Festivals

Cairo International Film Festival

19-Nov-2020 To 28-Nov-2020

Cairo , Egypt

SECTIONS AWARDS

The Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film, presented to the producer

The Silver Pyramid, Special Jury Award, for Best Director

The Bronze Pyramid Award for Best First or Second Work, presented to the director

Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay

Best Actor Award

Best Actress Award

Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution

FATEN HAMAMA AWARDS

TRIBUTES

Honorary Award to prominent film figures for their contribution to enrich the cinematographic art.

Excellence Award to prominent film figures for their contribution to enrich the cinematographic art.

THE HORIZONS OF NEW ARAB CINEMA COMPETITION AWARDS

Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film, awarded to the director.

Salah Abu Seif Award for Best Artistic Contribution.

Best Non-Fiction film Award

Best Acting performance Award

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ WEEK COMPETITION AWARDS

Shadi Abdel Salam Award for Best Film, awarded to the director.

Fathy Farag Award for Best Artistic Contribution.

THE CINEMA OF TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARDS

Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film.

The Special Jury Award.

CIFF CASH AWARDS

Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award (Audience Award): 20,000$ (shared between the producer of the film and the Egyptian company distributing the film in Egypt). The Award will be granted to one of films selected in the International Competition

Best Arab Film Award: 15,000$ presented to the producer of the film. The Award will be granted by a special jury to the best Arab film selected in either the International Competition.

THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS

FIPRESCI
The FIPRESCI Award will be decided by a jury comprised of a president and two members, and will be awarded to a film in the international competition.  The Award will be announced during the CIFF closing ceremony.