Luxor International African Film Festival: Find out the prize-winners

The fourth edition of the Luxor International Film Festival (Egypt) started on 16^th March 2015 and came to an end last Saturday in the Egyptian city with the consecration of several African movies realized by African film-makers on the continent.

The movie « Timbuktu » by the Mauritanian director, Abderrahman Sissako, was planned at the opening of the festival which put in competition about sixty African productions.

Egypt swiped several prizes involved. « The Elephant Bleu » by the Egyptian director, Marwan Hamed, won the first prize for the best fiction film, the most prestigious award of the competition.

The Egyptian film-maker, Ahmed Nour, director for the documentary « Waves » also won a special prize. For its part, the South African structure « South African documentary filmmaker » director for the movie « The Dream of Shahrazad » won the prize of late journalist, Husseiny Abu Daif.

All in all, 31 African countries participated in the fourth edition of the Luxor International African Film Festival.

Original text by: APS

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