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<\/p>\nThe Sudanese film "Queen of Cotton" won the Tutankhamun Silver Award at the Luxor African Film Festival, at the closing ceremony of the fifteenth edition of the festival.<\/p>\n
The closing ceremony, presented by Sudanese media personality Tasneem Rabah and artist Yasmine El Hawary, witnessed the announcement of the official festival competition awards.<\/p>\n
The special jury awarded the Silver Tutankhamun Mask Award to the film \u201cQueen of Cotton\u201d by director Suzanna Merghani from Sudan. In the short film competition, the jury gave two special mentions to the films \u201cDon\u2019t Wake the Sleeping Child\u201d by director Kevin Aubert from Senegal, and \u201dMy Story with Jiba Street\u201d by director Kajo Idehipur from Nigeria.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhispers of the Wind\u201d by director Remi Riomogabe from Rwanda won the award for best artistic contribution, while \u201cAisha\u201d by director Sanaa Alaoui from Morocco won the \u201cSilver Tutankhamun Mask\u201d award, and \u201cDendera Dreams\u201d by director Sabrine El-Hossamy from Egypt won the \u201cGolden Tutankhamun Mask\u201d award.<\/p>\n
The closing ceremony of the fifteenth edition of the Luxor African Film Festival was launched, in the presence of a number of filmmakers and artists, most notably artist Mahmoud Hamida, the honorary president of the festival, screenwriter Sayed Fouad, the president of the festival, and director Azza El-Husseini, the festival director, in addition to artists Khaled El-Sawy, Ahmed Fathi, Mohamed Radwan, Hossam Dagher, Khaled Kamal, Mohsen Mohi El-Din, and Mohsen Mansour.<\/p>\n
The closing ceremony of the fifteenth Luxor African Film Festival came to emphasize its continued role as an important platform to support African cinema, promote opportunities for cooperation and co-production, and discover new talents, which contributes to the development of the film industry in the African continent.<\/p>\n
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The 15th Luxor African Film Festival concluded with the Egyptian film \u201cCologne\u201d by director Mohamed Siam winning the Grand Nile Award for Best Film (the Golden Mask of Tutankhamun).<\/p>\n
The Luxor African Film Festival is considered a vital platform to support filmmakers, as the Luxor Festival awards highlight the development of cinema on the continent, especially with the attention given to Upper Egyptian films and the brilliance of stars like Ahmed Malek in distinguished cinematic works such as the Egyptian film Colonia.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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