Winners from Previous Festivals

Audience Award

  • 2024: Goodbye Julia, directed by Mohamed Kordofani.
  • 2023: The (In)famous Youssef Salem, directed by Baya Kasmi.
  • 2022: Amira, directed by Mohamed Diab.
  • 2021: Broken Keys, directed by Jimmy Keyrouz.
  • 2020: A Son, directed by Mehdi M. Barsaoui.
  • 2019: Baghdad in My Shadow, directed by Samir.
  • 2018: Wajd - Songs of Separation, directed by Amar Chebib.
  • 2017: Solitaire, directed by Sophie Boutros.
  • 2016: Hepta, The Last Lecture, directed by Hadi El Bagoury.
  • 2015: I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced, directed by Khadija Al Salami.
  • 2014: Ghadi, directed by Amin Dora.
  • 2013: Jews of Egypt, directed by Amir Ramses.
  • 2012: El Gusto, directed by Safinez Bousbia.
    Talent to Watch Award: Heels of War, directed by Joe Bou Eid.
  • 2011: Cairo 678, directed by Mohamed Diab.
  • 2010: City of Life, directed by Ali Mostafa.
  • 2009: Masquerades, directed by Lyes Salem.
  • 2008: Slingshot Hip Hop, directed by Jackie Salloum.
  • 2007: Driving to Zigzigland, directed by Nicole Ballivian.
    Short Cuts: Arab in America, directed by Nabil Abou-Harb.
  • 2006: A New Day in Old Sana'a, directed by Bader Ben Hirsi.
  • 2005: Sabah, directed by Ruba Nadda.

Jury Award

  • 2020: 1982, directed by Oualid Mouaness.
  • 2019: Arab Blues, directed by Manele Labidi.
  • 2018: Heaven Without People, directed by Lucien Bourjeily.
  • 2017: Foreign Body, directed by Raja Amari.
  • 2016: Good Luck Algeria, directed by Farid Bentoumi.
  • 2015: I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced, directed by Khadija Al Salami.

 



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