Jonathan Millet’s thriller about Syrian exiles in France “Ghost Trail” took the Golden Star for narrative film at this year’s El Gouna Film Festival, with Julien Colona’s “The Kingdom” and Shuchi Talati’s “Girls Will Be Girls” taking the Silver and Bronze Star awards respectively. The awards ceremony wrapped the seventh edition of the prestigious Egyptian festival, held at the resort town of El Gouna between Oct. 24-Nov. 1.
Adam Bessa also took the best actor award for “Ghost Trail,” with Laila Abbas’s comedy about the Islamic Sharia Law “Thanks for Banking With Us!” and Meryam Joobeur’s drama about a Tunisian family navigating their son’s strenuous return from war “Who Do I Belong To” received the El Gouna Star for the best Arab film. Documentary-wise, Farah Kassem’s “We Are Inside” received the Golden Star for documentary film, with Johan Grimonprez’s “Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat...
Adam Bessa also took the best actor award for “Ghost Trail,” with Laila Abbas’s comedy about the Islamic Sharia Law “Thanks for Banking With Us!” and Meryam Joobeur’s drama about a Tunisian family navigating their son’s strenuous return from war “Who Do I Belong To” received the El Gouna Star for the best Arab film. Documentary-wise, Farah Kassem’s “We Are Inside” received the Golden Star for documentary film, with Johan Grimonprez’s “Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat...
- 2024-11-01
- par Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
French filmmaker Jonathan Millet’s thriller Ghost Trail won El Gouna Film Festival’s $50,000 Golden Star award for best narrative film. The festival ran October 24-November 1.
Lead Adam Bessa also won best actor for his performance as a young man on a mission to track Syrian regime leaders in France, where he must confront his former torturer. The film world premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week sidebar.
The $25,000 Silver Star award went to Julien Colonna’s war drama The Kingdom, while Indian romantic drama Girls Will be Girls by Shuchi Talati won the $15,000 Bronze Star and the Fipresci award.
The latter...
Lead Adam Bessa also won best actor for his performance as a young man on a mission to track Syrian regime leaders in France, where he must confront his former torturer. The film world premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week sidebar.
The $25,000 Silver Star award went to Julien Colonna’s war drama The Kingdom, while Indian romantic drama Girls Will be Girls by Shuchi Talati won the $15,000 Bronze Star and the Fipresci award.
The latter...
- 2024-11-01
- ScreenDaily
Screen can reveal the first trailer for French director Anne-Sophie Bailly’s My Everything, starring Laure Calamy, ahead of the film’s world premiere in Venice’s Horizons on August 30.
Calamy stars as a single mother who discovers her adult son who has intellectual disabilities has impregnated his co-worker who is also disabled, putting their bond to the test.
Les Films du Losange is handling international sales and French distribution. I Wonder Pictures will release the film in Italy.
The film is the debut feature from Bailly and co-stars Charles Peccia Galletto and Julie Froger, who are themselves disabled. Bailly...
Calamy stars as a single mother who discovers her adult son who has intellectual disabilities has impregnated his co-worker who is also disabled, putting their bond to the test.
Les Films du Losange is handling international sales and French distribution. I Wonder Pictures will release the film in Italy.
The film is the debut feature from Bailly and co-stars Charles Peccia Galletto and Julie Froger, who are themselves disabled. Bailly...
- 2024-08-28
- ScreenDaily
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