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Iraqi and Palestinian Projects Take Top Prizes in CineGouna Springboard Awards

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John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Top prizes were handed out by the CineGouna Platform (CGP) at the El Gouna Film Festival this week to projects in various stages of inception or completion.

Winning a $15,000 prize for a project in development, “Theft of Fire” is Palestinian filmmaker Amer Shomali’s hybrid documentary, retelling the true story of an art heist “that never happened” to steal back antiquities pilfered from Palestinian lands by former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.

Produced by Rashid Abdelhamid, the film is in the early stages of development but has already secured Canadian co-production. “She Was Not Alone” won the equivalent CGP Award for a film in postproduction.

Produced by Huda Al Kadhimi and Huma Gupta and directed by Iraq’s Hussein Al-Asadi, the documentary gives a character portrait of Fatima, a nomad who tends for her buffalos in the poisoned marshes of Iraq as her island and way of life are threatened by the effects of climate change. $10,000 was granted by the French/Egypt Institute to “The 4 Choices of Albert,” directed and produced by Hala Galal, with the same amount going to “A Tale of a Feather and a Fish,” directed by Ahmed El-Hawarey, produced by Hala Lotfy, awarded by Blue Bee Productions.

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