of her exceptional artistic talent and remarkable ability to portray very different and challenging characters in three of the festival's films: Foreign Body, I Still Hide to Smoke, and In Syria (Insyriated).—Thomas Gorguissian, Mokhless al-Hariri, Raymond Karam
THANK YOU
for attending, casting your ballots, and making this year's festival such a celebration!
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