The curtain on the first session of the Arab Film Festival in Paris won two Egyptian films

The curtain on the Arab Film Festival of the Arab World Institute in Paris, which debuted its first session on June 28, ended with the victory of two Egyptian films.

The jury awarded the film "Wens" by Egyptian director Ahmad Nader and "Fatherland" by Allawi Selim (Iraq 2017).

The short film jury prize was awarded to the film "Sculpture in Time" 2017 by the Egyptian director Youssef Nbader, and the film "the birth of a photo" of the Palestinian director

She won Arab World Institute Best Actress Award in feature film Zahra Ghandour for his role in Muhammad Jabara Darraji's "The Journey"
Award for Best Actor in a Feature Film, awarded to Best Representative for Best Representative Actors and actors of the movie "Lunch of the Feast" directed by Lucien Bourgili (Lebanon 2017)

Prize of the Institute "TV5MONDE" for the first film "Benzene", directed by Sarah Obeidi (Tunisia 2017) L & # 39; Institute of short documentary "Train – Train 2", directed by Rania Estefan (Lebanon 2017), and the award (Institute of the Arab World – Meh

In his opening address at the closing ceremony of the festival, Jack Lang, director of the 39, Institute, praised filmmakers from the Arab world, especially the late director Youssef Chahine, for its impact on the history of Arab and international cinema, highlighting the importance of Arab cinema in France, especially the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, praising the distinguished relations between the Institute and the arts and culture of the Arab world. The jury of the festival is both The director of the Cairo Film Festival, the director Samir Abdullah, the chairman of the committee, Serge Le Peron, and the star of the Egyptian and Arab cinema "Fatima Hamama, the festival poster